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Five Hour Day
Airdate: Tuesday - April 28, 1964

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

Hear that hum?

Show Description

Discussion of the bad hum A salute to Ed Fitzgerald's speen The World's Fair Beer cans vs bottles New innovations "The Future of the Five Hour Day" Published by Newsday and condensed in Reader's Digest in May 1962.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:05	This is WOR AM and FM

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 17:19	Ballantine Beer

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:31	Dayung Kihan
• 09:41	Intermezzo/The Third Man/Suicide Squadron Medley

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 13:28	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		April 28, 1964	Five Hour Day	Original Airing

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