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Toledo Con - How Shep Ran Into the Big World
Airdate: Monday - April 8, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

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Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - 06-22-2025 ]   
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Spy cameras for 35 cents
The problems boxers have & frozen faces
Toledo radio station job for $7.50 a week      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:06	Speaking of America the beautiful, this is WOR! Ha ha ha ha ha, WOR in friendly old New York. Which is a fantastic town to live in but rotten place to visit, don't come! And ah we're on FM & AM the whole shmoo there.

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 16:02	American Heritage Magazine

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 10:45	The Okeh Laughing Record
• 12:07	Stars and Stripes
• 14:54	You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't Any Love

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 02:30	Bob Considine

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
•	General Topics		Radio Stations
• [ 09:14 ]	People		Theresa, Aunt

Record: 3461 / ID: 19630408W3461

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

	Date	Title
	April 8, 1963 Recno: 3461	Toledo Con - How Shep Ran Into the Big World	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	October 13, 2009

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630408W3461	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	10-20-2009	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	06-22-2025	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

A. Fratelli

Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin

Says it is Monday

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

Notes

The Toledo Con (probably a better name for this show-MS) - How Shep Ran Into the Big World 63-04-08 How Shep Ran In to the Big World.wav

Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

October 13, 2009

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

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)

5 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

A. Fratelli

Recordee:
523 - A. Fratelli

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 8-Apr-63 Monday How Shepherd ran into the big World
Source ref number: 102
Station: WOR

Jim Clavin

Running Time: 44:58

Available on Internet

Recordee:
523 - A. Fratelli

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1963 04 08_W3461_022-500-523 How Shep got into the big world.mp3
Source description: [Max] The Toledo Con (probably a better name for this show-MS) - How Shep Ran Into the Big World 63-04-08 How Shep Ran In to the Big World.wav
Station: WOR

Comments: Ripped from Mass Backwards recording

Gary Hines

Running Time: 42:31

Inventory Name: 1963 04 08_W3461_097_mod Toledo Con.mp3
Source filename: 63-04-08_mod Toledo Con.mp3
Source description: 4-8-63 gh Toledo Con
Station: WOR

Images

Mass Backwards

Recordee:
523 - A. Fratelli

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards Recording

Gary Hines

Running Time: 40:42

Inventory Name: 1963 04 08_W3461_097_orig Toledo Con.mp3
Source filename: 63-04-08_orig Toledo Con.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