Search Results

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise (Jetsons Bumper #1, 1984)

Views: 1317

Here is a bumper for the Jetsons on Super Cartoon Sunrise on WFLD Channel 32. This dates to August of 1984.

Voiceover by Jeff Lupetin - "Now back to the Jetsons..."

The curious thing about this bumper (and others to follow) is the black box that the characters are surrounding. First of all, I have to tell you that this bumper is not from an off-air recording. These bumpers were recorded from a master tape recorded at WFLD long ago. So, my first thought was t...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (1981)

Views: 1363

More Kathy McFarland for all you McFarland-ites out there. ;-)

Here's the Newscene Headlines on WFLD Channel 32 featuring Kathy McFarland. Includes:

Senate Intelligence committee briefed on evidence showing Libyan "strongman" Moammar Khadafi planning the murders of President Reagan and other top officials. Nancy Reagan feels safer with increased security.

Chicago police seriously wounded 30 year-old Reginald Hurdamen (sp?) after he allegedly sta...

Thinkabout (Ending Credits, 1979)

Views: 2416

Here are the ending credits for Thinkabout, "a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning", which was an instructional program for children, produced in 1979 by the Agency for Instructional Television, in association with various contributing television stations in the United States and Canada.

It was distributed to PBS and educational stations across the US and Canada as late as the mid-to-late 1980s.

The sixty programs produced were aimed f...

WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "A Woman Rebels" (Partial Commercial Break, 1980)

Views: 2415

Here's a partial commercial break for "A Woman Rebels" on the WLS Late Night Movie. (before the recording cut off) Includes:

WLS Late Night Movie bumper (in Black & White - do they not "switch back over" to color quickly enough? Or is this a recording artifact?) (Notice again the use of the later 3:00 Movie music despite the "Swirling Star" graphics)

Long Chevrolet's Long Tent Sale (Who the heck is this guy? Where's Timmy?)

Political Ad for App...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Most Important Person - "Why Not Try?" (1980)

Views: 1389

Here's an example of the kids' interstitial cartoon, "The Most Important Person" airing on WFLD Channel 32. This one - "Why Not Try?", occured as a special time-filling "bonus" at the end of an episode of Lost in Space. Notice that there are no superimposed titles in the opening credits stating the episode name as there are in other existing film copies that came from school library collections. (Color is also a lot ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! (Part 6, 1979)

Views: 1281

Here's Part 6 (the final part) of the controversial Academy Award-winning documentary Scared Straight! (hosted and narrated by Peter Falk) as aired on WFLD Channel 32. This was from an "encore presentation." Includes:

Scared Straight! zooming title bumper, with shot of a cell door with inmate inside closing

Inside the room where the three-hour session took place, Falk (employing some of the same mannerisms he used in his portrayal of Lieutenant Co...

WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "An American Christmas Carol" (Opening & Break, 1979)

Views: 2763

Here's the opening and first commercial break for The ABC Sunday Night Movie world premiere presentation of "An American Christmas Carol" (starring Henry Winkler of Happy Days fame - AAAAAY!) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Animated station ID/promo for Eyewitness News at 6pm & 10pm with Fahey Flynn (voiceover by Gary Gears)

The ABC Sunday Night Movie open, including promo for "An American Christmas Carol" (voiceover by Joel Crager)
...

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 1, 1964)

Views: 6010

Here's Part 1 of a complete edition of Pulse, the nightly newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida (then a CBS affiliate, now affiliated with Fox). This newscast - transferred from the original 2" quad videotape - is notable in that one of the anchors, based out of the station's St. Petersburg studios, was Jim Ruddle, some three months before he first joined WGN Channel 9 in Chicago as co-anchor with Gary Park of The Park-Ruddle Report, as the beginning of...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Benito Juarez" (1983)

Views: 418

Here's a Snipets segment on "the Abraham Lincoln of Mexico," Benito Juarez (1806-1872), as aired over WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA (the late, lamented sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32), within a repeat of an episode of The Flintstones.

After the opening titles (with 1977 copyright date, meaning that this was originally produced either within the last months of Kaiser Broadcasting's existence, or within the first few months after Field took over all...