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Last Summary Update: 03-01-2023

Night Airmail
Rerun Date: Tuesday - February 2, 1971

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

Don't ask me why, I mean ours is to do or die. . .

Show Description

Flying - winter better than summer Early aircraft have entered mythology Flying is romantic Shep gets into a discussion about meeting an old flyer who used to fly the mail. He was a WWI bomber pilot. This leads to a history of the early days of airmail and the problems experienced. He reads from an article "I'll fly Her Through"

Comments

• Possibly w/o 2/1-6 Is this the 2nd show? (10:15) In news at beginning Lester Smith says: "Coming up, more of Jean Shepherd" This is a rerun of the December 17, 1969 show. The commercial for Princeton and Shop-Rite were added to replace the 1969 commercial for Miller Beer. At ~14:00 the 1969 WOR Christmas Fund ad is replaced by one for Luchows.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:39	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 02:20	Shep Promo - Live Appearance	Princeton - Feb 13th
• 04:01	Shop Rite
• 14:41	Luchows

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:04	Shiek of Araby (3)
• 22:18; 33:53; 42:05	The Informer

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Martin A Hurley

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:20 ]	Live Shows		Princeton University

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

This Show

Date	Title
December 17, 1969	Cross Country Air Mail	Original Airing
February 2, 1971	Night Airmail	WOR Rerun

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
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