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A Day At The Mets
Airdate: Monday - April 30, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 03-04-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Have you ever had the suspicion that your life consists largely of ground balls... (Orig theme cut - may not be true 1st line)
Show Description
Shep is sitting behind 3rd base - mentions it is a double header which makes the day he went was 4-29-62. Roadblock Jones pitche the 2nd game. Jackson shutout was 1st game
[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - 03-04-2025 ] A Day at the Mets Shep describes Mets Ballgame Roadblock Jones Early Wynn Pitcher
[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - 03-04-2025 ] Baseball as representative of life The details that never get broadcast on the radio airwaves during a game An interesting hypothetical scenario between Kennedy & Khrushchev
News Articles Read by Shep During Show
Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans
Time Image Description
• 02:05 Mets vs Phillies
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:39 A relief pitcher by nature and by profession is only concerned with bad trouble, which reminds me, this is WOR AM & FM New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 37:02 Mandarin House
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
Rating / Review
None Yet
Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Category Date Title Comments Time
General Topics Baseball [ 02:05 ]
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
April 30, 1962
Recno: 3248
A Day At The Mets Original Airing
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