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Robert Service
Airdate: Thursday - June 14, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

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(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

Oh, yeah, yeah, I know what it's like. . .

Show Description

Shep reads Robert Servie: "The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill" "The Ballad of the Northern Lights"

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  Robert Service, Burying Blastomous Bill      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 11:04	Speaking of the telephone bells in the soul of hell, this is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 33:06	TV Guide

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 00:11	Unknown - Piano 3 "Draggin Blues"	Yancey?
• 33:34	I've Got The Blues For Rampart Street

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 09:41	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	People		Service, Robert
•	General Topics		Robert W. Service

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		June 14, 1962	Robert Service	Original Airing

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