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Last Record Update: 04-19-2016
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Hartwest Productions

Hartwest Productions was a syndicator back in the 1960's who maintained one of the most extensive programming-production departments in the syndication field. They supplied sydicated shows such as The Joe Pyne Show, the Paul Gibson Show, the Barry Gray Show, and the Jean Shepherd Show to radio staions across the country. According to the Films Around the World website Shepherd recorded a number of shows for Hartwest for syndication. About 200 hours of shows, which should be close to 300 individual shows, are currently in possession of Films Around the World. The shows were recorded without commercials, with Shep only announcing "lets break for a commercial". Some shows had an open mike before the theme and you can hear Shep talking with the engineers. Based on ads and articles in Broadcast Magazine, Hartwest was supplying shows to WHEC in Rochester, NY as early as November 9, 1964 and as late as March 15, 1965. Supposedly they were broadcast daily which means that over the 4 month period about 80 shows were aired on WHEC alone. It is not known how many other stations carried these. Also it is not know which shows were aired. Were the shows that aired part of the group of 200 hours in possession of FATW? Or were there more?

TBS Marathons:

Every Christmas since 1997 the TBS cable network has shown a 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"

Date	Description
December 24, 1997	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 1998	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 1999	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2000	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2001	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2002	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2003	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2004	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2005	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2006	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2007	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2008	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2009	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2010	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2011	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2012	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2013	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2014	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2015	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2016	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2017	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2018	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2019	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2020	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2021	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2022	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2023	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2024	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2025	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"

Photos:

November 30, 1964
Broadcasting Magazine Ad

March 15, 1965
Broadcasting Magazine Ad

June 27, 1966
Broadcasting Magazine

March 25, 1968
Broadcasting Magazine

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

"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