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Electra, Radio Eng. Fired for getting TV License
Airdate: Tuesday - January 20, 1976

WOR Show

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

And here's the star of our show. . .

Show Description

The story of Electra by Sophocles Shep tells about the radio engineer who went to a convention of radio engineers back in the days when TV was just beginning to start up. The FCC had set up a booth to promote TV and the engineer signed up to apply for a station license. A few weeks later the application was approved and the owner of the station was infuriated. He said they couldn't afford to run a TV station and there was no future in it, but they had no choice. He did not want to be embarrased in front of the FCC. The engineer was fired and the TV station is worth $22 million. (WLS)

Comments

• Electra, obsessed by dreams of avenging her father's murder, impatiently awaits the return of her exiled brother Orestes. When he arrives, the play mounts toward its first climax, a tender recognition scene. From that moment on, Electra uses Orestes as her instrument of vengeance. They kill their mother's husband, then their mother herself--and only afterward see the evil inherent in these seemingly just acts.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:55	That reminds me this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 07:22	National Airlines
• 08:25	John Barleycorn Pub
• 09:29	Olin's Rent a Car
• 09:39	Cerromar Beach Hotel
• 17:05	D'Agostino
• 18:08	General Tire
• 19:07	Broadway Play	Very Good Eddie
• 19:32	Manny Wolfes
• 20:33	Dreyfus

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:31	Yakety Sax
• 11:19	First Film Music

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 02:29	Al
• 10:48	Jerry Lambert

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		January 20, 1976	Electra, Radio Eng. Fired for getting TV License

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