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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - Joan Esposito (Bumper Promo, 1982)

Views: 1414

Here is an Eyewitness News promo bumper from WLS-TV Channel 7 with Joan Esposito.

"What poison might you be consuming at this very second? - We'll tell you, tonight at 10!!" ;-)

This aired on local Chicago TV between 7 and 10pm, on Sunday, October 17th 1982.

WBBM Channel 2 - CBS News Special Report - John Lennon: The Dream Is Over (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 632

Here's Part 2 of John Lennon: The Dream is Over - a CBS Network news special hosted by Charles Osgood that aired immediately after The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Jeff Greenfield reporting on the impact of John Lennon and the Beatles.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 10:30pm to 11:00pm timeframe.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 2728

Here's Part 1 of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 (simulcast on WXRT 93 FM). Includes:

WMAQ Channel 5 Animated Station ID with promo for Beulah Land on Tuesday, October 7th (voiceover by ??)

Opening titles (featuring clips of Blondie, The Cars, The Boomtown Rats and X-Ray Spex (whose lead singer, Poly Styrene, sadly passed away on April 25th 2011), Supercharge, The Movies, Ben Sidran a...

WBBM Channel 2 - News - "The Groundhog Play" (1987?)

Views: 2002

Here is a fun segment from Bob Wallace on WBBM Channel 2 News that was submitted for a local Emmy (not sure when, or if it won). Here Bob breaks down the whole Groundhog Day thing into language that a sports fan can understand.

Featuring Lester Holt introducing the piece, and Woody the Woodchuck of the Lincoln Park Zoo performing.

This aired on local Chicago TV in (not sure - 1987?)

WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose and Friends - "Clutch Cargo" (1971?)

Views: 8834

Here's an interesting discovery! A 16mm film, found by Mr. Chance Mitchell on Ebay and graciously donated to us - it starts out with a vintage WGN Color Station ID (the same one we saw at the beginning of the Bozo's Circus: The Lost Tape special (albeit with different music), which is why I date this, for lack of a better guess, as from 1971)

Then follows the most complete, and richest-color-looking opening for Garfield Goose and Friends that I have ever seen bef...

WDIV Channel 4 - News 4 Detroit (Part 4, 1979)

Views: 8625

Here's the fourth (and final) segment for News 4 Detroit and the post-show commercial break, on WDIV Channel 4. Includes:

Information about Thanksgiving Day Parade

Larry Shannon with weather

Davey Marlin-Jones has a review of the movie "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh".

Ending of News 4 Detroit- Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc.

Commercial: Canon AE-1 with Peggy Fleming

Commercial: The New York Diam...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Music In Your Bones" (1980?)

Views: 1705

Here's a segment from Eyewitness News, introduced by Fahey Flynn, with Frank Mathie reporting on a new invention - "The Bone Fone". Invented by Northbrook resident Bill Hass, it was a portable radio that you wear around your neck like a scarf, and instead of using headphones, it sends the sound through your bones and directly into your head.

Available only at J. S. & A. Sales in Northbrook.

"The Hula Hoop of the Eighties..."

This aired on ...

WLS Channel 7 - Charlie's Angels - "Mt. St. Helens Bulletin" (1980)

Views: 3739

Here's a bulletin from ABC News as aired on WLS Channel 7, pertaining to another eruption of Mount Saint Helens. This bulletin interrupted a late-night ABC repeat of the Charlie's Angels episode "Angels on Vacation" (originally broadcast on January 10th 1979) which had aired after ABC News Nightline.

Voiceover by Bob Lloyd.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, June 13th 1980 during the 12:00am to 12:15am timeframe.

WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "Mount St. Helens" (1980)

Views: 2964

Here's some news coverage about Mount St. Helens from WBBM Channel 2. Features Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 21st 1980.