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Last Summary Update: 06-27-2025

Telephone Syndrome
Airdate: Wednesday - January 9, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Charles, enjoy yor program so much. . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Shep says he was at Rutgers "a few days ago" "I suspect that if we ever really did know what was in the future, we'd go out of our skulls" Shep has a friend involved in psychological research People who can talk on a phone but not in person vs those who can't talk on the phone but only in person

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
•		Payphone in Bedroom

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 07:43	Speaking of unfortunate situations, this is WOR AM and FMs-ville New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 07:52	Colonna Bread Crumbs
• 09:06	The New York Metropolitan Daily
• 09:57	Show Magazine
• 11:00	Evelyn Wood
• 12:57	Mandarin House

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 00:49	Ragtime Razmatazz
• 02:09	Ragtime Cowboy Joe
• 05:56; 09:04	Banshee

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:30	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Record: 3400 / ID: 19630109W3400

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

	Date	Title
	January 9, 1963 Recno: 3400	Telephone Syndrome	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630109W3400	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	01-01-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	06-27-2025	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

Known Recordees

None Known

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

Notes

Time: 33:11 Source: Jim Clavin (Date: 02-23-2026)
At end after closing theme announcer starts news: "WQXR brings you the latest news prepared and edited by the New Times"

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

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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

Source Name

Information

Gary Hines

Running Time: 33:48

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1963 01 09_W3400_097_orig Telephone Syndrome.mp3
Source filename: 63-01-09_orig Telephone Syndrome.mp3
Source description: 1-9-63 gh Telephone Syndrome
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

Running Time: 35:07

Inventory Name: 1963 01 09_W3400_097_mod Telephone Syndrome.mp3
Source filename: 63-01-09_mod Telephone Syndrome.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