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Last Summary Update: 08-17-2024

Train Whistles
Airdate: Thursday - February 13, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

What do you say, huh? I just don't like fooling around. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 08-17-2024 ]   
  Shep is not a railroad nut (but talks a lot about them). He plays recordings of Rocky Mountain train "chimes" and "horns."      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:42	This is WOR New York, by the way, speaking of great sounds. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 12:47	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"
• 13:40	Schrafts Candy's
• 14:42	Broadway Play	"Pretzels"
• 15:13	Shopwell Supermarkets
• 28:17	Village Voice
• 28:50	General Tire
• 29:53	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16
• 30:33	The Metropolitan Opera

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
• 28:15	Herb Squire
• 06:42	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Record: 1856 / ID: 19750213W1856

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

	Date	Title
	February 13, 1975 Recno: 1856	Train Whistles	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

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The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	111Aa	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19750213W1856	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	08-17-2024	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

No Notes Found

General Notes

No Notes Found

Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
Need to determine true date. 1-13 or 2-13 Verbally dated 1-13 by recordee. Max had it dated 2-13. There is another show from same source dated 1-13 Kangeroo. Bob Kaye had this show dated 2-13.
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Research Notes

No Notes Found

Max / Schmidco

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

Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

Hum, buzz

Replays

Mass Backwards

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

Other

References:

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group D	111Aa	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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

4 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

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. February 13, 1975. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Shep is not a railroad nut (but talks a lot about them). He plays recordings of Rocky Mountain train "chimes" and "horns." Jean Shepherd, Lester Smith (announcer). 44:13. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 73078
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 45:32

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1975 02 13_W1856_022-600_Series_100D-111Aa Train Whistles.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group D
Source ref number: 111Aa
Station: WOR

Comments: Recordee dates this as 1-13-1975 on the tape

Images

Bob Kaye

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING 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