Jean Shepherd (1921–1999) was an American storyteller, radio and TV personality, ham radio operator (K2ORS), writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep.
With a career that spanned decades, he is best-known to modern audiences for the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted, and is based on his own semi-autobiographical stories.
WBCQ is proud to rebroadcast classic audio from Jean Shepherd’s career, concentrating on his radio appearances from his long running show on WOR in New York from the late 1950s until 1977.
Much of our Jean Shepherd material comes from the archives of Complex Variables Studio, as restored for airplay by Michael Ketter. Today, we’re fortunate that large collections of Shep shows is available from The Internet Archive.
We are currently running Shep’s radio shows every Wednesday at 8PM eastern time as part of the Area 51 broadcast on WBCQ 5.110 MHz.
Shep Broadcast Log on Area 51
- 2/3/2010: TV Versus Reality (WOR, 10/9/1974)
- 1/27/2010: Leigh’s Proposition (WOR, 3/6/1974)
- 1/20/2010: March On Washington (WOR, 8/29/1963)
- 1/13/2010: Fear of the Inexplicable (WOR, 7/31/1960)
- 1/6/2010: Frogs (WOR, 1/22/1971)
- 12/30/2009: New Year’s Eve (WOR, 12/23/1971)
- 12/23/2009: Red Ryder Nails The Christmas Street Kid (WOR, 12/24/1974)
- 12/16/2009: Flick’s Tongue (WOR, 1/28/1968)
- 12/9/2009: Christmas In The Army (WOR, 12/24/1974)
- 12/2/2009: Earliest Christmas (WOR, 12/24/1971)
- 11/25/2009: Army Liquor (WOR, 11/23/1969)
- 11/18/2009: Fly, Glide & Soar (WOR, 11/18/1969)
- 11/11/2009: Guinness Records Obscene Bathmat (WOR, 1/14/1966)
- 11/4/2009: First Used Car (WOR, 11/9/1968)
- 10/28/2009: Trick Or Treat (WOR, 10/31/9172)
- 10/21/2009: Railroad Magazine (WOR, 4/4/1973)
- 10/14/2009: Superstition (WOR, 10/13/1972)
- 10/7/2009: Bimbos (WOR, 6/28/1966)
- 9/30/2009: Cars, Sex, Football (WOR, 10/1/1965)
- 9/16/2009: Radio Station Job (WOR, 1/25/1973)
- 9/9/2009: Radio Excelsior (WOR, 6/16/1965)
- 9/2/2009: Ham Radio (WOR, 1/29/1965)
- 8/26/2009: Hypnotism (WOR, 8/1963)
- 8/19/2009: Stealing Melons (WOR, 8/15/1967)
- 8/12/2009: Almost Busted (WOR, 9/27/1969)
- 8/5/2009: Chewing Tobacco (WOR, 8/3/1972)
- 7/29/2009: The Dentist (WOR, 9/22/1972)
- 7/22/2009: Sewer Music (WOR, 7/21/1965)
- 7/15/2009: State of Maine (WOR, 9/15/1966)
- 7/1/2009: Fireworks and War Games (WOR, 7/1/1965)
- 6/24/2009: Radio Signals (WOR, 4/15/1965)
- 6/17/2009: End of the World (WOR, 1/29/1974)
- 6/10/2009: Old Radio (WOR, 1/18/1971)
- 6/3/2009: Theory of Evil (WOR, 3/1972)
- 5/27/2009: Fishing (WOR, 7/30/1963)
- 5/20/2009: Army Exam (Limelight, 5/23/1964)
- 5/13/2009: First Martini (WOR, 6/1964)
- 5/6/2009: Bob (WOR, 4/9/1973)
- 4/29/2009: Cockroach Season (WOR, 5/2/1973)
- 4/22/2009: Ham Wedding (WOR, 2/16/1972)
- 4/15/2009: Drunken Animals (WOR, 9/25/1971)
- 4/8/2009: Witchcraft Jug Band (WOR, 6/8/1972)
- 4/1/2009: Rumors (WOR, 1975)
- 3/25/1009: Theory of Evil (WOR, 3/1972)
- 3/19/2009: Slobs (WOR, 8/4/1964)
- 3/6/2009: Amos and Andy (WOR, 1964)
- 2/27/2009 Pirate Radio (WOR, 4/1961)
- 2/20/2009: Voice of Chicken aka Ruth Auction (WOR, 2/23/1973)
- 2/13/2009: Valentine’s Day (WOR, 2/14/1964)
- 2/6/2009: Spy Stories (WOR, 2/1/1968)
- 1/30/2009: Witch Doctor (WOR, 1/28/1972)
- 1/23/2009: School Fight (WOR, 10/24/1974)
- 1/16/2009: Maine (WOR, 6/17/1964)
- 1/16/2009: How Radio Works (WOR, 1970)
- 1/9/2009: The Old Man’s 300 Game (WOR, 2/25/1972)
- 1/2/2009: EH Scott Radio (WOR, 7/7/1970)