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NYC - Sights in the City
Airdate: Wednesday - October 25, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

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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

Moderately cool opening. . .

Show Description

How many dumb people are listening tonight Shmess the Chess game for dummies Subway riding - man on subway reading "Animal Comics" and mouthing the words - Quack, Quack, Quack! "What scares me is guys like that have got to vote." The old lady with a transistor radio listening to the mets New yorker with over-heating car Throw away artists - 'It stopped woiking!' The abandoned buildings Abandoned cars in the city The running rip-off - a real art form. Grafitti Discount houses Shootout in the delicatessen

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
16:02	There's something, you know, there's something very exciting about barbarians, crazy way. Which reminds me, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
04:36	Lufthansa Airlines
05:38	House of Chan
06:53	Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
07:50	General Tire
16:09	Broadcast Corned Beef Hash
17:11	Gramercy Park Clothes
18:03	American Motors
19:03	Political Ad	11th dist of NJ

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
20:24	Don McClean
25:00	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		October 25, 1972	NYC - Sights in the City	WOR Rerun

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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