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Emergency Broadcast System Test (1984)

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Here is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32 in Chicago from 1984. (Jim Barton announcing)

For kids who grew up with nuclear holocaust nightmares from the likes of the movie "The Day After", this should be memorable. ;-)

Still scary, all these years later. :-)

Preference By L'Oreal With Meredith Baxter-Birney (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for Preference Hair Color by L'oreal featuring a pretty alluring Meredith Baxter-Birney. I'm with Buzz - I love Meredith Baxter. Birney. :-)

"Preference by L'Oreal, because I'm worth it."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, June 5th 1979.

WSNS Channel 44 - Al Lerner Sports - "So Long..." (Part 2, 1971)

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Here's Part 2 of the final episode of Al Lerner Sports on WSNS Channel 44. Lerner was the station's first sportscaster, and would go on to a long career with such stations as WLS Channel 7, WMAQ Channel 5, WGN Radio 720 and WSCR-AM, as well as being a wrestling announcer. Also featuring a young (and at this point, moustacheless) Tim Weigel, then a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, who himself would become a familiar face on Chicago television, working for all three n...

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (Break #4, 1986)

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Here is break #4 of WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. Includes:

HBO (again)

Country Time Lemonade

Tic Tac Fresh Mints

Ryne Sandburg Chevy commercial

PM Magazine promo (Elle MacPherson- woo!)

Homemakers With Shelley Long (Commercial, 1980)

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Here is a young-looking Shelley Long, 2 years before she hit Cheers, in a commercial for Homemakers - which apparently at this point was but only a division of John M. Smyth.

"Not low priced furniture... but good furniture at low prices..."

Don't argue semantics with me, lady.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, May 19th 1980.

Time-Life Enchanted World Books - Vincent Price (Commercial Offer, 1985)

Views: 1894

Here's a commercial offer for the Time-Life Enchanted World series of books, featuring Vincent Price as the spooky spokesman.

Ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1985.

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...