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WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News At Five - "Trib Buys Cubs" (Opening, 1981)

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Here is the opening (mostly complete) for the Channel 2 News At Five on WBBM Channel 2. The lead story at that hour was the selling by the Wrigley family of the Chicago Cubs to the Tribune Company. Also includes stories on Chicago Public Schools, a Ronald Reagan press conference, and the condition of James Brady.

Finally we see a snippet of an old Earl Scheib commercial before the tape cuts off. :-)

Featuring Walter Jacobson, Johnny Morris, William Wrigley Jr....

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Disco Demolition Already In Progress" (1979)

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Here's a news clip from NewsCenter 5 on WMAQ Channel 5 giving an update on the Disco Demolition fiasco at Comiskey Park that night.

Mike Pumo reports via phone to Jim Ruddle that the second game of the double-header has been cancelled along with some other details.

I am assuming that this report was from the regular 10pm news that night - and assuming that this was their lead story, can we assume then that the 2nd game was officially cancelled around 10pm that ...

The Oprah Winfrey Show - "Staff Christmas Talent Show" (Part 5, 1985)

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Here's Part 5 of a fairly early episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show - back when they were still producing it in the WLS-TV studios, and when they were still using the old AM Chicago music as the theme. On this day they had a Christmas Talent Show featuring staff members from WLS Channel 7. This part includes:

WLS-TV Engineers Sharon Gardner and Murphy Batiste act in a scene from the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf".

This...

Son Of Svengoolie - "Emergency Bored-Casting System Test" (1983?)

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Here's a segment from Son of Sven - the sketch "Emergency Bored-Casting System Test" (parody of the Emergency Broadcast System tests) Featuring a voiceover by Jim Barton. Also look for a WFLD Brady Bunch slide!

Not sure what episode this was from but it was definitely from the eighties, probably around 1983.

(video has some distortion in it)

This aired on local Chicago TV on a ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 1982 Chicago Emmy Awards (Excerpt, 1982)

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Here's an excerpt of the 1982 Chicago Emmy Awards (with some slightly amended audio) which aired on WBBM Channel 2, originating from the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and hosted by Phil Donahue. (Apologies for the picture quality.)

This part features Mary Ann Childers, Irv Kupcinet, Steve Dahl, Garry Meier and John Roach.

Mr. Dahl, Mr. Meier (whose first name was misspelled "Gary" on the lower-third) and Mr. Roach won in the category of "Outstanding...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "ERA for Illinois" (1976)

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Here's an Editorial on WMAQ Channel 5 given by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director, on the topic of the E.R.A. (Equal Rights Amendment) and the work being done to ratify it in Illinois. (preceded by a WMAQ-TV station ID slide)

Editorial Voiceovers by Henry Cooke. (thanks to Deb Segal for finally id'ing this other mystery announcer)

Also includes a slide-only bumper commercial for the John G. Shedd Aquarium (hey, is that Dory?) (voiceover by Lorry Young)

McDonald's - "Joe Kelley" (Commercial, 1984)

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Here's a commercial for McDonalds featuring "Joe Kelley" - food editor at the local newspaper - reporting that McDonald's hamburgers and cheesburgers were specially priced at 39 cents 49 cents respectively.

A user here, "BeatFarmer66", requested this commercial a couple of years ago as seen in the comments section of this video. Apparently, a former classmate of his named Sue Robbins played the part of th...

Totten for Lieutenant Governor (Political Ad, 1982)

Views: 864

Here's a political ad from Illinois State Senator Donald L. Totten who is touting his run for Lieutenant Governor in the run-up to the March 16th Republican primary. He describes his time working as the Illinois campaign manager for Ronald Reagan's 1980 Presidential run, how he enacted the same kind of reforms that Reagan had as governor of California - and how he intends to do so in the Lieutenant Governor's office.

Paid for by Totten Campaign Committee.

Voiceo...

WDHO Channel 24 - "Nuclear Destruction: Catch It On WDHO!" (On-Screen ID, 1983)

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Here's something not from Chicago TV but still interesting to show the differences in stations presentations' of The Day After (an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States).

WLS-TV did not have an on-screen station ID for the entirety of the movie. However, WDHO Channel 24 in Toledo, Ohio apparently thought it was appropriate to put several of their ID's on screen throughout the movie - the most distracting of th...