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WGN Channel 9 - WGN Friday Night Movie - "Fahrenheit 451" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 6354

Here is the opening of the WGN Friday Night Movie presentation of "Fahrenheit 451" on WGN Channel 9.

Also includes a WGN Globe Station ID at the beginning. Voiceover by Jack Taylor.

Check out the film hair that sticks around at the beginning of the movie. Reminds me of that one cartoon where the character plucks it off the screen during the middle of the action. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 7th 1983.

KMIR Channels 6 & 36 - Station ID (1986)

Views: 2247

Not from Chicago, but still of interest - here's a station ID for KMIR Channels 6 and 36 in Palm Springs, California, affiliated then as now with NBC. (Channel 36 is the main channel, Channel 6 was its cable TV dial position; the '6' ID remained part of their logo up until the end of 2013.)

Voiceover by ??

"Your NBC station, serving all the communities of the magnificent desert empire."

This aired on local Palm Springs TV on Tuesday, June 2...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Bride of Frankenstein" (Ending, 1983)

Views: 1174

Here's the ending and final commercial break for the Son of Svengoolie presentation of the 1935 film "Bride of Frankenstein" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

"Movies in June" promo for upcoming 7 O'Clock Movie airings of the 1950 Bing Crosby film Mr. Music (for Tuesday, June 14th) and the 1957 Elvis Presley film Jailhouse Rock (for Wednesday, June 15th) (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Son of Svengoolie bumper

Commercial: ...

Kaiser Broadcasting Company (ID #1, 1977)

Views: 6928

Here it is at long last! A complete Kaiser Broadcasting ID! I wish I could say this was from a Chicago recording, but it actually comes from a tape made off of one of WFLD's sister stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit.

As you can hear at the end of this clip (in an extremely brief snippet) - the same music was used in the WFLD one, so it's very likely that they were identical (except perhaps for the ...

WTTW Channel 11 - Station Sign-Off (1984)

Views: 8582

Here's a station sign-off from WTTW Channel 11. Includes:

Thomson Vacation sponsorship slide with Marty Robinson voiceover

WTTW Station Sign-Off with Don Ferris voiceover

National Anthem with some nice scenes of Chicago

Particularly busy static and fuzz.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, September 10th 1984.

WIFR Channel 23 - Ending of 60 Minutes & Commercial Break (1977)

Views: 2984

Here is the ending of Sixty Minutes as well as a final commercial break on WIFR Channel 23. Includes:

Ending of Sixty Minutes.

Commercial: Holiday Inn.

Commercial: Litton Microwave Oven - Changing the way America Cooks.

Commercial: Budweiser Beer (I'm saying Budweiser right after I post this video...) ;-)

Commercial: Sylvania Superset TV - "The picture we risked $100,000 on."

End credits of Sixty Minut...

Pest-Free (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1523

Here's a commercial for Pest-Free by Pest-Away - the ultrasonic insect and rodent repellent device that will get rid of roaches, mosquitos, raccoons (?) and many other household pests.

Pest-Free does NOT affect Humans, Pets, Plants, or Electronic Devices.

Here's another version of the Pest-Free commercial, and though it aired in 1981 seems older than this one.

This commercial...

WMAQ Channel 5 - The Fugitive - "Ballad For A Ghost" (Commercial Break, 1978)

Views: 1933

Here is a complete commercial break from an airing of The Fugitive on WMAQ Channel 5 (the episode was "Ballad for a Ghost"). Includes:

WBBM-FM 96 - "The Mellow Sound Of Chicago"

Welcome Chevrolet - "Monte Carlo Madness" (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Spelson Insurance Agency

Best Interiors (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

"National Foundation March of Dimes Metro. Chicago" bumper slide PSA (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
...

WCIU Channel 26 - Station ID (198?)

Views: 1504

Here's a Station ID for WCIU Channel 26.

"This is Channel 26 - Chicago's First Ultra High Frequency Station - Broadcasting from the Top of the Board of Trade Building. WCIU-TV Chicago." (voiceover by Bill O'Connor)

Not sure when this aired exactly but early 80's is a good bet.