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Trains, Possessions of Shep's Childhood
Airdate: Tuesday - May 23, 1972

WOR Show

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

We are about to salute a lost and gone hero on the American Scene. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Pete Delaney - 10-26-2019 ]   
  SHEP GETS SNEAKIER
THE NIGHT OPERATOR 1897
THE IMPORTANCE OF A  NIGHT OPERATOR TO A TOWN
SHEPS UNCLE TOM THE RAILROAD MAN
RAILROAD INIGNIAS
UNCLE TOMS WATCH
VISIT TO UNCLE TOMS OFFIICE
Commercial: Sunday Newsday ,Zip Kit Skin Care
MOTOR FLYING
STEEL MILL TRAIN DISASTER
TRTP TO MILWAULKEE WITH UNCLE TOM
SHEPS TELEGAPH KEY THAT WAS LOST
MORSE
SHEP GETS VERY NASTY WHEN HE SAYS HE HATES  FLEXIBLE FLYER SLEDS
STUFFED OWWLS
WIMPY
ST0LEN BIKE
STOLEN GIRL      
  

Comments

• [Pete Delaney] The show seams to be cribbed from 3 different shows: 1. The theme and Shep being sneaky. 2.Then "The Night Operator" Railroads etc. with Shep in a different tone of voice 3.The Station break is just a terse "WOR New York" obviously just spliced in

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:45	WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:48	Newsday - L.I. Newspaper	Sunday edition
• 15:48	Dermacon

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 2:12	Yellow Dog Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Matt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 23, 1972	Trains, Possessions of Shep's Childhood

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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