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WOR New York Radio
710 AM and 98.7 FM
Due to new FCC regulations, the FM simulcast was
discontinued after July 29, 1966
Shep's radio career on
WOR in New York began in 1955 and lasted until 1977.
Although it lasted 22 years, it wasn't always a happy
relationship. He continually butted heads with management
over commercials, refused to play by the rules, and often
complained about feeling like an outsider.
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General |
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Show Preparation
How was it all put together...
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Pre-recording
Not every show was live!
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Syndication
of shows
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Notes of interest
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Shep's Engineers and other
people he spoke with in the control room
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The Sweetheart Soap Story
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The "I,
Libertine" Hoax
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Limelight
Shows
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WOR Schedule |
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Weekday Shows |
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Week of April 20, 1955 to May 13, 1955 |
Weekday Shows - WOR New York - Mon - Fri
11:15pm to 11:30pm
(Source: NY Times Radio Listing) |
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June 14, 1955 to December 2, 1955 |
Weekday Shows - WOR New York - Starting in
the 5:30 to 5:45pm time slot and ending in the 4:45 to 5:00pm time
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January 16, 1956 to August 17, 1956
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Weekday Shows - WOR New York - 1:00am
to 5:30am
Birth of the "Night
People" |
On August 17th Shep was pulled off the air
and did not return until his Sunday show on September 2, 1956.) |
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February 13, 1961 to February 7, 1964 |
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Weekday Shows - WOR New York - 11:15pm
to 12:00mid |
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(Mentioned in 2-21-62 and 4-26-63 Shows and 1963 article "King
of the Night People") |
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February 10, 1964 to
May 4,1973 |
Weekday Shows - WOR New York - 10:15pm to
11:00pm
Sometime during December 1970 and January 1971 there were 2 shows per
night. One at 9:15 and the other at 10:15. It's probable that one
was live and the other was a rerun of a previous broadcast.
(On the 4-3-71 show he announces a time change to 10:15) |
May 7, 1973 to
January 4, 1974 |
Weekday Shows - WOR 710 New York - 11:15pm
to 12:00mid |
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January 7, 1974 to April 1, 1977 |
Weekday Shows - WOR 710 New York - 9:15pm
to 10:00pm
(According to Herb Squire, the last radio shows, in 1977, were
extended from 45 minutes to 50 minutes because WOR was cutting
back the news from 15 minutes to 10 minutes, and needed to fill the
5 minutes remaining and later they cut the news back to 5 minutes). |
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Saturday Shows |
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February 26, 1955 to January 21, 1956 |
Saturday Afternoon - WOR New York - Times
vary:
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2-26-55 |
4:30 to 5:45 P.M.
Premier |
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3-5-55 |
4:30 to 6:15 P.M. |
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3-12-55 |
4:30 to 6:15 P.M. |
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3-19-55 |
4:30 to 6:15 P.M. |
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3-26-55 |
4:30 to 6:15 P.M. |
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4-23-55 |
4:30 to 6:15 P.M. |
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5-14-55 |
3:30 to 6:15 P.M. |
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6-4-55 |
3:30 to 6:00 P.M. |
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6-11-55 |
3:30 to 5:30 P.M. |
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12-3-55 |
3:00 to 5:55 P.M. |
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1-7-56 |
4:30 to 5:45 P.M. |
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1-14-56 |
3:30 to 5:45 P.M. |
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1-21-56 |
3:30 to 5:30 P.M. |
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July 27, 1957 to
March 19, 1960 |
Saturday Morning - WOR New York - 10:15am
to 12:00 noon |
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March 26, 1960 to September 16, 1961 |
Saturday Afternoon - WOR New York - 12:15
to 2:00 |
January 21, 1956
to August 11, 1956 |
Saturday Evening - 1:00 am to ?? |
January 6, 1968
to December 25, 1971 +? |
Saturday Evening - Post Limelight Studio
Shows - 55 minutes (10:05-11:00? or 11:05 to Midnight?) |
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Limelight Shows
Listing of Limelight Shows |
Feb 15, 1964 to
October 16, 1965 |
"Live from the Limelight" - WOR 710 New York - Saturday Nights
10:05 to Midnight |
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October 23, 1965 to December 30, 1967 |
10:30 to Midnight (Limelight shows ended
December 30, 1967 according to Herb Squire who was one of the
engineers at the time) |
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Sunday Shows |
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January 8, 1956 to
September 11, 1960 |
Sunday Shows - WOR 710 New York - 9:05 to
1:00am (as of 3-26-60 9:05-1:00) |
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September 18, 1960 to
October 30, 1960 |
Sunday Afternoon Shows - WOR 710 New York
- 12:15 to 4:00pm |
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November 6, 1960 to
February 5, 1961 |
Sunday Afternoon Shows - WOR 710 New York
- 12:15 to 2:00pm
The show was shortened to allow a Philadelphia Concert series to air. |
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Credits |
| Special
thanks
to Lowell Thelin for his endless hours searching NY Times
microfilm for a large portion of the New York time schedules. |
| The NPR information
was provided courtesy of Art Silverman. |
| The information
regarding his Cincinnati radio days was extracted from a posting
by Jack Rothwell on the Old
Radio Network. |
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