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WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Max Headroom Pirating Incident" (1987)

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During a broadcast of the Dr. Who episode "Horror of Fang Rock" on WTTW Chicago Channel 11, on Sunday November 22nd, 1987, at around 11:15pm, a Video "Pirate" wearing a Max Headroom mask broke into the signal and transmitted one of the weirdest, unauthorized things ever to hit the Chicago airwaves.

Earlier in the evening on the same day, during the Nine O'Clock News on Channel 9 (Yes, a completely different channel) the Max Headroom Pirate also broke in - although it was for a...

WBBM Channel 2 - "Additional Lennon Bumpers & Promos" (1980)

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Here is a compilation of additional news bumpers, promos and a news update regarding the death of John Lennon that aired during A CBS Special Movie Presentation of "A Christmas Without Snow" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

WBBM-TV News bumper promo featuring Bill Kurtis

Promo for "The Dream is Over" - a CBS news special on the life and death of John Lennon (voiceover...

WTTW Channel 11 - The Doctor Becomes A Prisoner (Promo, 1991)

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Here's a promo for the change from Doctor Who to The Prisoner on WTTW Channel 11.

The end of an era. Still, it got me into watching The Prisoner.

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, August 26th 1991.

WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Armageddon Factor - Part 2" (Opening, 1984)

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Here is the opening for Dr. Who on WTTW Channel 11. This episode was "The Armageddon Factor" (Part 2).

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 8th 1984.

WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Armageddon Factor - Part 1" (Opening, 1984)

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Here is the opening for Dr. Who on WTTW Channel 11. This episode was "The Armageddon Factor" (Part 1).

(Has some tape degradation; this is the best possible copy available right now)

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 1st 1984.

CBS Network - The American Girls (Promo, 1978)

Views: 1576

Here's a promo for a short-lived series on CBS - "The American Girls" with the "Turn Us On - We'll Turn You On" jingle/campaign.

Voiceover by Danny Dark.

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, September 8th 1978.

KMBC Channel 9 - Sunday, Nuclear Sunday: Kansas City Reacts (Part 1, 1983)

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Here's Part 1 of a live, news discussion special called Sunday, Nuclear Sunday: Kansas City Reacts which aired on ABC affiliate KMBC Channel 9 in Kansas City, MO. (KMBC had been owned by Metromedia from 1961 to 1982 - the year before that company assumed control of WFLD Channel 32.)

This discussion program, aired right after the ABC telefilm The Day After, was hosted by Larry Moore (formerly of WLS Channel 7), incorporated a studio audience which had seen The D...