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Summary

Dial-A-Boss
Airdate: Thursday - January 23, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 07-27-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Before we go into the land of excitement and laughs a minute here . . .
Show Description
Salute to Philadelphia's new "Dial A Bird" phone service. A bulldozer operator leaves a sign in the sand for landing flights to see at Jacksonville, Florida airport.
[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 07-27-2024 ] "The Shepherd One Hundred and Eighty Degree Phase Shift Theory." A salute to Philadelphia's "Dial-A-Bird." Shepherd announces that he will be reading his works at The American Place Theatre. Shep suggests telephone "Dial-A-Boss," for the unemployed. Memories of Ratner's. An embarassing sign, bulldozed in Florida.
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:35 Shep plays an old WOR Jingle
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 16:35 WOR Radio Promo
• 19:35; 33:34 Broadway Play The Ritz
• 20:02 Royal Biscayne Hotel
• 21:05 Kleinsleep
• 22:05 General Tire
• 32:20 Gramercy Park Clothes
• 34:13 WOR Radio Promo Sherrye Henry show
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
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
• [ 02:28 ] Short Stories and Columns by Shep If Catfish Is Worth So Much, What Would Ted Williams Get?
• [ 16:28 ] People Ockie
• [ 23:06 ] Live Shows Sub Plot Cafe - American Place Theatre
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
January 23, 1975
Recno: 1836
Dial-A-Boss Original Airing
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Found in the following set(s)
Set Name Show # Media
Series 100 Group D
109Ba
Cassette

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