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Big Nells Brothel - Alaska
Airdate: Friday - October 16, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hello, hello, testing, I have a very disturbing report here. . .

Show Description

I've got just one listener, you and me Man collects lint from his naval. Shep talks about hunting old beer bottles and other antiques behind the old ruins of brothels up in Nome Alaska.

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
•		Big Nell's

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:56	This is your friendly, neighborhood, totally concerned station WOR. And we're in Fun City here. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Unknown Music	Banjo jazz

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 09:20	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 06:22 ]	Travel	1970	Travels to Alaska

Record: 1013 / ID: 19701016W1013

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

	Date	Title
	October 16, 1970 Recno: 1013	Big Nells Brothel - Alaska	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19701016W1013	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	07-05-2025	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Robert Yellen

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	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:41

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1970 10 16_W1013_097 Big Nells Brothel, Alaska.mp3
Source description: 10-16-70 56 Big Nells
Station: WOR

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Robert Yellen

Recordee:
48 - Robert Yellen

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source filename: 70-10-16 Big Nells Brothel, Alaska.mp3
Source description: 2139 Jean Shepherd Big Nell's In Newburgh NY 45 min 10/16/70
Source ref number: 2139
Station: WOR

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975