On This Day, September 3: Jean Shepherd Eras and Peter Salem
Also featured: Mounties.
September 3 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 3 across three distinct eras of nocturnal storytelling with Jean Shepherd on WOR New York (his 1960 taxi/circus monologues, his 1965 Hammond adolescence reflections, and his 1973 radio log retrospective), small-town sleuth mysteries with Santos Ortega on The Affairs of Peter Salem, lively wartime national debates on price controls on America's Town Meeting of the Air, and Canadian Northwest Mounted Police cliffhangers, Jean Shepherd (1960, 1965, 1973), Santos Ortega (1950), America's Town Meeting (1942), and Blair of the Mounties (1935–1973):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Circus of Life and Aggressive Cab Company with Jean Shepherd" | WOR New York 1960-09-03 11:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Midnight Monologue |
Jean Shepherd (Host) | WOR Production Staff | ["Humor", "Talk", "Jean Shepherd", "WOR", "New York"] |
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Jean Shepherd delivers an improvisational late-night monologue analyzing aggressive Manhattan taxicab drivers and carnival sideshow philosophy. |
| "The Sheik of Junior High School with Jean Shepherd" | WOR New York 1965-09-03 11:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Nocturnal Monologue |
Jean Shepherd (Host) | WOR Production Staff | ["Humor", "Storytelling", "Jean Shepherd", "WOR", "Hammond Indiana"] |
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Jean Shepherd reminisces about 1930s adolescent bravado, pompadour haircuts, and awkward first dances in northern Indiana. |
| "Radio Schedule of 1939 and Golden Age Nostalgia with Jean Shepherd" | WOR New York 1973-09-03 11:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Midnight Monologue |
Jean Shepherd (Host) | WOR Production Staff | ["Humor", "Nostalgia", "Jean Shepherd", "WOR", "Old-Time Radio"] |
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Jean Shepherd pores over a yellowed 1939 newspaper radio log, recalling pre-war network serials, sound effects, and boyhood listening rituals. |
| "The Case of the Emerald Brooch with Santos Ortega" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-09-03 4:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Detective Drama |
Santos Ortega (Salem) | Jack Grimes & Vittes | ["Detective", "Mystery", "The Affairs Of Peter Salem", "Santos Ortega", "Mutual"] |
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Small-town sleuth Peter Salem investigates an armed jewelry store heist involving an irreplaceable antique heirloom brooch. |
| "Should the Federal Government Control Prices and Wages with Denny" | Blue Network 1942-09-03 8:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Public Debate |
George V. Denny (Mod.) | Leon Henderson & Panel | ["Public Affairs", "Debate", "Americas Town Meeting", "George V Denny", "WWII"] |
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Government officials and labor leaders debate federal wartime wage freezes and emergency price controls to curb domestic inflation. |
| "Trailing the Fur Thieves with Col. Rhys Davies" | CJOR / Syndicated 1935-09-03 |
Sustaining Northwest Adventure |
Col. Rhys Davies (Blair) | Canadian Drama Cast | ["Adventure", "RCMP", "Blair Of The Mounties", "Rhys Davies", "Canada"] |
{"title": "Yukon Fur Patrol", "part": 13, "total_parts": 39} |
Inspector Blair of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pursues poachers smuggling stolen beaver pelts through the rugged northern Yukon pass. |