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WGN Channel 9 - "Happy Holidays With The Flintstones" (1979)

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Here is a Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This one stars Fred Flintstone playing Santa Claus, and originated from The Flintstones episode "Christmas Flintstone" which first aired on the ABC Network on December 25th 1964.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 21st 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - People, Places & Things - "Christmas Party" (1979)

Views: 1167

Here is a community calendar announcement from WGN Channel 9 which they dubbed "People, Places & Things" - this one regarding a Christmas party for a youth organization.

Voiceover by Bob Bell.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 20th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls Basketball With Bob Costas (Promo, 1979)

Views: 17877

Here's a short promo for Chicago Bulls Basketball on WGN Channel 9 featuring a young Bob Costas.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 26th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - For Whom The Bell Tolls (End Of Break & Bumper, 1979)

Views: 2276

Here's the end of a commercial break and a bumper for a WGN Channel 9 presentation of "For Whom The Bell Tolls". This was listed as "Special Prime Time Movie" in one newspaper but not sure if that's an official title. Includes:

End of Theatrical Movie Trailer for TV for "The Late Great Planet Earth" ("The Last Days of Planet Earth")

WGN People, Places & Things Community Calendar notice (voiceover by Carl Greyson)

"For Whom The Bell Tolls" ...

WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "Casablanca" (Opening, 1979)

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Here is the opening of the WGN classic movie show, When Movies Were Movies - which this night was showing the film "Casablanca." You really have to appreciate the creativity in this, as well as the time it must have taken to make those cut-outs.

As for the theme music used for this long-running showcase - it was from the instrumental Overtur...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "The War Of The Worlds" (On-Screen ID, 1978)

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Here is an on-screen station ID during the Family Classics With Frazier Thomas presentation of "War of the Worlds" on WGN Channel 9.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 19th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - People, Places & Things - "Christmas Around the World" (1979)

Views: 1474

Here is a community calendar announcement from WGN Channel 9 which they dubbed "People, Places & Things" - this one regarding the 38th annual "Christmas Around the World" festival at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Voiceover by Bob Bell.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 10th 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Newsbreak With Jack Taylor (#1, 1978)

Views: 2511

Here's an extra fuzzy Newsbreak with Jack Taylor on WGN Channel 9.

Stories include:

Allstate insurance raises their rates

Roland Burris finally wins against John Castle after Castle finally concedes

2 intruders in Oneonta, Alabama kill a farmer and his wife and leave his three children and his mother badly wounded

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 10th 1978.

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" (Part 1, 1981)

Views: 7687

Here is Part 1 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. (the first part is from a different source, so the video quality isn't as good as the rest of the parts)

Here he banters a bit with Chelveston the Duck and feeds him out of his hand, then shows a Bugs Bunny cartoon without the opening titles of "Hurdy Gurdy Hare".

Notice the audio cuts out when he says the date at the beginning and later in the clip. This must have been done b...