Search Results

WSNS Channel 44 - "DePaul Basketball" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2039

Here's a station ID slide from WSNS Channel 44, with a promo for DePaul basketball.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 1201

Here's an on-screen station ID during an episode of M*A*S*H on WFLD Channel 32. Probably the most surreal station ID moment ever.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, September 9th 1981.

WGN Channel 9 - Lead-Off Man - "Milo Hamilton" (Excerpts, 1979)

Views: 3422

Here are some excerpts from a Lead-off Man telecast on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Tail end of a WGN-TV "Last Farewell" animated station ID

Opening of Lead-off Man Voiceover starts late - Lou Boudreau's sponsorship notice by Danley's Garage World partially cut off

Note: The music used as the theme to Lead-off Man is "The Billboard March", composed by John N. Klohr. The version used is performed by ??

Interv...

WMAQ Channel 5 - "V" (Bumper, 1985)

Views: 2633

Here's a bumper for "V" the series, with an onscreen station ID for WMAQ Channel 5. Notice that this one is slightly different and a little shorter than the one without the Station ID.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 8th 1985.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Have Your Children Done Their Homework?" (Station ID, 1979)

Views: 2051

Here's a station ID slide from WBBM Channel 2 with the "Project Learning" logo and a voiceover message (by Bob Carrington) asking if your children had done their homework yet. This is followed by the "CBS Bong".

This was along the lines of such famous top-of-hour messages as this one from WNEW (now WNYW) Channel 5 in New York (future sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32) that asked (and still asks) ever...

WTVO Channel 17 - "Snow Scene" (Station ID Slide, 1976)

Views: 4138

Here's a rare Station ID and slide from WTVO Channel 17.

Voiceover by Bob Kevern.

"Bob was the weather man and did most of the booth announcing. Bob also introduced the weather window, with shots of citizens waving at the camera. Bruce Richardson anchored the news and was a wonderful person. Bob Lewis did the sports and had a loose casual style. If Ernie Banks dropped in - he was on the air. Those were good times." - Ted Schwandt

This aired on l...

WLS Channel 7 - "Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1929-1968" (Station ID, 1981)

Views: 1920

Here's a simple station ID slide from WLS Channel 7 that also commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

Voiceover by Al Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 15th 1981 at 3pm.

Girls Clubs of America - "Girls Clubs Are Great!" (PSA, 1973)

Views: 1041

Here's a PSA for the Girls Clubs of America, with a female singer/guitarist extolling the virtues of the Girls Clubs, and film footage spotlighting a young gymnast interspersed with clips of one girl looking on as a car engine is being repaired, a stage audition with budding ballerinas, a campfire sing along, and a gathering in a room with a handwritten "DALLAS OR BUST" sign on the wall in one corner.

This was one of many now-iconic PSA's that aired throughout most of the 197...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Snowblower Lineup" (Station ID, 1981)

Views: 3476

Here's a station ID and slide from WTTW Channel 11 - this one listing some of their program offerings.

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

"Sesame Street. Nova. Chicago Week In Review. Image Union. Masterpiece Theatre. They're all here on WTTW Channel 11 Chicago."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 3rd 1981 @ a little before 2pm!