Recursive File Renaming script doesn't work from crontab - bash

Question

Crontab launches the script, the podcast updates correctly, but none of the file renaming (1st loop) or file moving (2nd loop).
If I run the script from the command-line, works perfectly.
I have added the "echo" lines to troubleshoot, the $file variable is consistent when run through command-line and crontab.
#/bin/sh
# Mad Money updates at 6:40 pm (timezone?) M-F
# At 6:30 pm CST it was ready to download
# http://podcast.cnbc.com/mmpodcast/lightninground.xml
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
echo "paths"
echo $PATH
podcast_folder=$"/home/zenon/podcasts/MAD_MONEY_W__JIM_CRAMER_-_Full_Episode"
episode_folder=$"/mnt/black-2tb-001/plex-server/shows/Mad-Money/Season-1"
hpodder update
sleep 1
hpodder download
sleep 1
cd ${podcast_folder}
for file in "$podcast_folder"/*.mp4; do
echo "Processing ${file}"
#"MadMoney-" Name
name=${file:60:9}
echo "podcast name is ${name}"
#"04" Month
month=${file:69:2}
echo "month is ${month}"
#"18" Day
day=${file:71:2}
echo "day is ${day}"
#"13" yr
yr=${file:73:2}
echo "year is 20${yr}"
title="${name}20${yr}.${month}.${day}.mp4"
echo "file ${file}"
echo "title ${title}"
# cp ${file} ${title}
mv ${file} ${title}
done
cd ${podcast_folder}
for file in "$podcast_folder"/*.mp4; do
chown zenon:plex ${file}
mv ${file} ${episode_folder}
done
# deletes any files older than 9 days
find ${episode_folder} -type f -mtime +9 -exec rm {} \;
exit
here is the debugging output from the script
cat cron.log
paths
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
1 podcast(s) to consider
Get: 4 MAD MONEY W/ JIM CRAMER - Full Episode
100% 1 B/s 0s
0 episode(s) to consider from 1 podcast(s)
0% 0 B/s 0s
Processing $/home/zenon/podcasts/MAD_MONEY_W__JIM_CRAMER_-_Full_Episode/*.mp4

Answer 1

you have a mistake in the first line, you should change
#/bin/sh to #!/bin/sh