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Last Summary Update: 04-10-2025

Command Presence
Airdate: Thursday - April 9, 1964

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I'm sitting there on the bus, and theron my knees. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy:  - 04-10-2025 ]   
  I'm sitting on a bus
newspaper dull details
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midweek slump
popeye cartoon
lady wants to keep furnace late husband gave
cohen on telephone
uncle charles rock island rr
funeral old rugged cross
generals command presence
world's fair commercials 
fair guide exhibits      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 18:40	Speaking of bespotted images, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 18:49	Pan Am Airlines

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:29; 04;28; 05:38; 11:44 +	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
• 31:55	Waltz of the Flowers

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 40:33	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

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Record: 8397 / ID: 19640409W8397

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

	Date	Title
	April 9, 1964 Recno: 8397	Command Presence	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19640409W8397	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	04-10-2025	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	04-10-2025	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

None Known

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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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Other

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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
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Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

1 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

Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:05

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1964 04 09_W8397_097 Command Presence.mp3
Source filename: 64-04-09 Command Presence.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