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Laying Wire From the Air
Airdate: Tuesday - October 22, 1974

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

You know, I don't know quite how to accept that statement there . . .

Show Description

One doesn't tell Army stories, one recounts slices of a mispent life. . . Watching old Army movies An Army story about laying comm wire from an aircraft

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  Army story: Shep tells about the time he went on a real "secret mission." A new system of laying wire in combat...from an airplane!      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:12	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:15	Alfa Romeo
• 15:34	New York Magazine
• 16:32	Air Italia
• 17:34	General Tire
• 18:35	Political Ad	Gov Wilson
• 20:03	Compoz
• 21:03	Datsun	610
• 22:11	Barnes and Noble

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 13:06 ]	People		Gasser, Herbert
• [ 13:13 ]	People		Elkins

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

This Show

Date	Title
October 22, 1974	Laying Wire From the Air	Original Airing
November 20, 1975	Army-Laying wire from Aircraft.	WOR Rerun

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group A	101Da	Cassette

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"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