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Winter Sports
Airdate: Wednesday - December 20, 1972

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

Hey, that was really somethiing wasn't that. . .

Show Description

Tele-gripe Just came back from a fantastic weekend in Maine 1st blizzard of the year Cross country skiing River Skating Speed Skating

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:22	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 20:06	Book Promotion	The Ferrari in the Bedroom
• 21:21	Red Rose Tea
• 22:31	General Tire
• 23:27	House of Chan
• 24:41	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 26:03	Mama Leone's

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 04:15	Jingle Bells

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 04:06	Al Aprile
• 31:43	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 41:55	People		Umbaugh, Robert
• 41:55	People		Schwartz, Paul
• 41:55	People		Morton, Jack
• 41:55	People		Roper, Stanley Ashton

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 20, 1972	Winter Sports	Original Airing

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