Re: [DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd
Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I worked him once on 40 SSB. He never replied to my QSL, despite the SASE included. After that, I no longer thought he was funny, just thoughtless. Barry W2UP Barry,Same here. I worked him on 75 SSB 83/84 he was at his summer home in Maine. Never received a QSL from him either. Mort WA2ARS - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepard Radio Shows in MP3 format: http://www.earthstation1.com/Merchant/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=EProduct_Code=JSC9VS11RBMCCategory_Code=OTR Curious as to why this is brought up since his death was 7.5 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd --scott N9LJX On 5/31/07, Ron Notarius W3WN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shep wasn't a DJ, but a humorist. Many of us grew up listening to K2ORS on WOR or other stations from the 1950's through the 1970's. There used to be, and probably still is, a company called SchmidCo in Astoria NY that makes copies of Shep's old shows available on tape; I have about a dozen sitting here in the shack. There's something about that voice... you can read the stories in Playboy and other publications, or read the books, or see the TV series that were on PBS, or even see the two movies based on Shep's works (everyone knows about A Christmas Story, how many know of the sequel It Runs In The Family?), but you have to hear that voice to truly appreciate the tales in the proper context. I'll never think of the Automat, or the Major Award, or the House Delivered By Rail Car, or Daphne Bigelow, or the Phantom of the Open Hearth, or Ludlow Kissel and the fireworks show, or so many other things again without thinking of him. As it should be. 73 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:53 PM To: chat Subject: [DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd WOR radio had a talk show DJ back in the '60s named Jean Shepherd. He was a K2 and I talked to him a couple of times on 40 SSB. Does anyone remember his ham call? TIA Tom N4TJ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- -- N9LJX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~scott/ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd
I worked him once on 40 SSB. He never replied to my QSL, despite the SASE included. After that, I no longer thought he was funny, just thoughtless. Barry W2UP Scott Stembaugh wrote: Jean Shepard Radio Shows in MP3 format: http://www.earthstation1.com/Merchant/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=EProduct_Code=JSC9VS11RBMCCategory_Code=OTR http://www.earthstation1.com/Merchant/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=EProduct_Code=JSC9VS11RBMCCategory_Code=OTR Curious as to why this is brought up since his death was 7.5 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd --scott N9LJX On 5/31/07, *Ron Notarius W3WN* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shep wasn't a DJ, but a humorist. Many of us grew up listening to K2ORS on WOR or other stations from the 1950's through the 1970's. There used to be, and probably still is, a company called SchmidCo in Astoria NY that makes copies of Shep's old shows available on tape; I have about a dozen sitting here in the shack. There's something about that voice... you can read the stories in Playboy and other publications, or read the books, or see the TV series that were on PBS, or even see the two movies based on Shep's works (everyone knows about A Christmas Story, how many know of the sequel It Runs In The Family?), but you have to hear that voice to truly appreciate the tales in the proper context. I'll never think of the Automat, or the Major Award, or the House Delivered By Rail Car, or Daphne Bigelow, or the Phantom of the Open Hearth, or Ludlow Kissel and the fireworks show, or so many other things again without thinking of him. As it should be. 73 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:53 PM To: chat Subject: [DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd WOR radio had a talk show DJ back in the '60s named Jean Shepherd. He was a K2 and I talked to him a couple of times on 40 SSB. Does anyone remember his ham call? TIA Tom N4TJ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org mailto:dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org mailto:dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- -- N9LJX [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~scott/ http://web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Escott/ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd K2ORS
That was quick. Thanks Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Jean Shepherd
WOR radio had a talk show DJ back in the '60s named Jean Shepherd. He was a K2 and I talked to him a couple of times on 40 SSB. Does anyone remember his ham call? TIA Tom N4TJ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
