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Wide Open Town - Big Al - Elections
Airdate: Monday - November 4, 1974

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

On nights before the election you might as well forget. . .

Show Description

Twas the night before the elections. . . Talks about a friend (Bill) who worked in a "wide open" town radio / TV station The winners and losers in elections The day after

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  An election eve broadcast. Shep recalls the coverage of an election in a small midwestern town. Comments on the political process.      
  

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 09:50	Political Ad	Lefkowitz
• 10:48	Political Ad	Justice Greenblatt
• 12:27	Monarch Brokerage
• 17:14	Barnes and Noble
• 18:14	Broadway Play	Sherlock Holmes - Broadhurst Theatre
• 18:43	Compoz
• 19:43	Air Italia

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 25:26	Stars and Stripes

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		November 4, 1974	Wide Open Town - Big Al - Elections	Original Airing

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group A	102Db	Cassette

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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