Major Awards Over the years Shep received many awards, nominations and tributes for his work

WBAI Tribute to Jean Shepherd by Max Schmid October 24, 1999

On his weekly 2 hour WBAI radio broadcast, "The Golden Age of Time Radio", Max pays tribute to Jean Shepherd's radio career playing excerpts from many of his shows showing just how diverse histopisc of discussion, serious and not so serious, could be.