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This Day in Shep History

April 17th

1961	Television	Steve Allen Show
1961	Radio	Academy Award Night
1962	Radio	Uncle Sam Cereal
1969	Live Shows	Princeton University
1970	Radio	WWI Airplanes - Red Baron
1971	Television	28 Flavors - Maine
1971	Radio	Trains
1972	Radio	Letter from Geometry Class, Dentist Shot At, Lafuchets Disease
1973	Radio	Hawaii and Alaska
1975	Radio	Landscaping
1975	Radio	Annual Cold - Is Man Smarter Than Animals
1977	Radio	Gun Training

Recent Shep Related News

August 6, 2025

Another Shep Fan Lost

Gary 'silentshep' Hines ("Gary in California")

Shep fan Gary Hines who was an avid collector of Shep's shows, putting many of them on his youtube channel 'silentshep', passed away July 6, 2025. Over the years he accumulated a large collection of Shepherd's early (1961-1964) radio shows.

>>> Gary's youtube channel <<<

July 22, 2025

Albro B. Gregory and the Parking Meter

The Nome Nugget

Shep's July 18, 1975 show about the "Alaska Parking Meter" inspired me to contact the Nome Nugget, to validate his telling of the story. Turns out he was reading the editorial from the June 24, 1975 paper verbatum, even giving them a plug for subscriptions.

Diana Haecker the Publisher/editor of The Nome Nugget was kind enough to respond to my request sending images from that edition of the paper.

The Nome Nugget was just recently awarded with the Best Weekly Newspaper in Alaska honors at Alaska Press Club.

Use the link below to visit their website and even subscribe.

More: Alaska Parking Meter show - July 18, 1975

>>> The Nome Nugget <<<

What's New or Updated

	Post Date	Description
	NEW: 04-15-2026	Work In Progress February 3, 2026 Books - Books Referring to Shep
	UPDATED: 03-26-2026	Nigerian Trip part 3 March 21, 1962 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 03-16-2026	School Play, Washington February 23, 1970 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 03-16-2026	American Patrol Music - Music Used
	NEW: 03-16-2026	Army Air Corps Song Music - Unused Track From Album
	NEW: 03-16-2026	The Army Goes Rolling Along Music - Unused Track From Album
	UPDATED: 03-15-2026	Ludlow Kissel And The Dago Bomb July 4, 1968 Radio - WOR Show
	UPDATED: 03-5-2026	Boles Wedding March 4, 1964 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 02-27-2026	Boyhood Memories Take Novel Approach on TV April 12, 1971 Article -
	UPDATED: 02-26-2026	Camp - Shep, That's OUR World! February 24, 1966 Radio - WOR Show
	NEW: 02-25-2026	Booksigning - "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories..." November 5, 1971 Books -
	NEW: 02-22-2026	Chatham High School May 17, 1967 Live Shows -
	NEW: 02-22-2026	Ronzoni Sponsors -
	NEW: 02-22-2026	Valley Fair Sponsors -
	NEW: 02-22-2026	WOR Jingle - How do you do Mr Sponsor? Music - Music Used

Replay Date: April 16, 2026

Uncle Sam Cereal
Airdate: April 17, 1962

Recent Contributions

Last 10 Shows
	Date	Description	Courtesy of:
	October 23, 1961	Full Moon and Halloween Poetry	Gary Hines
	August 29, 1962	The Other Side of Us	Gary Hines
	August 20, 1963	Essex Adventures	Gary Hines
	August 12, 1963	Blue Assed Buzzard Story	Gary Hines
	July 18, 1963	Lightning Hits Ham Radio	Gary Hines
	July 17, 1963	Day with Tallulah Bankhead	Gary Hines
	July 16, 1963	Hutterites	Gary Hines
	July 12, 1963	Friend Works at IBM	Gary Hines
	June 26, 1963	Date at the Beach	Gary Hines
	June 21, 1963	Elephants Graveyard	Gary Hines

Database Statistics

Shows in database*: 3511

Includes Radio, TV, Live Performances, Interviews, Records, and Tributes

*This is the number of shows that have been documented. It is an estimate since some shows may be duplicates or re-runs of earlier broadcasts. Based on his 20+ years on WOR alone, there may have been close to 5,000 broadcasts of his shows, however there were occaisions that some broadcasts were reruns of earlier shows so the actual number of unique shows is hard to determine.

** Records Complete means I have documented the entire show as best as possible

Stats By Year

Year	Known Shows	Shows I Have 87%	Summary Desc 45%	Sponsors 40%	Music 34%	First Line 100%	Sources / Date Verify 100%	Records Complete ** 20%
Syndicated	78	78	4	12	1	78	78	0
Unknown Date	29	29	2	1	1	29	29	1
1950	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1952	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	0
1953	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	0
1955	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1956	3	2	1	0	0	2	3	0
1957	26	26	6	4	2	26	26	2
1958	23	22	4	6	3	22	23	2
1959	8	8	3	3	0	8	8	0
1960	51	49	26	8	7	49	51	3
1961	63	55	30	14	12	55	63	10
1962	159	155	154	60	60	155	159	57
1963	244	241	145	119	99	241	244	89
1964	175	175	68	62	56	175	175	44
1965	285	277	116	128	105	277	285	35
1966	207	180	116	107	68	180	207	12
1967	123	65	28	22	20	65	123	0
1968	68	61	41	31	32	61	68	5
1969	173	167	70	52	56	167	173	15
1970	181	161	83	91	87	161	181	55
1971	210	190	44	71	59	191	210	19
1972	241	201	65	89	68	202	241	26
1973	245	174	45	47	38	174	245	11
1974	163	142	116	110	105	143	163	99
1975	369	334	135	122	119	334	369	99
1976	262	154	53	38	26	155	262	12
1977	115	89	16	33	12	89	115	0
Total:	3511	3040	1373	1231	1036	3044	3511	596

NOTES: "Unknown", 1976, 1977 Include many 30 min Syndicated Shows
Boston broadcasts were duplicates of WOR broadcasts and usually broadcast a week later.

"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