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Last Summary Update: 12-30-2007

Uncle Sam Cereal
Airdate: Tuesday - April 17, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

So, I'm out there tonight on sixth avenue. . .

Show Description

[12:17] News bulletin - Airline pilots assoc postpones strike against Pan Am

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - 12-30-2007 ]   
  Uncle Sam Cereal
Chevy Cab
Andrea Doria ship
large trucks      
  

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
•		Airline strike postponed

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:23	Speaking of maelstroms this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 22:51	Movie Promotion	The Counterfeit Traitor

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 10:03	Unknown - Blues
• 23:29	Gettysburg March
• 23:29	Tiger Rag
• 24:30	El Mestre

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 43:02	Walt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 1827 ]	Travel	March 1962	Trip To Nigeria

Record: 3245 / ID: 19620417W3245

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

	Date	Title
	April 17, 1962 Recno: 3245	Uncle Sam Cereal	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	April 16, 2026

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19620417W3245	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	12-30-2007	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	12-30-2007	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

None Known

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

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Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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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

April 16, 2026

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)

3 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

Gary Hines

Running Time: 45:20

Inventory Name: 1962 04 17_W3245_097_mod Uncle Sam Cereal.mp3
Source filename: 62-04-17_mod Uncle Sam Cereal.mp3
Source description: 4-17-62 Uncle Sam Cereal, Chevy Cab, Andrea Doria ship, large trucks
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

Running Time: 43:33

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1962 04 17_W3245_097_orig Uncle Sam Cereal.mp3
Source filename: 62-04-17_orig Uncle Sam Cereal.mp3
Station: WOR

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 50:43

Inventory Name: 1962 04 17_W3245_552-097_D2026-04-16 Uncle Sam Cerial.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

"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