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Last Summary Update: 04-30-2026

Kites
Airdate: Friday - April 30, 1971

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

Hello, hello, test, 1, 2, 3, 4. . .

Show Description

"It's the last day of April - The summer is almost over already!!!" One of the great myths of people's lives is when something is over real life will begin. The 'Kite Fever' The old man is making kites down in the basement Shep's old man was a cartoonist for a nespaper, before he was born. When he was in Lagos Nigeria he observed a group of box kites flying the shacks. Once when flying in Connecticut he saw a box kite from above

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:00	Speaking of lithp, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:06	Palisades Amuesment Park
• 14:57	U.S. Army

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:01	Yellow Dog Blues
• 04:05; 34:04	Also Sprach Zarathustra

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:52	Matt
• 08:11	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 08:38 ]	People		Shepherd, Jean P

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

This Show

Date	Title
April 30, 1971	Kites	Original Airing
June 27, 1975	Fantasy Myth - Old Man Builds Great Kite	WBJC Synd Replay

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	April 30, 2026

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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