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Radio Shep's History at Station

WLW - 700 AM

Cincinnati, Ohio

Approx 5-1-1953 until sometime around 9-25-1954(?)

Weekdays at 11:30pm - "Mission Midnight" Saturdays - 2:00 pm to either 4:30 or 5:00 pm - This may have been to host a weekly live broadcast of a concert on which he acted as commentator. Shep left Philadelphia and moved back to Cincinnati for about a year before moving to New York to work at WOR where he remained for 22 years.

Fan Comments

[ Courtesy: Bill Myers - 10-13-2015 ]
           
Photo of Shep at AFTRA convention 7-24-81
Received via Gene B. 9-3-10

Links to Further Information:

• Partial transcript of one of the WLW shows

Photos:

Shep with Joan Frances at WLW Broadcast Box

Courtesy: Bill Myers

1953
Promotional Glass

March 12, 1954
Cincinnati Enquirer

August 12, 1954
The Cincinnati Enquirer Ad for WLW glass

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

December 07, 1966
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

1953
Shep and Family

"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