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Cockroaches and Races
Airdate: Wednesday - March 1, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

We have here a note. . .

Show Description

So far there is no Description for this show

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:20	Speaking of. . . This is WOR in New York - of course

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 00:59	Book Find Club	Seems inserted
• 02:02	Ornithopter (Flying Bird)	Seems inserted
• 13:32	Toyota
• 14:39	Provident Savings Bank
• 16:09	Intellectual Digest	Seems inserted

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

None Yet

Record: 1220 / ID: 19720301W1220

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

	Date	Title
	March 1, 1972 Recno: 1220	Cockroaches and Races	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	March 02, 2022

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19720301W1220	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	No

Known Recordees

Alan Kalish

Kevin Zahm

Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin

Possibly a rerun - flow from comm to comm seems chopped in inserted - commercials are consistent with other shows around this date

General Notes

No Notes Found

Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

Max's super secret page of shows never played and not on internet - maybe. . .

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

March 02, 2022

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

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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)

7 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

Alan Kalish

Running Time: 43:42

Recordee:
55 - Alan Kalish

Inventory Name: 1972 03 01_W1220_041-055-040a Cockroach Racing.mp3
Source filename: Shep 040A.mp3
Source description: COCKROACHES AND RACES
Source ref number: 40A
Station: WOR

Images

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 45:52

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 01_W1220_030 Cockroach Races WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1972 03 01 Cockroach Races WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 15
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 45:52

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 01_W1220_601 Cockroach Races.mp3
Source filename: 1972_03_01_Cockroach_Races.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 17
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 45:52

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 01_W1220_995 Cockroach Races.mp3
Source filename: 1972_03_01_Cockroach_Races.mp3
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 3-1-72 RR Raising Cockroaches
Station: WOR

Images

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 48:49

Available on Internet

Recordee:
55 - Alan Kalish

Inventory Name: 1972 03 01_W1220_552-055_D2022-03-02 Cockroaches and Races.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

Kevin Zahm

Running Time: 33:20

Recordee:
208 - Kevin Zahm

Inventory Name: 1972 03 01_W1220_208-D3 Cockroach Racing.mp3
Source filename: 04 Dad's tape D both sides.mp3
Station: WGBH

Comments: last 33 min

"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