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Last Summary Update: 04-30-2025

Horse Racing
Airdate: Friday - May 1, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Thank you Nick, now reset that in there. . .

Show Description

Walter Mitty dreams - announcing a ballgame at Yankee Stadium It's the eve of the Kentucky Derby Shep discusses how his theme is timed to the exact length of the world's record for the mile and a quarter. Shep want to turn out an album with a hard driving, angry, electronic jugband, where he accompanies with a jews hard. Shep meets Carry Back the race horse at Belbont. (Back in June 1, 1962 while he was filling in on the Today Show, the show went to Belmont Race Track)

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:58	This is WOR New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 11:37	Irwin Chevrolet
• 13:00	Frank's Place Restaurant

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:59	Bahn Frei Polka
• 20:27; 21:56	In The Good Old Summertime (2)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 20:26	Nick

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Television	May 14, 1962	Today Show
• [ 04:46 ]	Radio	May 12, 1970	Cub Reporter - Headless Cockroaches
• [ 26:57 ]	Live Shows	May 8, 1970	Newark State College	"One Week From Tonight"

Record: 7479 / ID: 19700501W7479

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

	Date	Title
	May 1, 1970 Recno: 7479	Horse Racing	Original Airing

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Dustbin of History	April 30, 2025

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19700501W7479	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	06-18-2023	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	04-30-2025	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

Dictaphone

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Max / Schmidco

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Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

April 30, 2025

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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

Max Schmid

Running Time: 43:10

Recordee:
512 - Dictaphone

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1970 05 01_W7479_041-512 Horse Racing.mp3
Source filename: 70-05-01 Horse Racing.mp3
Station: WOR

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 49:25

Recordee:
512 - Dictaphone

Inventory Name: 1970 05 01_W7479_552-512_D2025-04-30 Horse Racing.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