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WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "Wally Phillips' Mystery" (1982)
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Here's a segment from The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2 featuring Bob Sirott reporting - regarding the revealing of Wally Phillip's eight year mystery name, kept in a locked black box (or safe, really) that he used as a way to test psychic's abilities. No one ever guessed it to win the cash prize. He finally revealed the name on his WGN radio show - it was actress Jean Rogers, who played Dale Arden on the old Flash Gordon serials.
Also features Bill Kurtis and an introduc...
Emergency Broadcast System Test (1981)
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Here's another Emergency Broadcast System test that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 one Saturday afternoon.
"This is a test. For the next sixty seconds this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test.
This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency.
Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits (Record Offer, 1981)
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Here's a record offer for the compilation album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits, (from C & L Marketing, Inc.) which featured one of his biggest hits, "Lady."
Also on this set were re-recordings (from his 1977 album Ten Years of Gold, United Artists UA-LA835-H) of two hits from his days with The First Edition, "Ruby" (full title: "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town") and "Reuben James," plus his other solo hits "The Gambler," "Lucille," "Long Arm of the Law," "Love ...
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Here is Part 3 of a long-forgotten Field Communications produced program for kids called Way to Go. This episode (which may infact be the first one) is from 1980. Peter Kastner is the host.
I am pretty sure this was produced at the Field station KBHK-TV Channel 44 in San Francisco.
This program aired on WFLD Channel 32 in Chicago on Sunday mornings at 9:30am in July of 1981 (Thanks, smctopia!) and may have aired at other times too.
Not sure if this...
WLS Channel 7 - Saturday Eyewitness News (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1977)
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Here's the preview for the WLS Channel 7 Saturday Eyewitness News at 10pm featuring Bob Petty, followed by the pre-show Commercial Break. Includes:
Preview of Saturday Eyewitness News with Bob Petty - with stories including the first test flight of the Space Shuttle, charges made that J. Edgar Hoover spied on Americans for years, and flags flying at half-mast - in the public interest - at the Field Museum. Plus - the Father's Day weather outlook.
Commercial: Am...
CBS Network - Rafferty With Patrick McGoohan (Preview & Opening, 1977)
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Thought I'd post this since Patrick McGoohan recently passed away...the opening to his short-lived CBS series, "Rafferty". Includes a preview of the episode, the opening credits with sponsorship by General Electric Coffee Corner, and the first minute or so of the episode "Death out of a Blue Sky". (This is all I have - no complete episodes)
This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, November 28th 1977. (Although it was probably exactly the same as it aired on WBBM!) (By...
WGN Channel 9 - Five Minutes to Live By, Station Sign-On & Opening of The Westerners (1982)
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Here's a complete sign-on segment from WGN Channel 9, including a Five Minutes to Live By sermonette and opening moments of a Zane Grey Theatre episode aired under the syndicated umbrella title The Westerners. Includes:
Station ID / Promo for A Woman Called Golda starring Ingrid Bergman for Tuesday, April 27th at 7pm
Five Minutes to Live By with Father Ronald Turcich, Principal of Saint Rita Elementary School in Chicago - a ser...
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Here's a promo, opening and first commercial break for the Lifeline episode "Dr. Joan E. Hodgman, L.A. Pediatrics/OBGYN" on WMAQ Channel 5. Just from watching this little excerpt you can see that it was an early example of "reality" television. Too bad it didn't stay on the air. Includes:
Promo for episode, in which voiceover (by ??) pronounces the good doctor's first name as "Joanne" (which was the actual pronunciation, despite the spelling)
Full ...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Today (Commercial Break & Channel Switching, 1982)
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Here is a mostly complete commercial break during an episode of Today on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:
Small excerpt of Today showing date and time.
Evans Furs - "Dividend Days" (interrupted by Channel Switching)
Channel Switching to WLS Channel 7 (Good Morning America), then Channel 9 (Bozo cartoon), then WTTW Channel 11 (Sesame Street), and then to some scrambled content (likely ON-TV), before going back to the Evans Fur commercial.
M...