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Last Summary Update: 03-02-2025

Dish-Rag Chain Letter
Airdate: Monday - April 16, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

It's all beginning to fall into position, it's beginning to make sense now. . .

Show Description

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:28	speaking of getting it for nothing, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 22:00; 30:33	Bye Bye Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 9:11	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

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Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 18:15 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Dish Rag Chain Letter

Record: 3244 / ID: 19620416W3244

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

	Date	Title
	April 16, 1962 Recno: 3244	Dish-Rag Chain Letter	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19620416W3244	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	12-30-2007	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-02-2025	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

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2 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:16

Inventory Name: 1962 04 16_W3244_097_mod Dish Rag Chain Letter.mp3
Source filename: 62-04-16_mod Dish Rag Chain Letter.mp3
Source description: 4-16-62 Dish Rag Chain Letter, Dating a Fitch girl, majors in love and marriage, Dishrag short story
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

Running Time: 42:32

Inventory Name: 1962 04 16_W3244_097_orig Dish Rag Chain Letter.mp3
Source filename: 62-04-16_orig Dish Rag Chain Letter.mp3
Station: WOR

"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