Next time on Breaking Walls, in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of John Kennedy’s Assassination, we spotlight Jean Shepherd and his November 1963 broadcasts.

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Highlights:

• The 1957 World Series

• Unit 99

• Sputnik, Bing Crosby, and Current Events

• The Eternal Light and The Glastonbury Cows

• Algeria Aflame

• Stan Freberg

• Bill Kemp, ABC, and More News

• School Integration Update

• Sorry, Wrong Number

• You Bet Your Life

• NATO, Syria, and Sputnik

• LIFE and The World with Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright

• Looking Ahead to Jean Shepherd and JFK

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The reading material for today’s episode was:

• I Have a Lady in the Balcony: Memories of a Broadcaster in Radio and Television — By George Ansbro

• On the Air — By John Dunning

• Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg

As well as articles from

• Broadcasting Magazine

• The New England Historical Society

• The New York Times

• Sponsor Magazine

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On the interview front:

• Stan Freberg, Byron Kane, and Peggy Webber spoke to SPERDVAC. For more info, go to SPERDVAC.com.

• Andre Baruch, Ken Carpenter, Virginia Gregg, John Guedel, and Agnes Moorehead spoke with Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at Speakingofradio.com.

• Jackson Beck, Vincent Price, and Bill Spier spoke to Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these interviews at GoldenAge-WTIC.org.

• Jack Benny’s snippet was recorded by CBS and played for their 50th anniversary in 1977

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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:

• Plunkett’s Lament — By George Fenton

• The Pavane and Window To The Sky — By Michael Silverman

• As Time Goes By — By Herman Hupfeld

• Road — By George Winston

• Metamorphosis 2 — By Elizabeth Hainen

• Amazing Grace — By Wind Drum Spirit

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A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene.

For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com.

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Thank you to:

Tony Adams

Steven Allmon

Orson Orsen Chandler

Phil Erickson

Jessica Hanna

Perri Harper

Thomas M. Joyce

Ryan Kramer

Earl Millard

Gary Mollica

Barry Nadler

Christian Neuhaus

Ray Shaw

Filipe A Silva

John Williams

Jim W.

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