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WBBM Channel 2 - First Edition (News Segment, 9/23/81)

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Here's the first seven minutes of an edition of the overnight First Edition news summary on WBBM Channel 2 (part of another broadcast, from 1979, can be seen here). The "anchor" of this newscast is Bob Carrington. Includes:

Promo for Noonbreak (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

Opening for First Edition, with Bob going right to the news items:

- A fire in the W...

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 2, 1991)

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Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 2, they discuss David Robinson and other basketball centers.

Includes:

SportsChannel promo featuring Johnny "Red" Kerr and Tom Paciorek ...

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 4, 1991)

Views: 1376

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 4, they discuss the job of coach of the Notre Dame basketball team and why no one wants it.

Includes:

Commercial: True Value Hardware St...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News Special Report - "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers" (Part 1, 1979)

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Here's Part 1 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, from five days after the city was socked by a massive snowstorm that went up to 20 inches and brought everything to a standstill (and ultimately cost Michael Bilandic his job as Mayor). Also featuring Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire...

Creative Mirror Designs - "20th Anniversary Spectacular Holiday Sale" with Pam (Commercial, 1992)

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Here's a commercial for Creative Mirror Designs, celebrating their 20th anniversary with a "spectacular" holiday sale on various mirror designs.

Starts off with a vintage clip of Pam the Creative Mirrors girl (and daughter of the owner) as a little girl, which was the first commercial they ever did (which you can see here in a longer form in this 1977 auction clip from WTTW Channel 11). The ad then segue...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Bill Gleason" (Part 3, 1981)

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Here's Part 3 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 3 includes Bill Gleason (of "Sportswriters (Sports Writers) on TV" fa...

The Roast Of Tim Weigel - "Jack Brickhouse" (Part 2, 1981)

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Here's Part 2 of an interesting "backstage" glimpse at some local TV personalities of yore - raw footage shot at a dinner event "roasting" Tim Weigel. (Roasting Weigel's Weiner?) Included are such notables as Fahey Flynn, Ray Meyer, Joel Daly, Bill Veeck, Al Lerner, Bill Gleason, Jack Brickhouse, and more. (Can anyone help ID any? They don't have to be famous, if you know who someone is, let me know)

Part 2 includes Al Lerner as M.C. and Jack Brickhouse giving Tim a good jo...

I Remember Riverview (Part 2, 1984)

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Here's Part 2 of a documentary that original aired on Image Union - I Remember Riverview, about Riverview Park - for 63 years located at Belmont and Western on the Northwest side - which closed in 1967.

Produced by Chicagoan Phil Ranstrom - who also produced the documentaries, "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street" - www.CheatYouFairTheMovie.com and "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Stree...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 5, 1981)

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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 5 begins with a announcement about requesting tickets for the show Friday Night (voiceover by Al Parker), then Steve talks about "Do Ya Think I'm Disco?", the "Anti-Disco Crusade" i...