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Last Summary Update: 08-17-2025

Essex Adventures
Airdate: Tuesday - August 20, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

There you are, still out there in the world. . . .

Show Description

In a fwew years everybodty is going to be internally wired to pick up soft long playiing records. He touches a bit on electrical implants. These days we are negating the intellect and putting a great deeal of emphasis on the Lobido. The brain is being talked down. Man wants to tatoo his name on favorite actress Flying Taking off and landing on the carrier Essex

So far there is no Description for this show

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
•		Tatooing and Actress
•		Misguided Dart

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:08	Speaking of a big problems this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

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
• 09:23	Rokudan
• 11:15	Coronation March

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 13:43	Don MacClean
• 02:23	Walt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 07:08 ]	People		Bruner, Mr.

Record: 8601 / ID: 19630820W8601

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

	Date	Title
	August 20, 1963 Recno: 8601	Essex Adventures	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	August 21, 2025

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630820W8601	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	08-06-2025	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	08-17-2025	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

Gary Hines

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

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Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

August 21, 2025

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

References:

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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
None Found

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

3 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: 44:44

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1963 08 20_W8601_097_mod Essex Adventures.mp3
Source filename: 63-08-20_mod Essex Adventures.mp3
Source description: 8-20-62 gh Essex Adventures
Station: WOR

Images

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 53:08

Recordee:
97 - Gary Hines

Inventory Name: 1963 08 20_W8601_552-097_D2025-08-21 Essex Adventures.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

Gary Hines

Running Time: 42:54

Inventory Name: 1963 08 20_W8601_097_orig Essex Adventures.mp3
Source filename: 63-08-20_orig Essex Adventures.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