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Last Summary Update: 06-29-2025

Robert Service
Airdate: Monday - January 21, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Boy it's real exciting, just being live. . . (Shep stops and restarts theme talking between, this is at true end of theme)
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

How cold is it? It's colder than a witches . . . Shep can't remember the rest. Shep reads Robert Service poetry: The Ballad of the Northern Lights The Cremation of Sam McGee

So far there is no Description for this show

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 05:25	Speaking of terrible things, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 04:42	No Commercials or Commercials Cut	Shep starts to get into commercials and the rest is cut
• 04:53	Paperbook Gallery	Cut

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 09:06	Unknown - Piano 3 "Draggin Blues"	Played on and of throughout show

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 02:04	Bob Considine

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Robert W. Service

Record: 3407 / ID: 19630121W3407

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

	Date	Title
	January 21, 1963 Recno: 3407	Robert Service	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	January 22, 2026

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630121W3407	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	01-01-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	06-29-2025	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

Gary Hines

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

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Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

January 22, 2026

Max / Schmidco Notes
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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
None Found

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

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: 33:26

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1963 01 21_W3407_097_orig Robert Service.mp3
Source filename: 63-01-21_orig Robert Service.mp3
Source description: 1-21-63 gh Robert Service
Station: WOR

Images

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 38:50

Recordee:
97 - Gary Hines

Inventory Name: 1963 01 21_W3407_552-097 Robert Service.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

"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