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Last Summary Update: 07-30-2024

Laying Wire in the Swamp
Airdate: Friday - January 31, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

You get the patsy of the week award. . .

Show Description

So far there is no Description for this show

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:55	This is WOR New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:04	Movie Promotion	"Nothing By Chance"
• 16:05	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"
• 17:33	Grand Union
• 18:41	Pan Am Airlines
• 19:52	General Tire
• 20:52	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 22:12	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 06:23	Dust Off That Old Pianna

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Photos:

September 1945
Popular Mechanics - Laying wire from a plane in the Army

Courtesy: John Edwards

Record: 1846 / ID: 19750131W1846

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

Date	Title
January 31, 1975 Recno: 1846	Laying Wire in the Swamp	Original Airing
May 8, 1975 Recno: 7382	Army Signal Corps - Laying Wire	WBJC Synd Replay

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	January 31, 2024

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	109Db	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19750131W1846	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	07-30-2024	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

Ken Piletic

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 31, 2024

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

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Synd#:
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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group D	109Db	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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

6 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

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 1-31-75 RR-08 Laying Wire in Swamp on Exercise short 09
Station: WOR

Images

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. January 31, 1975. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Shep plays his jew's harp along with a record of, "Oh, Susannah." A shoot-out in the Everglades. An army story: laying wires in the swamps of Georgia. Jean Shepherd, Lester Smith (announcer), Hugh Downs (commercial spokesman). 45:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 73122
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 43:56

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1975 01 31_W1846_022-600_Series_100D-109Db Laying Wire in the Swamp.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group D
Source ref number: 109Db
Station: WOR

Images

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 52:37

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1975 01 31_W1846_552-506 D2024-01-31 Laying Wire in the Swamp.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 44:51

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1975 01 31_W1846_041-506 Laying Wire in the Swamp.wav
Source filename: 75-01-31 Laying Wire in the Swamp.wav
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