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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Special Report - "Winter Of '79" (Part 2, 1979)
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Here's Part 2 of a NewsCenter5 Special Report on WMAQ Channel 5 about the great snowstorm of 1979. Features Jim Ruddle, Chuck Henry, Rich Samuels reporting from CTA Control, Dr. Barry Kaufman reporting from Cook County Hospital, Roberta Baskin reports from O'Hare airport - with statements from Don Halliday, General Manager of American Airlines, and Stephen Ray reports from the Hyatt Regency Chicago hotel.
(also includes a tiny snippet of a carpet commercial at the very end)
WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 2, 1978)
Views: 2113
Here's Part 2 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.
This part includes:
Fahey and Joel walking on the stage to the podium (with the iconic "Circle 7" logo up front), introduced (off-camera) by Gary Gears
Fahey opens with his famed "How do you do, ladies and gentlemen" intro, to hearty applause, while he and Joel trade barbs about...
WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Sorry, Wrong Number" (Commercial Break #3, 1975)
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Here's Commercial Break #3 during The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on WGN Channel 9. Quality varies due to reception and tape degradation issues. Includes:
The Morning Movie bumper slide (with music from "Sorry, Wrong Number")
Sondag Datsun - 740 Busse Highway in Park Ridge (would eventually become Ray Hara's King Datsun) (voiceover by Len Johnson)
Paka-Punch by Ralston Purina
Incomplete commer...
WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News Special Report - Blizzard '79 (Part 3, 1979)
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Here's Part 3, the last part, of a Channel 2 News Special Report on the Blizzard of 1979 - this update coming the day after the big snow hit. Includes:
Carrie Cochran anchoring; Phil Whitelaw giving a weather update; Cut commercial break with just a remnent of a Little Sisters of the Poor PSA; Carrie Cochran reporting on a rash of cooperation and helpfulness breaking out among the populace in the wake of the blizzard; another cut commercial break with a snippet of a Ford ad f...
WMBD Channel 31 - Nightmare Theater - "Werewolf of London" (Opening, 1961)
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Not from Chicago, but close enough for jazz - here's a rarity indeed for this era, the opening for an edition of Nightmare Theater on WMBD Channel 31 in Peoria, IL, hosted by Milton Budd from its 1958 debut into later in the '60's. Here, he is introducing this night's presentation of the 1935 horror film "Werewolf of London."
This was from a 16mm film print saved by a former employee of WMBD-TV.
"Welcome to tonight's meeting of the A.F. of L. (sinister...
WGN Channel 9 - The Science Fiction Film Awards (Opening, 1978)
Views: 4376
Here's the opening credits and cheesetasic "dance number" for The Science Fiction Film Awards. You haven't lived until you've seen Dracula boogie'n down 70's style. 8-)
Hosted by Karen Black & William Shatner
Starring (in alphabetical order - for ego's sake):
Buzz Aldrin
Richard Benjamin
Ray Bradbury
Charles "Pete" Conrad
Buster Crabbe (I didn't even know she had one of those)
The Dancin' Machine (no Gene-Gene?)...
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Generic Commercial Intro #29" (1971)
Views: 1388
Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
As it states this is a "generic" commercial intro (#29). In the early days of the show, SYT consisted mainly of voiceover announcements for the movie, which was eventually expanded into full appearances by Svengoolie. Though it's from after that era, this clip gives you a sense of what the program was like i...
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Generic Commercial Intro #27" (1971)
Views: 2189
Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
As it states this is a "generic" commercial intro (#27), with Sven goofing around with some video effects. In the early days of the show, SYT consisted mainly of voiceover announcements for the movie, which was eventually expanded into full appearances by Svengoolie. Though it's from after that era, this clip gives...
WBMX "Progressive" FM 103 (Commercial, 1980)
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Here's a saucy commercial for WBMX - "Progressive" FM 103.
The call letters WBMX (standing for Black Music EXperience), were originally assigned to 102.7 on the FM dial in Oak Park/Chicago Illinois from 1973 to 1988. (That station frequency is now home to R&B station WVAZ - better known as V-103). In 1991, the call letters WBMX were assigned to 98.5 on the FM dial in the Boston area.
Contains some quick clips of the Chicago White Sox.
This aired o...