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Last Summary Update: 04-08-2024

Letter From the Lord - Junk Mail
Airdate: Tuesday - October 15, 1974

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Oh, well, I tell you, you have to accept the problems as they come along here. . .

Show Description

Tonight's program has several repulsive overtones. . . Junk mail

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 04-08-2024 ]   
  Junk mail, omens, computers and God. Trying to correct a bill. The recording includes the start of, "In Coversation." Nat Hentoff (heard briefly) interviews John Hammond (also heard briefly).      
  

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 33:51	Air Italia
• 34:54	General Tire
• 35:54	Barnes and Noble
• 36:55	Grand Union
• 37:55	Gramercy Park Clothes

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:42	Hitler
• 14:34	Finale
• 21:49	Boodle Am Shake

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Rating

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Record: 1754 / ID: 19741015W1754

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

	Date	Title
	October 15, 1974 Recno: 1754	Letter From the Lord - Junk Mail	Original Airing

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group A	101Bb	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19741015W1754	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	04-08-2024	Station ID up to date:	No
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

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group A	101Bb	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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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

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Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 45:08

Inventory Name: 1974 10 15_W1754_601 Junk Mail.mp3
Source filename: 1974_10_15_Junk_Mail.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 24
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 45:08

Inventory Name: 1974 10 15_W1754_995 Junk Mail.mp3
Source filename: 1974_10_15_Junk_Mail.mp3
Station: WOR

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 72172. The Jean Shepherd Show. October 15, 1974. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Junk mail, omens, computers and God. Trying to correct a bill. The recording includes the start of, "In Coversation." Nat Hentoff (heard briefly) interviews John Hammond (also heard briefly). Jean Shepherd, Nat Hentoff, John Hammond. 44:57. Audio Condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 72172
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 1974 10 15 Junk Mail
Source ref number: 17
Station: WOR

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 49:04

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1974 10 15_W1754_041-506 Letter From the Lord.wav
Source filename: 74-10-15 Letter From the Lord.wav
Station: WOR

Comments: about 5 min od "In Conveersation" at end

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 10-15-74 354 Letter to the Lord
Station: WOR

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"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