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Lightning Hits Ham Radio
Airdate: Thursday - July 18, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Are you aware, now I shouldn't be telling you this. . .

Show Description

Friday has always been a scary night Watching sports vs Naked City Shep is watching a ball game in rain delay when thunder and lightning hit This leads to the time Shep's ham rig gets hit by lightning

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:03	Speaking of evil, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

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
• 25:14	Ed Scaterday

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 25:21 ]	General Topics		Ham Radio / Amateur Radio
• [ 39:06 ]	General Topics		Lightning

Record: 3498 / ID: 19630718W3498

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

	Date	Title
	July 18, 1963 Recno: 3498	Lightning Hits Ham Radio	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630718W3498	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	02-03-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	07-25-2025	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

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Time: 00:32 Source: Jim Clavin

Shep talks about Fridays (Could this be a Fri show 7/19??)

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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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	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

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 42:11

Inventory Name: 1963 07 18_W3498_097_orig Lightning Hits Ham Radio.mp3
Source filename: 63-07-18_orig Lightning Hits Ham Radio vol dips.mp3
Source description: 7-18-63 gh Lightning Hits Ham Radio
Station: WOR

Comments: eBay purchase - vol dips

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 43:52

Inventory Name: 1963 07 18_W3498_097_mod Lightning Hits Ham Radio.mp3
Source filename: 63-07-18_mod Lightning Hits Ham Radio.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