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WLS Channel 7 - Saturday Eyewitness News (Opening Segment Excerpt, 1977)

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Here's something really old and rare - the first 4 minutes of the opening segment to the Saturday Eyewitness News from June of 1977! Featuring Bob Petty, Johnny Mountain, and Mike Nolan on sports. Includes:

WLS-TV Chicago Animated Station ID/Movie Promo Bumper (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)

Opening to the Saturday Eyewitness News. (with voiceover by Wayne Atkinson.)

Stories include:

- First test flight of Space Shuttle orbiter dee...

WCIU Channel 26 - Mulqueen's Kiddie A-Go-Go (1969)

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Note - this clip has since been reposted in a longer form as part of an almost complete episode - so check out Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Here's a segment from an episode of Mulqueen's Kiddie a-Go-Go on WCIU Channel 26. Includes:

Pandora talking to...

WGN Channel 9 - 10th Inning with Jack Brickhouse - "Interview with Bob Lurie" (1976)

Views: 1896

Here's an edition of the post-game 10th Inning show on WGN Channel 9, hosted by Jack Brickhouse, with guest Bob Lurie who had just assumed majority ownership of the San Francisco Giants. This was after a grueling 14-inning session which saw the Cubs beat the Giants at Candlestick Park, 6-5, in the first game of a doubleheader. This was also from the days when remote broadcasts such as the Cubs / Giants match carried this day by WGN went through separate transmissions (one for the vid...

Field Communications - Internal Sales Tape (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 5375

Here is Part 2, the final part, of an excellent time capsule of the five Field Communications family of independent television stations. Field Communications was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Field Enterprises - which at one time owned the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. Chock full of vintage station id's, bumpers, slides, logos, jingles, promos, you name it!

This presentation includes: ratings and audience share summaries, mention of Field Spot Sales joining forces with The Katz...

WGN Channel 9 - The Scooby-Doo Show (Commercial Break, 1981)

Views: 2904

Here's a full commercial break for The Scooby-Doo Show on WGN Channel 9. (The episode shown was from the late 1970's period by which this title was applied.) Includes:

"Scooby-Doo - We'll Be Right Back" bumper (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Animated WGN station ID

Commercial: Millennium Falcon and Snowspeeder from the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back collection, by Kenner (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: M&M's candy...

WFLD Channel 32 - Stooges Rascals Hour (Opening, 1977)

Views: 2404

Finally, in color! Here's the opening for the Stooges / Rascals Hour on WFLD Channel 32, from an original master tape (which looks like it was transferred from 16mm film) - and therefore with no voiceover. (Previous to this we only had an off-air black-and-white recording of the opening, from 1979)

At the beginning, we briefly see the production slate showing that this was number 8856 and was crea...

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets (Part 3, 1979)

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Here's Part 3 of the Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Bullets game on WGN Channel 9, announced by Jack Fleming and Johnny "Red" Kerr. Includes:

At the start of this clip, it is still the first quarter with the Bullets leading the Bulls 10-5. After a score by Tom Henderson (#14), it is 12-5 when a CG super announcing the "Big Ten BKB" Illinois vs. Michigan State game for Saturday, Febru...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News (Opening 1980)

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Here's the opening moments of the Sunday Eyewitness News at 6pm on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Larry Moore and Mary Ann Childers. Includes:

Larry previewing stories of two explosions - one at a near North Side restaurant, the other at a North Pulaski warehouse

Mary Ann previewing stories on changes to bus routes and arrests of four South Side men in connection with a Michigan crime spree

Station ID and Eyewitness News opening titles (...

WGN Channel 9 - Saturday Morning Movie - "The Bowery Boys in Jail Busters" (Opening & Break, 1980)

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Here's the opening and pre-movie break for the Saturday Morning Movie presentation of The Bowery Boys in Jail Busters on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

WGN Television 9 "Twilight" Station ID Slide (voiceover by Len Johnson)

Opening to the Saturday Morning Movie with the Sun & Filmstrips motif (voiceover by Len Johnson) - theme music is "Cop...