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NBC News Update With Chuck Scarborough (1976)

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Here's a vintage NBC News Update with Chuck Scarborough. Includes:

President-Elect Carter has made no statement yet about how he'll stimulate the economy.

Jim Wright will be the House Democratic leader in the next session of Congress.

Thomas "Tip" O'Neill is the new Speaker of the House.

Supreme Court rules that a man on death row in Texas cannot be executed until his case is appealed.

Gunman holds man hostage ...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness Newsbrief With Fahey Flynn (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 2200

Here is a quick bumper promo for the WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News with Fahey Flynn - The Oscar Nominees tonight at 10.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 25th, 1980.

WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm - "Chroma Key Afro" (1973)

Views: 3015

Here's a brief excerpt from what was then called the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2 featuring a humorous technical cock-up. In this clip, anchor Bob Wallace is reporting on a burglary at the Ambassador East Hotel the prior night in which the culprits stole around $38,000 in jewelry and cash (among the victims were "insult" comic Don Rickles and his wife who lost $5,000 in jewelry, and Hollywood agent Paul Kohner and his wife who lost more than $8,000 in jewelry and $5,000 in cash...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene with Kathy McFarland (Promo & Station ID, 1979)

Views: 2190

EARLIEST KATHY MCFARLAND FOOTAGE YET FOUND! (woo?) ;-)

Here's a promo for the upcoming premiere of Newscene with Kathy McFarland, in which she promises the "earliest late-night news" every weeknight at 9:55pm following Sanford & Son.

Ending voiceover (with station ID) by Ron Beattie.

Based on a few pieces of evidence, including what was recorded on top of this, there are only four possible dates that this promo could have air...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Curse Of The Evil Devil Stone" (1980)

Views: 7196

In 1975 Gilbert and Trudy Woods of 226 Hill Avenue in Glen Ellyn, IL. found a strange terra-cotta stone in their backyard - ever since then, weird things have been happening. Another "stone victim", Linda Kliest, has also experienced strange occurrences. Lights are turning on and off unexpectedly. Hepatitis. Bees are filling up houses in the middle of winter. Is the stone cursed? Chuck Goudie gives his investigative report in Part 2 of "Ghosts and Curses" on WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness New...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 With Jane Pauley (Bumper Promo, 1976)

Views: 2903

Here's a short bumper promo for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Jane Pauley before she moved up to the NBC network and the Today show. She was the first woman ever to anchor the evening news at WMAQ-TV.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, June 18th 1976 at about 12 midnight.

WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "The Death of John Lennon" (Part 1, 1980)

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Here's Part 1 of The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2. It covers the biggest news story that day - the murder of John Lennon which occured late in the evening the previous day (too late to be covered on the evening news). Featuring Bill Kurtis, Phil Walters, Walter Jacobson. Includes:

WBBM "Starfield" animated station ID (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

Opening to The 10 O'Clock News (voiceover by ??)

Bill Kurtis reports on the murder ...

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Friday Night Movie - "Holiday Inn" (Ending + News Promo, 1981)

Views: 5682

Here is the ending from a WGN Channel 9 Friday Night Movie presentation of "Holiday Inn" (I had to edit it down) followed immediately by a promo for The 9 O'Clock News featuring Marty McNeeley, Robert Jordan, and Tom Skilling. Stories previewed:

- 5 killed in a Loop Construction Accident
- Breakthrough in the Deep Tunnel Project
- Chicago City Council OK's Mayor Byrne's City Budget
- Northwest Suburban man-turned-hero is rewarded
- Clear skie...

WBBM Channel 2 - Roger Field: Health & Science Editor (Promo, 1979)

Views: 1472

Here's a promo for the Health and Science reports of Roger Field on WBBM Channel 2 News.

"Nobody Does It Better!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, September 5th 1979.