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WGN Channel 9 - Newsbreak (1978)

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Here's a mostly intact Newsbreak from WGN Channel 9 (the "early morning" sign-off edition), read by Ron Rolland. Includes:

Animated WGN "Last Farewell" Station ID (voiceover by Ron Rolland)

Opening of Newsbreak with simple slide and "Effervescence" by Dorf van der Linden, playing.

The following items are mentioned:

- Egypt's President Anwar el-Sadat to travel to...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Moby Dick" (Ending, Break & Preview, 1985)

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Here's the ending of the Family Classics presentation of Moby Dick on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

The ending moments of "Moby Dick"

Commercial: Thomas' English Muffins (jingle sung by Jake Holmes, of "Dazed and Confused" fame)

Commercial: Kellogg's Frosted Flakes ("They're G-R-R-REAT!") with free M&M's Snack Pack

Commercial: Eagle Springtime Round-Up of national brands (discounts on Citrus Hill orange juice and Folger's ...

WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Saturday Night Movie, Reflections and Station Sign-Off (1977)

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Here's (as far as I'm aware) the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence, from any channel, to turn up here. This one is from WLS Channel 7, found at the end of a Umatic videotape that was mostly recorded over with high school girls' gymnastics home movies from 1977 (boooooo!) and includes:

The ending moments of the Saturday Night Movie presentation (in glorious "pan-and-scan" and quite terrible color - it's not the recording - compare to how the commercials look!) o...

WBBM Channel 2 - 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 7, 1985)

Views: 3710

Here's Part 7, the last part, of the (mostly complete) 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast.

This part features McLean Stevenson doing the closing and all the winners coming onto the stage.

Credits:

1985 Chicago Emmy Awards
Executive Producer - Bob Smith
Produced by Jim Coursen
Directed by Phil Ruskin, George Hurd, Don Carruthers, and Cheryl Stutzke
Associate Producer - Ava Gardner
Engineer in Charge - Jim Scott

WMAQ Channel 5 - Saturday Night Live - "Gould & Numan" (Excerpt #1, 1980)

Views: 2723

Here's an extended excerpt from the original airing of Saturday Night Live (hosted by Elliott Gould, with musical guest Gary Numan) on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Ending of a sketch with faraway shot of studio setup, and RCA TK-44A/B cameras positioned - CG bumper "Coming Up Next: Several Minutes of Profiteering"

Theatrical trailer for the movie version of "All That Jazz" (a "Coming Soon" trailer for which can be seen in

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! (Part 1, 1979)

Views: 2007

Here's Part 1 of the controversial documentary Scared Straight! as aired on WFLD Channel 32. This Academy Award-winning special program, which dealt with a group of juvenile delinquents at a three-hour session with actual convicts serving life imprisonment at Rahway State Prison in New Jersey, was directed by Arnold Shapiro and hosted by Peter Falk. This airing was of an "encore presentation."

A side note: The nationally-syndicated Scared Straight! also aired i...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Ginny Tiu Show (Part 1, 1969)

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Here's Part 1 of The Ginny Tiu Show which aired on WCIU Channel 26. Ms. Tiu was a child prodigy pianist whose chief claim to fame was playing by ear and not being able to read a note, and who was a familiar presence on such 1960's TV series as The Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, and a 1966 episode of I've Got a Secret (from Steve Allen's run as host), as well as appearing in the 1962 Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! In later years, ...

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 7, 1964)

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Here's Part 7 of Pulse, the evening newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, which featured Jim Ruddle as St. Petersburg anchor and Hugh Smith as Tampa anchor. This rare edition was transferred from the original 2" quad tape. This part features sports director "Salty" Sol Fleischman and national anchor / news director Ray Dantzler. Includes:

"Salty" Sol on the following items:

- More on the 10 millionth barrel of beer rolled out b...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 5, 1978)

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Here's Part 5 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Johnny Morris, Hector Perez, Jim Tilmon, Ruth Graham, Warner Saunders, Frank Jackson, John Coughlin and Lee Phillip, archive footage of Frank Reynolds, Irv Kupcinet, Dorothy Vredenburgh, Jerry Colonna, Howard K. Smith, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and phot...