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Sundays with Shep

"New Year's in Times Square" (December 31, 2023)

By Ryan Priest

Published December 31, 2023 at 5:02 PM CST

Shep watches the ball drop to ring in the New Year.

Before Dick Clark starting rocking New Year's Eve, Americans tuned in to Guy Lombardo to ring in the New Year. In this segment from December 31, 1972, Shep was Lombardo's man in Times Square describing the action as the ball dropped.

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