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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...

WFLD Channel 32 - Lost in Space (Promo, 1977)

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Here's a neat promo for Lost in Space on WFLD Channel 32. The opening super is patterned after the first (released) "Star Wars" movie which was referenced in the intro.

We also see the production slate at the beginning showing that this was number 8977 and was directed by Don Shannon. The promo was recorded on 8-10-77 - eight days after Channel 32's prior owner, Kaiser Broadcasting, was subsumed by original owner Field Communications.

Voiceover by Bud Kel...

Airline by MPH (Commercial, 1977)

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Here's a commercial for a board game called Airline by MPH ("The Making People Happy people"). This Monopoly-similar game allowed the player to control the world's largest international airline - if you could handle the risks. A map of the world, plus key airline routes, are on the board, as well as major destinations on the outer edge where each player lands. Also comes with dice and colored chips. For 2 to 4 players.

A British equivalent of this board game (...

WGN Channel 9 - The WGN 8:00 Movie - "A Hard Day's Night" (Opening, 1977)

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Here's the opening of The WGN 8:00 Movie presentation of "A Hard Day's Night" featuring the Beatles, on WGN Channel 9. Also includes a "Last Farewell" animated WGN station ID at the beginning, and a snippet of the beginning of an Imperial margarine ad at the end (voiceover by Peter Thomas).

The opening graphics seen here are the same as those in

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