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WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show (Ending, Break & ID, 1980)

Views: 6631

Here's the ending credits for The Ray Rayner Show on WGN Channel 9, followed by a commercial and station ID. Includes:

Ending credits (with loop of 1941-45 opening "Merrie Melodies" theme of Warner Bros. cartoons):

Musical Director - Don Orlando
Chelveston Lives at the Animal Kingdom
Assistant Director - Barbara Shikami
Executive Producer - Ray Rayner
Directed by Bill Hartmann

The prizes awarded on this show were...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Mike Royko" (Part 1, 1982)

Views: 2073

Here's Part 1 of an episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7 featuring famed sports reporter and anchor Tim Weigel as host (were they going through a different host each week at this point?). This was at the point when the show had been reduced to only a half-hour in length. The guest on this episode was legendary Chicago newspaper columnist and author, Mike Royko, who was 49 years old at the time. Includes:

No opening credits or theme song, although the show is complet...

WSNS Channel 44 - Get Smart (Promo, 1977)

Views: 1848

Here's another old promo for Get Smart on WSNS Channel 44 - airing weeknights at 6:30pm. This promo shows a clip of the first-season episode "Washington 4, Redskins 3" (originally aired on the NBC Network on October 23rd 1965, and directed by future Superman {The Movie} director Richard Donner).

Voiceover by Linda Frost.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV sometime between April 10th - April 15th 1977.

WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 1102

Here's Part 3 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.

This part includes:

Joel opening this segment by giving a shout-out to Jim Moran "The Courtesy Man," Marty Faye, Jim Conway, "Mr. Chicago" Irv Kupcinet, Norman Ross and Sandi Freeman, each of whom take their respective bows; Fahey then quips that Moran was "the only commercial spokesman to apo...

WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Showcase (On-Screen ID, 1986)

Views: 685

Here is an on-screen station ID during WFLD Channel 32's Sunday Showcase airing of The Invisible Man. This aired on Sunday May 25th 1986. This was probably the last on-screen station ID version seen before Fox took over completely. :-(

WFLD Channel 32 - "Catch 32!" (Radio Spot Music Bed, 1972)

Views: 1916

Here's another something interesting - the music bed for a radio spot that apparently aired on WCFL for WFLD Channel 32 - "Catch 32!" was the slogan, promoting their movie airings.

The "Catch 32!" slogan was used on February 25, 1972 according to newspaper records.

Polaroid with James Garner & Mariette Hartley - "Gift Guessing" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1780

Here's a Christmas themed commercial from Polaroid featuring longtime spokes-team James Garner and Mariette Hartley touting the Polaroid Instant camera with "Time Zero" film.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 8pm to 10pm timeframe.

WTTW Channel 11 - "Hitch Hikers Pledge" (1982)

Views: 3578

Here's the end of a pledge break segment featuring Marty Robinson as well as some other odds and ends before the latest installment of "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" begins. Includes:

Ending of pledge break with Marty Robinson

Multilingual "I subscribe to Channel 11" ad

WTTW Promo for "Casanova" airing Tuesday, December 7th 1982 and Thursday, December 9th 1982 at 10:30pm (Voiceover by Joan Kohn)

Commercial: RC 100 Cola and ...

Illinois Lottery - "What's Your Lucky Number?" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1020

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery featuring Mary Gross (of SNL fame), George Wendt (of Cheers fame), Jobe Cerny (the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy) as the spokesperson, Lynwood Jones (the one uttering "430") and Tim Kazurinsky (of SNL and "Police Academy" movies fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.