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Big Nells Brothel - Alaska
Airdate: Friday - October 16, 1970

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

Hello, hello, testing, I have a very disturbing report here. . .

Show Description

I've got just one listener, you and me Man collects lint from his naval. Shep talks about hunting old beer bottles and other antiques behind the old ruins of brothels up in Nome Alaska.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 19:43		Big Nell's

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:56	This is your friendly, neighborhood, totally concerned station WOR. And we're in Fun City here. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Unknown Music	Banjo jazz

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 09:20	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 06:22 ]	Travel		Travels to Alaska

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		October 16, 1970	Big Nells Brothel - Alaska	Original Airing

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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