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Oil Versus Power Supplies; 1871 School Text Book - The Battery
Airdate: Tuesday - February 4, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

You never read Captain Incredible?

Show Description

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - None ]   
  Captain Incredible and Tommy Terrific. Thanks to all the earthbound people. Buffer stages and original oscillators! Power supplies: don't mess with fifteen thousand volts at several amps. A close look at a battery, old textbooks.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:11	speaking of wandering signals, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	The Trenton Times
• 15:22	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"
• 16:16	General Tire
• 17:15	Broadway Play	"Dance With Me"
• 18:11	Royal Biscayne Hotel
• 19:14	National Leukemia Association
• 20:18	WOR Radio Promo	Rambling with Gambling
• 25:38	Smithsonian Magazine
• 26:46	Metropolitan Museum of Art
• 27:44	The Trenton Times
• 28:45	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16
• 29:33	U.S. Dept of Labor	US Dept of Labor

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Rating

None Yet

Record: 1849 / ID: 19750204W1849

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

Date	Title
February 4, 1975 Recno: 1849	Oil Versus Power Supplies; 1871 School Text Book - The Battery	Original Airing
March 18, 1975 Recno: 6708	Oil Versus Power Supplies; 1871 School Text Book - The Battery	WETA Synd Replay
February 4, 1976 Recno: 2136	Transmitter Maintenance, Old Geography Book

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

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The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	110Ab	Cassette
SyndicatedHalf Hours Vol 2	MP3-2	MP3

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19750204W1849	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	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

Ken Piletic

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

Oil Versus Power Supplies, The Battery Rebroadcast 2-4-76

Replays

Mass Backwards

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Max / Schmidco Notes

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References:

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Schmidco Sets - 2 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group D	110Ab	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic
SyndicatedHalf Hours Vol 2	MP3-2	MP3	0 Running Time: 0

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
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10 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	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

Source Name

Information

Max Schmid

Running Time: 29:34

Inventory Name: 1975 02 04_W1849_041 (recast 76-02-04 Wed) M-0143 The Battery .mp3
Source filename: 1975 02 04_041 (recast 76-02-04 Wed) M-0143 The Battery .mp3
Source set: Max 7-2005
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 44:28

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1975 02 04_W1849_030 Oil vs Power Suppli WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source filename: 1975 02 04 Oil vs Power Suppli WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source description: Oil Versus Power Supplies
Source ref number: 6
Station: WOR

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. February 4, 1975. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Captain Incredible and Tommy Terrific. Thanks to all the earthbound people. Buffer stages and original oscillators! Power supplies: don't mess with fifteen thousand volts at several amps. A close look at a battery, old textbooks. Jean Shepherd, Lester Smith (announcer), Mason Adams (commercial spokesman for The Trenton Times). 45:08. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 73136

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 2-4-75 RR09 1871 Book

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Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 44:28

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1975 02 04_W1849_601 Oil vs Power Supplies.mp3
Source filename: 1975_02_04_Oil_vs_Power_Supplies.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 24
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 43:27

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1975 02 04_W1849_022-600_Series_100D-110Ab Oil vs Power Supplies.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group D
Source ref number: 110Ab
Station: WOR

Images

Schmidco

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source set: SyndicatedHalf Hours Vol 2
Source ref number: MP3-2
Station: WOR

Comments: Is this the 2-4-76 rerun?
Syndicated Show

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 45:09

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1975 02 04_W1849_041-506 Oil Vs Power Supplies.wav
Source filename: 75-02-04 Oil Vs Power Supplies.wav
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 44:28

Inventory Name: 1975 02 04_W1849_995 Oil vs Power Supplies.mp3
Source filename: 1975_02_04_Oil_vs_Power_Supplies.mp3
Station: WOR

"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