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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "The Family" (Promo, 1978)

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Here's a promo for a NewsCenter5 special on WMAQ Channel 5 - "The Family" - about the Vienna Correctional Center - a minimum security prison in Illinois - and the people trying to turn their lives around and get rehabilitated. The special aired on Friday, March 31st 1978 at 7:30pm.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, March 29th 1978.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 with Lynne Scott (Bumper Promo, 1978)

Views: 2115

Here's a station ID bumper / promo for the 10pm edition of NewsCenter5, with anchor Lynne Scott previewing news of a plane crash near Meigs Field where at least one person was killed.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 5th 1978.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Linda Yu" (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 2281

Here's a quick news bumper promo for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Linda Yu.

Voiceover by Jim Hill.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, July 13th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 With Jane Pauley (Bumper Promo, 1976)

Views: 2878

Here's a short bumper promo for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Jane Pauley before she moved up to the NBC network and the Today show. She was the first woman ever to anchor the evening news at WMAQ-TV.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, June 18th 1976 at about 12 midnight.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter 5 Update With Jim Ruddle (1980)

Views: 3584

Here's a NewsCenter 5 update on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Jim Ruddle. Previews of 10pm stories include:

Ninth day of Persian Gulf war shows no signs that peace is near, with the Ayatollah Khomeini vowing that Iran will fight until the end

U.S. uses planes to help Saudi Arabia keep tabs on the war

Victim of toxic-shock syndrome talks about her case.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, September 30th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Well Informed, Well" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2384

Here is a promo for the NewsCenter5 team - Jim Ruddle, Chuck Henry, Mike Jackson, Linda Yu, Jerry Taft, Peter Nolan, and Russ Ewing.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 29th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "A Service For The Deaf" (1976)

Views: 6077

Here's something pretty neat - a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5 for the deaf, with Doug Goldhamer reading the news and doing the corresponding sign-language. (voiceover introduction by Ed Grennan) Includes:

WMAQ-TV Station ID slide at the beginning (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

A bit of a technical difficulty moment when the superimposed name doesn't work right.

Commercial: Ed Fanning Chevrolet at 1252 North Lake Street in Aurora.
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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Two Glowing Anchors" (Promos, 1980)

Views: 2501

Here are two quick bumper promos I edited together for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring some spacey "glowing" effects on both Linda Yu and Mike Jackson. Looks very "Xanadu-esque".

These both aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 23rd 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Mount St. Helens" (1980)

Views: 4226

Here are a few excerpts of a NewsCenter5 newscast on WMAQ Channel 5 on the final eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. Featuring Chuck Henry and Jerry Taft.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, May 20th 1980.