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WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News - "You Never Know Who's Going To Drop By" (Promo, 1976)

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Here's a neat promo for Channel 2 News on WBBM Channel 2 featuring a host of celebrities that have stopped by to chat on the news at Channel 2.

Including: John Wayne, Michael Caine, Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Gloria Steinem, Andre the Giant, Sean Connery, Gregory Peck, Walter Payton, and others which I am sure you will help ID. :-)

Voiceover by ??

"When people in the news talk, they talk to Channel 2 News..."

This promo air...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Ending of The Big Event - "Rooster Cogburn," Break & NewsCenter5 Update (1979)

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Here's the ending credits for the John Wayne / Katharine Hepburn film "Rooster Cogburn and the Lady" [1975] as aired on NBC's The Big Event, followed by a NewsCenter5 Update anchored by Mike Jackson, all as aired on WMAQ Channel 5.

Includes:

Film ending credits, with cast

Commercial: Schlitz Beer - "Beer Makes It Good - Schlitz Makes It Big" (voiceover by ??) - (C) 1979 Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Mil., Wis.

Commercial:...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Update, Break & Today Excerpt (1975)

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Here's a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5 anchored by Royal Kennedy, followed by a commercial break and the first two minutes of the second half-hour of the Today show, featuring Jim Hartz, Barbara Walters and Lew Wood. Includes:

Royal Kennedy reporting the following local items:

- Tail end of story on Illinois primary

- Chicago Board of Election Commissioners investigating charges that Alderman Tyrone Kenner's petition contained...

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 8, 1964)

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Here's Part 8 (the last part) of Pulse, the evening newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, which featured Jim Ruddle as St. Petersburg anchor and Hugh Smith as Tampa anchor. This part features longtime Channel 13 weatherman Roy Leep, anchor / news director Ray Dantzler, and the opening moments of the CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite. Includes:

Roy Leep giving report on national weather, with huge emphasis on clouds and snow througho...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Brief with Chuck Goudie (Incomplete) (1981)

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Here's the last part of an Eyewitness News Brief on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Chuck Goudie. Here, he reports on the continuing drive to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, and with that he concludes the report and promises more news at 4:30pm.

This brief ends with the Eyewitness News Brief slide and theme music.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 15th 1981 at 2:59pm.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm (Ending, 1977)

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At the end of a tape was the ending only of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This came from a studio recording, not off-air, so the audio is eventually turned down and the picture goes to a static shot of the Eyewitness News set. Features Jay Levine, Terry Murphy, and Joel Daly.

The ICBM control room looks exactly like the one in the opening scene of WarGames!

Based on the news stories, this seems to be from Tuesday, December 27th 1977.

NBC News Special Report - "A Daffy Interruption" (1980)

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Here is an NBC News Decision '80 Special Report, which interrupted a broadcast of "Daffy Duck's Easter Special". (the premiere!) Includes:

Few seconds of "Daffy Duck's Easter Special"

NBC News Decision '80 Special Report featuring news anchor David Brinkley with early results from the Kansas primary showing Reagan and Carter winning (opening and closing voiceover by Bill Hanrahan)

"Daffy Duck's Easter Special" returns

This aired on...