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ABC News - The Next Giant Step - "Space Shuttle Landing" (Part 2, 1981)

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Here's Part 2 of a live ABC News special reporting on the first ever landing of the Space Shuttle (Columbia). Features a number of things which I will fill in later or which you will kindly add to the comments. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.

ABC News - The Next Giant Step - "Space Shuttle Landing" (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 1157

Here's Part 3 of a live ABC News special reporting on the first ever landing of the Space Shuttle (Columbia). Features a number of things which I will fill in later or which you will kindly add to the comments. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.

ABC News - The Next Giant Step - "Space Shuttle Landing" (Part 4, 1981)

Views: 861

Here's Part 4 of a live ABC News special reporting on the first ever landing of the Space Shuttle (Columbia). Features a number of things which I will fill in later or which you will kindly add to the comments. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.

WCIU Channel 26 - Mulqueen's Kiddie A-Go-Go (1969)

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Note - this clip has since been reposted in a longer form as part of an almost complete episode - so check out Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Here's a segment from an episode of Mulqueen's Kiddie a-Go-Go on WCIU Channel 26. Includes:

Pandora talking to...

Kaiser Broadcasting Company (ID #1, 1977)

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Here it is at long last! A complete Kaiser Broadcasting ID! I wish I could say this was from a Chicago recording, but it actually comes from a tape made off of one of WFLD's sister stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit.

As you can hear at the end of this clip (in an extremely brief snippet) - the same music was used in the WFLD one, so it's very likely that they were identical (except perhaps for the ...

(?) Fuzzy's Mystery Clip - "Sports Edition" (?)

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It's time for another fun mystery clip - this time for you sports fans out there!

Can you:

ID the game and date these clips are from?

ID the "drunk" guy walking around and then seen later singing during the 7th inning stretch? Something tells me he may be a football player. :-)

Let's give others a chance, so for now I am asking our resident schedule sleuths such as Phantom to not jump in right away. :-)

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 1, 1981)

Views: 1320

In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 1 begins a couple minutes into the program, and the audio take a few seconds to kick in. Steve talks about his being fired from WLUP FM 98.

(Commercials were cut out of thi...

Dispensa's Castle Of Toys (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1855

Here's only the second commercial for Dispensa's Castle of Toys that we've ever found!

Same great session music (oh, to have the original tapes of this - maybe it was done by the same people who did the Super Cartoon Sunrise theme) - this one has less creepy Santa though.

Dispensa's Castle of Toys was located in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois on Route 83 and Roosevelt Road.
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WBBM Channel 2 - "Living History (Bloopers)" (Part 5, 1978/1979)

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Here's Part 5 (the final part) of a blooper reel from WBBM Channel 2 which featured all sorts of screw-ups, mix-ups and moments that may or may not have actually made it to broadcast.

This part features (in order of first appearance): Johnny Morris (at first, voice only), Chicago Bears defensive back Doug Plank, Bill Kurtis, Bill Frink of rival WLS Channel 7, Harry Volkman, John Coughlin, Susan Anderson, Bruce Roberts, John Drummond, Carrie Cochran, Muhammad Ali, Mort Crim, Wa...