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WFMT 98.7 FM - "The Big Snow" (Excerpts, 1967)

Views: 976

50 Years Ago Today!!!

Here's a rare radio aircheck from "Chicago's Fine Arts Station," WFMT 98.7 FM, on the morning of the infamous Blizzard of '67. This features Jim Unrath, Marty Robinson (one of the main off-camera announcers, and on-air personalities during pledge drives, for WTTW Channel 11 for many years), and Norm Pellegrini. Includes:

Jim Unrath starting off this clip by signing on the station - and mentioning this was to have been the 211th anni...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Homework First" (1983)

Views: 990

Not from Chicago, but rather from a sister Field station in Philadelphia - WKBS Channel 48 - that was at the time a few weeks away from leaving the air permanently, a victim of the implosion of Field Communications.

This is an installment of Snipets which we're entitling "Homework First." The later animated Snipets open is used with the worms materializing and ending up inside a circle with the title atop them, and a 1974 copyright date is listed; though credited...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "The Spooldozer" (1983)

Views: 566

Here's another Snipets segment, entitled "The Spooldozer," that aired on WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA, within an airing of an episode of The Flintstones. Includes:

Later opening titles with worms - (C) 1975 Field Communications (originally produced by Kaiser Broadcasting)

A demonstration of the "Spooldozer," with a do-it-yourself (DIY) guide to making it - with an empty thread spool, a short stick or old pencil, a short rubber band, a piece ...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Benito Juarez" (1983)

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Here's a Snipets segment on "the Abraham Lincoln of Mexico," Benito Juarez (1806-1872), as aired over WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA (the late, lamented sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32), within a repeat of an episode of The Flintstones.

After the opening titles (with 1977 copyright date, meaning that this was originally produced either within the last months of Kaiser Broadcasting's existence, or within the first few months after Field took over all...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Policeman" (1983)

Views: 524

From within the last few weeks of the existence of Field Communications' Philadelphia, PA station, WKBS Channel 48, here's another Snipets segment, "Policeman," which aired within a rerun of The Flintstones.

Beginning with the "worms" opening (and 1977 copyright date), we see patrolman Dave Jones describing his typical day, accompanied by pertinent footage: going to work at any time of the day, changing to his police uniform at the station, reading daily bulletin...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "The Body Machine" (1983)

Views: 878

From another airing of a Flintstones rerun on the late, lamented WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA, here is a segment of Snipets which we've entitled "The Body Machine."

With the beginning "worms" opening leading the way (and 1977 copyright date), we start off with a shot of a pre-teen boy running in slow motion as the narrator shows how the human body is like a machine, and as such has to be checked every now and then. Most of this segment takes place during a...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "New Year's News" (Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 2071

Here's an excerpt of a New Year's Day edition from Eyewitness News anchored by Vivian Rosenberg(?) and Jay Levine, with reports from John Culea, Sheila Stainback and Karen Kalish. Includes:

As the tape comes in, we are in the middle of a report on a spate of murders of Chicago cab drivers, the latest victim being 24-year-old Bejan Moshkel Gosha (?) of North Sheridan Road, found shot to death at North Ashland after quarreling with a group of people.

This i...

Casablanca Records - KISS - Rock And Roll Over (Commercial & Concert Info, 1977)

Views: 1207

Here's a promo commercial for KISS' then-latest album Rock and Roll Over (Casablanca NBLP 7037), featuring snippets of tracks such as "Hard Luck Woman" and "Calling Dr. Love." The commercial ends with information on an upcoming concert to be held the following Saturday, January 22nd at Chicago Stadium (which was simply referred to as "The Stadium" on both the voiceover and lower-third).

Voiceover by ?? .

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, Janua...

Kentucky Fried Chicken - "The Colonel in Chicago" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2113

Here's another commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken with its legendary founder, Colonel Harland Sanders (the original, not an incredible simulation) in Chicago. Here, he helps an old lady with one of her packages inside a building while explaining a deal for Chicagoans relating to his restaurants ("The Colonel's Special," an under $3.50 meal which is applicable only to those which have that banner and lasts until February 20th).

Voiceover by ??

This was part of...