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Bouts With High Voltage; Electrical Shocks and Power - Tornado At Steel Mill
Airdate: Wednesday - March 29, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Yes, we are going to take time out right now to salute pomposity. . .

Show Description

Pomposity Rutgers garbage cans are labeled "Anti-Pollution Devices" Shep plays the nose flute to a jazzy version of "After You're Gone" "Rampant Dildockery" A gov't grant of $23,000 to study why tiny tots fall off tricycles. Shep describes "One of the prime educational times" of his life working with a transformer and other unfortunate 'shocking' events related to his early years working in electronics as a hobby.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Speaking of high voltage electrical equipment - this is WOR

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Great Shanghai
•	Port Authority
•	Provident Savings Bank
•	TAP Airlines - Portugal

Music (All times approximate)

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Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Nose Flute

Rating

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Record: 1235 / ID: 19720329W1235

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

	Date	Title
	March 29, 1972 Recno: 1235	Bouts With High Voltage; Electrical Shocks and Power - Tornado At Steel Mill	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	March 30, 2022

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Spring 1972 WOR Broadcasts	MP3-3	MP3

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19720329W1235	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:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Alan Kalish

Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin

FHC had a copy dated 4-72

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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Replays

Mass Backwards

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

March 30, 2022

Max / Schmidco Notes
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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Spring 1972 WOR Broadcasts	MP3-3	MP3	0 Running Time: 0

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9 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: 46:02

Recordee:
55 - Alan Kalish

Inventory Name: 1972 03 29_W1235_041-055-045b Electrical Shocks and Power.mp3
Source filename: Shep 045B.mp3
Source description: ELECTRICAL SHOCKS & POWER
Source ref number: 45B
Station: WOR

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Schmidco

Recordee:
55 - Alan Kalish

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source set: Spring 1972 WOR Broadcasts
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 48:56

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 29_W1235_030 Tornado At Mill restored WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1972 03 29 Tornado At Mill restored WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Tornado at Steel Mill FHC had this as 4-72

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 48:56

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 29_W1235_601 Tornado At Mill - restored.mp3
Source filename: 1972_03_29_Tornado_At_Mill_restored.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 18
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 48:56

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 29_W1235_995 Tornado At Mill - restored.mp3
Source filename: 1972_03_29_Tornado_At_Mill_restored.mp3
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 4-72 MP3 Tornado at Mill 3/29/72, 6/72
Station: WOR

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Pete Delaney

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: -Bouts With High Voltage
Station: WOR

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 51:53

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 29_W1235_552-055_D2022-03-30 Steel Mill Tornado.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 48:37

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1972 03 29_W1235_030 Tornado At Mill WOR Jean Shepherd - was 4-72.mp3
Source filename: 1972 04 xx Tornado At Mill WOR Jean Shepherd.W1235 3-29-72.mp3
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