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Last Summary Update: 05-02-2023

Ballon Ride in PA
Airdate: Wednesday - February 19, 1969

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Tashikaka Kalahara, a dentist. . .

Show Description

A salute to Tashikaka Kalahara Reads John Masefield poem "Bill" from "Salt Water Poems and Ballads" Mentions he just got back from his 2nd Africa Trip Was on big TV Show Saturday with Gypsie Rose Lee. (Fisherman's world) Shep mentions he was good buddies with ballooist Don Piccard and describes the 'ascension' he mad with Don one Sunday morning at dawn.

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Comments

• Shep refers to NY Times article of Jan 29, 1969 which he is placing into the vast file of dynamic trivia

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:16	speaking of total romantics, this is WOR friends, in New York. . .

Salutes

A Salute to. . .

• Tashikaka Kalahara a dentist in Japan saves 54,000 teeth

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 12:40	Eastern Airlines
• 13:46	Rosetta
• 17:00	Magnavox

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:12	When The Saints Go Marching In

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Cheap guitar music

Callers

Time	Caller	Notes
15:53	• Takes caller who saw the Fisherman's World show on Saturday

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 01:38; 02:48 ]	Travel	January 1969	Trip to Africa
• [ 09:10 ]	Television	February 15, 1969	Fisherman's World

Record: 7430 / ID: 196902ddW7430

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

	Date	Title
	February 19, 1969 Recno: 7430	Ballon Ride in PA	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	196902ddW7430	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	05-02-2023	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	05-02-2023	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Dictaphone

Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Time: 07:15 Source: Jim Clavin

[Dated: Feb 17, 18, or 19 by Max] It's mid week [7:15] Wednesday? The 19th? "It's Uncle Wigley, back from darkest Africa. . . " during theme [1:38] "I'm slowly recovering from my African trip" [2:48]

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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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Dictaphone

Recordee:
512 - Dictaphone

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 69-02-17,18 or 19 Ballon Ride in PA
Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 44:04

Recordee:
512 - Dictaphone

Inventory Name: 1969 02 dd_W7430_041-512 17,18 or 19 Ballon Ride in PA.mp3
Source filename: 69-02-17,18 or 19 Ballon Ride in PA.wav
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