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Why I Am Leaving Radio
Airdate: Wednesday - March 23, 1977

WOR Show
Original Airing

Last Update: 12-23-2019

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I think we'l go right, headlong into mediocraty

Show Description

Shep talks about all his writing commitments and offers for television. He says he has no time any longer for radio. Going to do a network special for the Ratheon Corporation. Says this is his decision, nothing to do with all the others on the station who were being replaced. Shep announces princeton show Friday, June 3, 1977.

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Lafayette Radio
•	Long Island Press
•	Martin's Home Decorating Centers
•	Shep Promo - Live Appearance	Princeton June 3
•	White Rose Tea

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (3)

Misc

Engineer and Staff in Booth

• Tony Galano

Instruments Played

Not Determined

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Category	Date	Title	Comments	Time
• Live Shows		Princeton University

Photos:

March 28,1977
NY Time article regading the WOR shakeup

Courtesy: Pete Delaney

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

	Date	Title
	March 23, 1977 Recno: 1919	Why I Am Leaving Radio Notes:	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	January 25, 2000

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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