Literary Characters
Airdate: Tuesday - January 13, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

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Last Update: 04-04-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Nothing like a little root beer.. .

Show Description

"The Efficient Baxter" (Rupert J. Baxter is a fictional character in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse.Often called the Efficient Baxter, he is Lord Emsworth's secretary (although he routinely loses and regains this job), and an expert on many things, including Egyptian scarabs. - Wikipedia) Making a map of South America with Flick and Schwartz "You never know"

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:51	Speaking of great moments in morality, we must say at this point this is WOR in New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 11:29	National Airlines
• 16:15	Rosetta

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 04:37 +	Some of These Days (1)
• 10:56 +	Ballet Mecanique

Callers

Caller	Time	Notes
• Shep takes a call to answer "Who was the 'Efficient Baxter' "	06:06

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
32:57	• Herb Squire
11:23	• Matt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

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• Article		RADIO'S SUPER STORY TELLER		[ 32:25 ]

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

	Date	Title
	January 13, 1970 Recno: 8387	Literary Characters	Original Airing

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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