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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10 - The Day After (Preview, 1983)

Views: 1830

Here's a preview for the upcoming Eyewitness News at 10 on WLS Channel 7 - the major story of the day being the airing of The Day After - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States.

Featuring Jack Jones and Jim Gibbons.

This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, November 20th 1983.

WLS Channel 7 - Makin' It (Opening, 1979)

Views: 2414

Here's the opening for the short-lived disco-era series Makin' It starring David Naughton (star of "American Werewolf in London" and the Dr. Pepper "Be a Pepper" guy)

Also includes a WLS-TV Chicago 7 bumper slide at the beginning (voiceover by Al Parker)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 9th 1979 at 7pm.

WLS Channel 7 - Strike Force (Opening, 1982)

Views: 1672

Here's the opening to a short-lived series starring Robert Stack, Strike Force. I'm sure this one won't be released on DVD.

Also, at the beginning of the clip, you see a brief glimpse of a promo for WLS ABC 7's version of "Eye on Chicago." WBBM CBS 2 would have a show with the same name 20 years later.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982 at 9:00pm.

WPWR Channel 60 - The Beatles (Bumper #1, 1985)

Views: 1629

Here's a later version of a bumper for The Beatles cartoon on WPWR Channel 60. You can see an earlier version of the bumper here and here.

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

This aired on local Chicago TV mid-May 1985.

WPWR Channel 60 - The Beatles (Bumper #2, 1985)

Views: 1368

Here's another example of a later version of a bumper for The Beatles cartoon on WPWR Channel 60. You can see an earlier version of the bumper here and here.

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

This aired on local Chicago TV mid-May 1985.

WGN Channel 9 - "Lou Rawls' Welcome Home" (Promo, 1984)

Views: 7048

Here's one of the memorable Lou Rawls jingle promos that WGN Channel 9 had during the 1980's. Featuring:

Bozo's Circus (Ned Locke, Ray Rayner, Bob Bell, and Roy Brown)
Harry Caray
Denise Cannon & John Drury
The Love Boat
WKRP in Cincinnati
One Day at a Time
Animal House
Fantasy Island
Lou Grant
Barney Miller

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 7th 1984.

WJZ Channel 13 - "We Love IDs Too!" (On-Screen ID, 1983)

Views: 2565

Here's one more example not from Chicago TV but still interesting to show the differences in stations presentations' of The Day After (an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States).

WLS-TV did not have an on-screen station ID for the entirety of the movie. However, WJZ Channel 13 in Baltimore, Maryland did. I don't have the entire broadcast to see how many there were, but this is at least one example.

WLS Channel 7 - "Pirate Report" (1987)

Views: 6797

Here's a news segment on WLS Channel 7 regarding the infamous "Max Headroom Pirating Incident".

Featuring Floyd Kalber. (and who's the guy at the end?), Dan Roan (incorrectly spelled as Rohn by WLS), and Bob Strutzel - WGN Spokesman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 23rd 1987.

WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #2, 1977)

Views: 2379

Here's another Star Trek bumper from one of WFLD's sister-stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit - this one with a different font for the show name than the first one. The others can be seen here (January 1977) and here (June 1977).

This aired on local Detroit TV on Monday, April 25th 1977. (not Chicago, but still cool)