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Last Summary Update: 09-01-2025

What Next
Airdate: Friday - September 21, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Well, now ,look, I'll tell you the first thing. . .

Show Description

There is a new device on the market for nervous Americans that you attach to your radio to hear the audio of TV shows. Once met a listener in Nigeria who used to live in Brooklyn I want someone to make me a sign Shep played a 4 valve B flat sousaphone One day he skips practice and to his embarrassment the routines were changed for the halftime show and he ends up marching in all different directions than the band - in front of 45,000 people!

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - 09-01-2025 ]   
  What next, Louse-up in band march      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:28	Speaking of dead turkeys, by the way, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 22:15	TV Guide
• 23:07	Electronic Workshop
• 25:25	Show Magazine

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:41 +	The Best Things In Life Are Free	Used many times as punctuation

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 32:20	Ed Scaterday
• 25:13	Leigh Brown
• 25:35	Russ

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Record: 3324 / ID: 19620921W3324

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

	Date	Title
	September 21, 1962 Recno: 3324	What Next	Original Airing

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19620921W3324	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	01-19-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	09-01-2025	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

Notes

Time: 02:14 Source: Jim Clavin

"It's Friday Night"

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!

NONE

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)

2 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: 44:22

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1962 09 21_W3324_097_mod What Next.mp3
Source filename: 62-09-21_mod What Next.mp3
Source description: 9-21-62 What next, Louse-up in band march
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

Running Time: 42:20

Inventory Name: 1962 09 21_W3324_097_orig What Next.mp3
Source filename: 62-09-21_orig What Next.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