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This Day in Shep History

May 17th

1963	Radio	Astronaut Gordon Cooper, the Aha Experience, Picture Flip Books
1965	Radio	Australia #6 - Anzac Day Tapes
1966	Radio	Politics in the Cemetery
1967	Live Shows	Chatham High School
1968	Radio	Roaches in Florida, Important People
1972	Radio	Writers, Politics
1976	Radio	Graduation Watch
1977	Radio	Kazoo march, folk talents hollering & biting
2005	Facts	Gene Bergmann interview WGN Chicago on Milt Rosenberg's "Extension 720"

Recent Shep Related News

August 6, 2025
	Another Shep Fan Lost Gary 'silentshep' Hines ("Gary in California")
Shep fan Gary Hines who was an avid collector of Shep's shows, putting many of them on his youtube channel 'silentshep', passed away July 6, 2025. Over the years he accumulated a large collection of Shepherd's early (1961-1964) radio shows.
>>> Gary's youtube channel <<<

July 22, 2025
Albro B. Gregory and the Parking Meter	The Nome Nugget
Shep's July 18, 1975 show about the "Alaska Parking Meter" inspired me to contact the Nome Nugget, to validate his telling of the story. Turns out he was reading the editorial from the June 24, 1975 paper verbatum, even giving them a plug for subscriptions. Diana Haecker the Publisher/editor of The Nome Nugget was kind enough to respond to my request sending images from that edition of the paper. The Nome Nugget was just recently awarded with the Best Weekly Newspaper in Alaska honors at Alaska Press Club. Use the link below to visit their website and even subscribe.
More: Alaska Parking Meter show - July 18, 1975
>>> The Nome Nugget <<<

What's New or Updated

	Post Date	Description
	NEW: 05-13-2026	Sporting Anecdotes - 1823 book readings January 28, 1977 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 05-13-2026	Two Guys Sponsors -
	NEW: 05-13-2026	Internal Revenue Service Sponsors -
	NEW: 05-13-2026	National Association for the Visually Handicapped Sponsors -
	UPDATED: 05-13-2026	Reaction To Shep's 1973 Carnegie Hall Show With Clips September 24, 1973 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 05-13-2026	Carnegie Hall January 7, 1977 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 05-10-2026	Parade of Humanity - 1st annual show May 8, 1968 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 05-4-2026	NY by Cab (says Party can't pay) June 5, 1970 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 05-2-2026	Farewell Party June 5, 1970 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 05-1-2026	Stealing Spicy Magazines June 7, 1971 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 04-30-2026	Kites April 30, 1971 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 04-26-2026	Gertz and the 47 Crappies July 30, 1963 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 04-26-2026	Gertz People - Uncertain
	NEW: 04-15-2026	Work In Progress February 3, 2026 Books - Books Referring to Shep
	UPDATED: 03-26-2026	Nigerian Trip part 3 March 21, 1962 Radio - WOR Show

Replay Date: May 14, 2026

The Great Rube Revolution
Airdate: May 9, 1970

Recent Contributions

Last 10 Shows
	Date	Description	Courtesy of:
	October 23, 1961	Full Moon and Halloween Poetry	Gary Hines
	August 29, 1962	The Other Side of Us	Gary Hines
	August 20, 1963	Essex Adventures	Gary Hines
	August 12, 1963	Blue Assed Buzzard Story	Gary Hines
	July 18, 1963	Lightning Hits Ham Radio	Gary Hines
	July 17, 1963	Day with Tallulah Bankhead	Gary Hines
	July 16, 1963	Hutterites	Gary Hines
	July 12, 1963	Friend Works at IBM	Gary Hines
	June 26, 1963	Date at the Beach	Gary Hines
	June 21, 1963	Elephants Graveyard	Gary Hines

Database Statistics

Shows in database*: 3513

Includes Radio, TV, Live Performances, Interviews, Records, and Tributes

*This is the number of shows that have been documented. It is an estimate since some shows may be duplicates or re-runs of earlier broadcasts. Based on his 20+ years on WOR alone, there may have been close to 5,000 broadcasts of his shows, however there were occaisions that some broadcasts were reruns of earlier shows so the actual number of unique shows is hard to determine.

** Records Complete means I have documented the entire show as best as possible

Stats By Year

Year	Known Shows	Shows I Have 87%	Summary Desc 45%	Sponsors 41%	Music 34%	First Line 100%	Sources / Date Verify 100%	Records Complete ** 20%
Syndicated	78	78	4	12	1	78	78	0
Unknown Date	29	29	2	1	1	29	29	1
77	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1950	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1952	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	0
1953	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	0
1955	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1956	3	2	1	0	0	2	3	0
1957	26	26	6	4	2	26	26	2
1958	23	22	4	6	3	22	23	2
1959	8	8	3	3	0	8	8	0
1960	51	49	26	8	7	49	51	3
1961	63	55	30	14	12	55	63	10
1962	159	155	154	60	60	155	159	57
1963	244	241	145	119	99	241	244	89
1964	175	175	68	62	56	175	175	44
1965	285	277	116	128	105	277	285	35
1966	207	180	116	107	68	180	207	12
1967	123	65	28	22	20	65	123	0
1968	69	61	41	31	32	61	69	5
1969	173	167	70	52	56	167	173	15
1970	181	162	84	93	89	162	181	56
1971	210	190	46	74	62	191	210	21
1972	241	201	65	89	68	202	241	26
1973	245	174	46	48	39	174	245	12
1974	163	142	116	110	105	143	163	99
1975	369	334	135	122	119	334	369	99
1976	262	154	53	38	26	155	262	12
1977	115	90	17	34	13	89	115	1
Total:	3513	3043	1378	1238	1043	3046	3513	601

NOTES: "Unknown", 1976, 1977 Include many 30 min Syndicated Shows
Boston broadcasts were duplicates of WOR broadcasts and usually broadcast a week later.

"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