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Albert Farkas
Airdate: Wednesday - December 12, 1962

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

All right, lets cut this jazz out, we'll cut this theme short... (Theme missing - may not be true 1st line)

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  Albert Farkas, newspaper strike, columnist Solkosky dies,
Farkas chases Shep, hides in the A&P      
  

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - 06-03-2009 ]   
  Newsmen should never do radio, or people might stop reading their articles.
Shep muses about how the papers wouldn't notice if radio went on strike.
New Jersey as a state of mind.
News flash from New Jersey over accident reason.
[13:21] A real news flash about a newspaper writer that has died.
Jean launches into memories on the writer he knew.
Fear and it's inspiration as a male thing.
Albert Farkas in the Alley      
  

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 11:14		Talking Driver

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 08:19	Speaking of terribly important events and times, this is WOR AM & FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 08:59	Maladies Cheese Blintzes
• 16:47	Show Magazine

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:36	Sleepy Time Gal
• 12:34	Shiek of Araby (1)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 18:28	Eddie Zajack

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 18:41 ]	People		Farkas, Scut	aka Albert Farkas
• [ 31:49 ]	People		Nelson, Miss

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 12, 1962	Albert Farkas	Original Airing

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