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WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "ΚΑLA’ ΧΡΙΣΓΟỨΓΕΝΝΑ" (1979)

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"Season's Greetings from the WGN Family" - ΚΑLA’ ΧΡΙΣΓΟỨΓΕΝΝΑ. Looks Greek to me... (sorry, had to) ;-)

Sounds like Merri Dee doing the end voice over again.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 24th 1979.

CBS Network - Rafferty With Patrick McGoohan (Preview & Opening, 1977)

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Thought I'd post this since Patrick McGoohan recently passed away...the opening to his short-lived CBS series, "Rafferty". Includes a preview of the episode, the opening credits with sponsorship by General Electric Coffee Corner, and the first minute or so of the episode "Death out of a Blue Sky". (This is all I have - no complete episodes)

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, November 28th 1977. (Although it was probably exactly the same as it aired on WBBM!) (By...

NBC Network - News Update With Floyd Kalber (Tiny Excerpt, 1971?)

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Here's a very tiny snippet of a what appears to be a network news update from WMAQ Channel 5's legendary "Big Tuna," Floyd Kalber. Besides anchoring WMAQ's newscasts, Mr. Kalber for years was the anchor of weekday five-minute news updates that aired on the NBC Network at 11:55am CT (12:55pm ET). This in all likelihood was the last regularly-scheduled network program to originate from Chicago.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Partridge Family - "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa" (Commercial Break #3, 1979)

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Here is Commercial Break #3 from the episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa" of The Partridge Family on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Partridge Family Zooming bumper

Crossroads record offer by Sessions

WFLD M*A*S*H promo (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

WFLD Partridge Family Zooming bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 24th 1979.

The Keane Brothers (Commercial, 1977)

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Here's a commercial for the eponymous debut album by the "Hanson" of their day - The Keane Brothers. (Tom and John) On 20th Century Records and Tapes. Produced by the legendary David Foster.

The second song in this isn't half bad - has a real mellow 70s vibe to it. Tom wrote their own songs from what I've googled. Oh - wow, I guess that song was written for and about Amy Carter. It's called Amy (Show The World You're There).

Available at Record Market Stores...

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 4, 1979)

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Here's Part 4 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

Game play resumes during the 1st quarter. An additional 12 points are racked up by the Bullets, and an additional 8 points by the Bulls, to make the score 32-22 before the tape runs out.

(NOTE: The Bullets beat the Bulls, 124-11...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life (Break #3, 1975)

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Here is Commercial Break #3 of The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life on WFLD Channel 32. (In Black and White, unfortunately) Includes:

Quasar TVs - at Nelson Brothers Furniture (with jingle!)

Shrinky Dinks - The Entire Family

Identifax Security System - Burglary Prevention Kit (featuring an Ex-Burglar) (Voiceover during ordering information is Bud Kelly, right?)

This aired on local Chicago TV likely in the first couple months of...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Red, White & Blue with Bob Hope (Promos & Station ID, 1976)

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Here's a series of promos by comic legend Bob Hope as aired on WMAQ Channel 5, for NBC's Red, White & Blue special celebrating the Fourth of July, coverage of Chicago area celebrations of Independence Day at 5pm, and Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular at 7:30pm with guests Sammy Davis Jr., Donny & Marie Osmond, The Captain & Tennille, and Debbie Reynolds.

The promos - designated PR-1039 - are in :30 second (TAKE 1) and short station ID (TAKE 2) form...

WFLD Channel 32 - Weather Alert (1978?)

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Here's an emergency weather alert from WFLD Channel 32, advising of "severe snowstorms and travelers advisories."

Notice at the end, the Kaiser-era "32" logo, plus the use of various weights of the Avant Garde typeface, that typified the station's "look" within its 1973-77 interregnum under Kaiser Broadcasting ownership, plus the first year or so after Field Communications reasserted control.

The music that opened this segment and was heard throughout this aler...