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WGN Channel 9 - The Wall Street Journal Business Report with Floyd Brown (1981)

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Here's an edition of The Wall Street Journal Business Report on WGN Channel 9, anchored by longtime WGN voiceover announcer, Floyd Brown. (pretty cool to see him here in his prime!) Includes:

Opening titles and sponsor billboard for Amtrak ("America's Getting Into Training - Training the Amtrak Way") (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Floyd Brown reading the following business items:

- A revision to a measurement of the Consumer Price Index, with a ...

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WGN Channel 9 - Here's Looking At You Kid Theater (Promo, 1981)

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Here's a promo for 'Here's Looking At You Kid' Theater on WGN Channel 9, which aired late-night Saturdays showing Humphrey Bogart films.

According to Chris Tufts, this movie show only ran for a few months before being resumed again by the standard WGN Presents. Here are the movies and airdates:

1) November 15th 1980 11:00 PM The Maltese Falcon (1941)
2) November 22nd 1980 11:00 PM The Roaring Twenties (1939)
3) December 6th 198...

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WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Halloween Is Grinch Night and Opening of The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979)

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Here's the closing credits for Halloween Is Grinch Night, followed by the opening moments of The Halloween That Almost Wasn't on WLS Channel 7. Includes.

End credits for Halloween Is Grinch Night - (C) MCMLXVII (1977) Dr. Seuss and A.S. Geisel - A DePatie-Freleng Production (voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for 240-Robert episode "Double Trouble" (with early acting appearances by future film star Michelle Pfeiffer and ...

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WTTW Channel 11 - Made in Chicago - "Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah / Bill Quateman" (Part 3, 1974)

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Here's Part 3 of a local music show, Made in Chicago, on WTTW Channel 11. This program (which was also simulcast on WBBM-FM 96.3) was a predecessor to Soundstage which was also produced by the station and aired nationally over PBS. The guests on this (re-run airing) edition were Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah (bassist Mitch Aliotta, guitarist Skip Haynes and pianist John Jeremiah) and Bill Quateman.

Note: As with other things we've found, this is actually quite ra...

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ABC Network - World News Tonight - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 4 - Non-Crash News, 1979)

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Here's Part 4 of a complete edition (with commercials) of ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in London and Max Robinson in Washington (Frank Reynolds was on vacation), from the day of the worst air disaster in U.S. history, the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 just outside Chicago's O'Hare Airport. This segment has more of the non-crash news of the day. Featuring John Laurence, Doreen Kays, and Barrie Dunsmore. Includes:

Max Robinson reports that Presid...

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WFLD Channel 32 - The Best Of Chicago (Part 1, 1983)

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Here's Part 1 of a neat special called The Best of Chicago on WFLD Channel 32.
It was produced and directed by the (late) multi-talented WFLD veteran Don Shannon, who graciously donated a copy to us. Don, whose name you have undoubtedly seen here before, was involved in producing and directing a variety of shows at WFLD spanning many decades. From Jerry G. Bishop's Svengoolie to PM Magazine and everything in between - Don saw it all.

Hoste...

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WCIU Channel 26 - Polish Variety Hour Christmas Special (Production Elements & Slides, 1970?)

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Here's some production elements and slides from the Polish Variety Hour Christmas Special on WCIU Channel 26. (Polish Variety Hour was a staple of the station from 1968 to 1975.) Includes:

Production reel (from the original 2" quadruplex master tape) of opening title sequence of Polish Variety Hour Christmas Special from circa 1970 (in black-and-white), starting off with approx. 1 kHz tone and then to opening fanfare with closeup of Christmas tree with sn...

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WNBQ Channel 5 - The Dorsey Connors Show (Part 1, 1963)

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Here's Part 1 of an edition of The Dorsey Connors Show on WNBQ Channel 5 (which, like most shows of this period, is only available via 16mm kinescope film). Ms. Connors, who died on September 5th 2007, was a fixture on Chicago radio and television in the early years of the latter medium, with a daytime program that was along the lines of shows such as that of Lee Phillip on WBBM Channel 2. But whereas Ms. Phillip continually remade herself (and in the process, remained a Chicago TV p...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - All-Star Salute to Mother's Day [Excerpt] (Part 1, 1981)

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Here's our Part 1 of a portion of a special, All-Star Salute to Mother's Day, hosted by Ed McMahon and Jayne Kennedy, that aired on WMAQ Channel 5. This part features (in order of appearance) Charlie Callas, music director George Wyle, Debbie Reynolds (and her mother Maxine), and Melissa Sue Anderson (and her mother). Includes:

Station ID with Mike Jackson previewing story of two guards being blamed for two inmates' escape from county jail for 10pm newscast