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Hard Times Of A Sousaphone Player
Airdate: Tuesday - May 30, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

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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

That's right, he is here. . .

Show Description

Shep talks of playing the sousaphone in high school on Memorial Day and the perils of learning to play.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:07	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 38:54	General Tire
• 39:41	Newsday - L.I. Newspaper

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:58; 30:29; 34:19	El Capitan

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 16:24	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 30, 1972	Hard Times Of A Sousaphone Player	Original Airing

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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