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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness AM News with Jim Gibbons (1978)

Views: 1375

Here's an edition of Eyewitness AM News on WLS Channel 7 that aired within Good Morning America. The anchor of this edition was Jim Gibbons, and the items are as follows:

- Jay Levine reporting on the previous day's events in the trial of Nola Jean Weaver of Long Grove, accused of murdering her husband Larry in 1977; prosecutor Ann Regan's tales of sordid love affairs and Larry's beating his wife, shouting matches between prosecution and defense, and swinging moo...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Team "Season's Greetings" (Bumper, 1980)

Views: 1996

Here's a short version of the WLS Channel 7 Season's Greetings message featuring all the station personalities in a kitchen making holiday goodies. This quick bumper version features (from left) Frank Mathie, Robb Weller, and Diane Allen.

Voiceover by Gary Gears.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, December 21st 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1981)

Views: 2696

Here is the preview and pre-show commercial break for the upcoming episode of AM Chicago. Includes:

ABC ID

AM Chicago preview featuring Robb Weller

MCI

Venture - Save With Style

Aunt Jemima French Toast

WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News bumper promo with Mary Ann Childers (cut-off early by WLS)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, August 28th, 1981 @ about 8:59am.

WLS Channel 7 - "News Promo & Network Pre-Emption Notice" (1983)

Views: 2234

Here is a quick WLS Eyewitness News bumper promo (with Jack Jones) for an exclusive "Day After" poll at 10:30pm, followed by the ABC Network pre-emption notice that Hardcastle & McCormick would not air that night - in it's place being the ABC Theater telemovie, The Day After, about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States, which was coming up next.

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

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

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Christmas Eve Show" (Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 1566

Here's an excerpt of the Christmas Eve edition of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7, hosted by Robb Weller and Sandi Freeman, and also featuring Eyewitness News co-anchor Fahey Flynn and then-Chicago White Sox (and later Chicago Cubs) announcer Harry Caray.

Includes:

Second half of "Seven's On Your Side" Christmas ad which emphasized the news covered in 1979, followed by a Christmas ball with photos of key Eyewitness News personalities of the time ...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 3, 1979)

Views: 1113

Here's Part 3 of a special expanded edition of Eyewitness News at 10pm with Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly on WLS Channel 7, dealing almost entirely with the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history. This also features some other news of the day. Includes:

Joel Daly mentioning other fatal plane crashes in history, including two prior ones at O'Hare (in 1961 and 1968), plus two at Midway Airport (in 1972 and 1961 - he mentioned t...

WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 2, 1979)

Views: 3393

Here's Part 2 of WLS Channel 7's news coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (a DC-10 manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas; scheduled to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles), 1/2 mile northwest of O'Hare Airport. Featuring Diane Allen and the voice of eyewitness Bruce Zupek. Includes:

News Bulletin bumper slide (voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)

Diane Allen is on the phone with Bruce Zupek, a private pilot who was an eyewitness to the crash as he...

WGN Channel 9 - News Excerpt With Marty McNeeley (1979)

Views: 4061

Here's a brief excerpt of a newscast on WGN Channel 9 featuring John Drury (voice only) and Marty McNeeley. Not sure if this was a noon newscast or at 9pm. Stories include:

End of a story about a trial involving Chicago politician Swanstrom with courtroom sketches by Gary Gianni.

Accident near Daley Center involving a car jumping a curb at Dearborn & Washington. Injured were Daniel Fayan (sp?) and his wife Suzanne and an unidentified woman. Featuring eyewitne...

WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 1, 1983)

Views: 4439

Here's Part 1 of the 4:30 Eyewitness News with Mary Ann Childers and Tim Weigel. Includes:

- Students at Crown Elementary sickened by apparent food poisoning. Reporting live from Saint Anthony's hospital is Jim Avila. Features an update from nurse Lucretia Bankston. Bill Nigut reports from (Saul?) Crown Elementary School (Crown Magnet School) and speaks with district superintendent Dr. Preston Bryant. (Technical Difficulties moment also occurs)

- Bertha Cole...