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Here's Part 2 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire Commissioner Richard Albrecht, and Police Superintendent James O'Grady taking questions from irate Chicagoans. Also featuring Steve Shepard at the 6200 block of South Archer in Southwest Chicago,...
WMAQ Channel 5 - News (Opening, 1983)
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Here's the opening few minutes of the Channel 5 News on WMAQ Channel 5, which aired immediately following the airing of the Kennedy mini-series for that night (and on WLS, The Day After telefilm) Includes:
WMAQ-TV Chicago Station ID Slide & PSA Voiceover Promo (by Jim Hill)
Newscast oddly begins with no opening sequence (perhaps due to Kennedy running long?) and then anchor Deborah Norville introduces the top story: Mayor Harold Washington c...
WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners - "A Matter of Life and Death" (Commercial Break #1, 1977)
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Here's the first commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes: WBBM Channel 2 - Fright Night (Opening, 1971-72)
Views: 1554 Here's the opening sequence for WBBM Channel 2's stab at a horror movie showcase, Fright Night.
The Honeymooners bumper slide (with colorized line drawing based on famed 1955 photo of three of show's stars inside a GMC "Old Look" bus, and Kaiser-era 32 logo) (NOTE: This same drawing would be used for a later bumper from after Field's own logo style took over, as seen on
This opening was created by Jim Talbot.
Jim recalls:
"I had designed and animated the wbbm station break for Hal Biard, who was head of promotion for channel 2. He liked it and asked me to do something for their fright night late night movie.
I was a one man operation back then (still am) working from the back porch of an editing compan...
WBBM Channel 2 - The CBS Wednesday Night Movies - "The Concrete Cowboys" (Opening & Break, 1979)
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Here's the opening moments of The CBS Wednesday Night Movies presentation of the made-for-TV movie "The Concrete Cowboys" (starring Jerry Reed and a pre-Magnum, P.I. Tom Selleck, and featuring Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins, Ray Stevens and Barbara Mandrell) on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:
"Project Learning" station ID slide (voiceover by Bob Carrington) followed by the CBS "bong" and a partial...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 6, 1978)
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Here's Part 6 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features Terry Murphy, Norman Mark, WLS Channel 7 News Director Jim McFarland(sp?), David Finney and Bob Wallace.
Mr. McFarland(sp?) accepted on behalf of Bill Jackson who won in the category of "Outstanding Achievements for Children's Programming: For a Ser...
WGN Channel 9 - The Late Movie - "Duck Soup" (Opening & Break, 1983)
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Here's the opening moments and first commercial break of The Late Movie presentation of The Marx Brothers' 1933 film "Duck Soup" (their last for Paramount Pictures, and the last in which Zeppo was a part of the team) on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Animated - "Superman" WGN Station ID
Opening titles for The Late Movie, previewing a Marx Brothers' double feature of "Duck Soup" and "Horse Feathers" (voiceover by Merri Dee) (music used is "Touchdown" by B...
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Shari Show (Promo, 1975/1976)
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Here's a full promo (shorter, bumper promo can be found here) for The Shari Show with Shari Lewis and her gallery of puppets on WMAQ Channel 5, to air Tuesdays at 3:30pm.
This syndicated kids program had aired in that time slot once a month starting in October 1975 and through August 10th 1976.
As mentioned, The Shari Show was also broadcast on other NBC-owned stations, includi...
WBBM Channel 2 - It's Worth Knowing with Mary Jane Hayes (Opening, 1980)
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Here's the opening moments for the discussion show It's Worth Knowing on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Mary Jane Hayes. The subject was Chicago's long association with railroads, dating back to 1848, and the guests were freelance transportation writer Fritz Plous; Evanston, IL radio broadcaster Roy Arpan, and photographer Bill Fahrenwald - all members of the ...