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WLS Musicradio 89 - Rodney Dangerfield & Larry Lujack (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 2380

Here's a classic commercial for WLS Musicradio 89 - "The Big 89" with Rodney Dangerfield and Larry Lujack.

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Friday, August 28th 1981.

WYCC Channel 20 - "First Broadcast" (Part 1, 1983)

Views: 2612

Here's Part 1 of the first broadcast of WYCC Channel 20, which rose from the ashes of the previous occupant of the Channel 20 dial, WXXW, that had left the air in 1974. Includes:

11 seconds of station ID, with '20' blinking on and off, followed (after cut off of that section on tape) by 48 seconds of message on screen (orange type on dark blue background):

WE EXPECT TO BE ON THE AIR FEB 17 AT 5 PM
WATCH FOR OUR AD IN THE SUN-TIMES
CHANNEL 20 WYCC T...

WMET 95 and a Half FM (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 6065

Here's a commercial for WMET 95 and a Half FM - Chicago's Classic Rock.

It says (C)1981 Metromedia Broadcasting - same people that bought WFLD a year or so later?

Funny how even an album like Steely Dan's Gaucho would be considered "Classic" even though it was only released less than a year prior to this commercial airing. Instant classic, I guess.

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Friday, August 28nd 1981.

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News at Six - "Dracula on the Radio" (1976)

Views: 1915

Here's an excerpt of an edition of Channel 2 News at Six on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson.

This clip starts off with Walter introducing a report by Bob Wallace about a new radio production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" by the All-Media Dramatic Workshop (known after 1978 as the National Radio Theater; they disbanded in 1987).

The program aired on WFMT 98.7 FM the next evening (Tuesday, October 19th) at 10:30pm and again on Thursd...

WYCC Channel 20 - "The Little Station That Could" (Promo, 1985?)

Views: 5394

Here's a peppy musical ID promo for the PBS station WYCC Channel 20. WYCC stood for "We Are Your City Colleges". Shows clips from various shows such as The Mechanical Universe, Modern Maturity, Indoor Gardens, Body Electric, and Sesame Street.

Let's sing along...

"In Chicago, there's a TV station. A PBS educational station. We're WYCC - TV-20! We're not the biggest station it's true, so quality will just have to do. Chicago knows we're good, we're the li...