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What Happened to Civilization?
Airdate: Monday - January 27, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

(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

Ah, yes, it's mystery time. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  Radio and television show theme songs: a quiz. Why we no longer watch the kind of programs we used to. How our civilization is changing.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:00	which reminds me, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:06	General Tire
• 14:08	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16
• 14:58	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 15:59	Grand Union
• 36:18	Time Magazine
• 37:20	Pan Am Airlines
• 38:23	Di Gel
• 39:22	New York Magazine
• 40:20	WOR Radio Promo	In Conversation

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:23	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Photos:

February 15, 1975
WOR Bridal Fair

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

This Show

Date	Title
January 27, 1975	What Happened to Civilization?	Original Airing
April 4, 1975	TV Trivia - Decline of American Civilization - Old vs New TV	WBJC Synd Replay

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	109Ca	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