Sheplives

Laying Wire in the Swamp
Airdate: Friday - January 31, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

Last Update: 07-30-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

You get the patsy of the week award. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 07-30-2024 ]   
  Shep plays his jew's harp along with a record of, "Oh, Susannah." A shoot-out in the Everglades. An army story: laying wires in the swamps of Georgia.      
      

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:55	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:04	Movie Promotion	"Nothing By Chance"
• 16:05	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"
• 17:33	Grand Union
• 18:41	Pan Am Airlines
• 19:52	General Tire
• 20:52	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 22:12	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 06:23	Dust Off That Old Pianna

Misc

Engineer and Staff in Booth

Instruments Played

Rating

Not Determined

Jews Harp
Kazoo

None Yet

Photos:

September 1945
Popular Mechanics - Laying wire from a plane in the Army

Courtesy: John Edwards

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

Date	Title
January 31, 1975 Recno: 1846	Laying Wire in the Swamp Notes:	Original Airing
May 8, 1975 Recno: 7382	Army Signal Corps - Laying Wire Notes:	WBJC Synd Replay

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	January 31, 2024

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	109Db	Cassette

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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