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Kissy Doll - Radio Traditions
Airdate: Thursday - December 6, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Yes, God rest ye merry gentlemen . . . (Singing)

Show Description

A new toy - the Kissy doll The Mets and the Phily Athletics Sponsor on this show is WGN which prompts Shep to start a discussion about radio stations. He talks about his job at WJOB as a kid. WLS - "World's Largest Store" (Sears) Shep talks about a radio host who was a big inspiration on him. Once had a radio show called "The Doctors" (Shep refers to it a "The 3 Doctors" He promises through the show to name this man, and says he will give it at the end - but never does. The man is Ransom Sherman.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:19	Speaking of apathy, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:23	WGN Chicago
• 25:52	Village Voice
• 36:20	WOR Christmas Fund

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:26	Ragtime Cowboy Joe
• 05:54; 08:59	I'm Just Wild About Harry

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 25:22	Al
• 03:05	Ed
• 17:56	Ted

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 15:40 ]	General Topics		Radio Stations
• [ 18:42 ]	Radio	0	WJOB - 1230 AM

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

	Date	Title
	December 6, 1962 Recno: 3376	Kissy Doll - Radio Traditions	Original Airing

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