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Poor Benny
Airdate: Wednesday - March 23, 1966

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Jingle bells, jingle bells. . . (Singing)

Show Description

Complete reading of the poem "Evolution"

So far there is no Description for this show

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:01	What a rotten spot, that reminds me, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 16:07	Miller Beer
• 17:14	Wohlmuth
• 18:41	New York Times
• 20:03	Rover 2000

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 04:27	Leyenda
• 29:51	First Film Music

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Nose Flute

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Poetry
•	General Topics		Evolution

Record: 537 / ID: 19660323W0537

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

	Date	Title
	March 23, 1966 Recno: 537	Poor Benny	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	March 23, 2022

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1966 Set 2	196a	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19660323W0537	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	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

Rudy Wirsching

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

Notes

Some warp

Replays

Mass Backwards

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

March 23, 2022

Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

Other

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1966 Set 2	196a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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3 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

Schmidco

Running Time: 42:02

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1966 03 23_W0537_022-600_1966_Set_2-196a Poor Benny.mp3
Source set: 1966 Set 2
Source ref number: 196a
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 3-23-66 196 Phone Booth Stories
Station: WOR

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Dustbin of History

Running Time: 48:44

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NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING 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