Horse Racing
Airdate: Friday - May 1, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 04-30-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Thank you Nick, now reset that in there. . .

Show Description

Walter Mitty dreams - announcing a ballgame at Yankee Stadium It's the eve of the Kentucky Derby Shep discusses how his theme is timed to the exact length of the world's record for the mile and a quarter. Shep want to turn out an album with a hard driving, angry, electronic jugband, where he accompanies with a jews hard. Shep meets Carry Back the race horse at Belbont. (Back in June 1, 1962 while he was filling in on the Today Show, the show went to Belmont Race Track)

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:58	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 11:37	Irwin Chevrolet
• 13:00	Frank's Place Restaurant

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:59	Bahn Frei Polka
• 20:27; 21:56	In The Good Old Summertime (2)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
20:26	• Nick

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

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• Television		Today Show
• Radio		Cub Reporter - Headless Cockroaches		[ 04:46 ]
• Live Shows		Newark State College	"One Week From Tonight"	[ 26:57 ]

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

	Date	Title
	May 1, 1970 Recno: 7479	Horse Racing	Original Airing

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Dustbin of History	April 30, 2025

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