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WMAQ Channel 5 - Meditations, Station Sign-Off, & SSB (1981)

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Here's the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Bumper promo for Entertainment Tonight at 4:00pm on Channel 5 (voiceover by ??)

Meditations delivered by Rev. John F. Fahey, St. Clement Church - Produced in Cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago - WMAQ-TV Public Affairs - Pre-recorded - (C) National Broadcasting Company Inc., 1981 All Rights Reserved (The Charles Addams New Yorker cover that Reverend ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscope - "The Blizzard of '67" and Other Stories (Part 4, 1967)

Views: 2060

Here's Part 4, the last part, of an edition of Newscope on WFLD Channel 32, anchored by Patrick Muldowney.

NOTE: This is the earliest footage currently known to exist of a WFLD broadcast (albeit via kinescope); the sound heard in the background on the right channel is of time code as heard on 3/4" Umatic tapes. (this is not our museum's transfer)

Includes:

Patrick Muldowney gives the weather report, with fair skies and temperatures t...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "History of 3-D" (Break #3, 1982)

Views: 1454

Here's Break #3 from the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Revenge of the Creature" in 3D.

Includes: "The History of 3-D Broadcasting" with Rich Koz.

(Commercials were unfortunately cut out by the person that recorded this)

This aired at around 8pm on Thursday, July 29th 1982.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 2, 1979)

Views: 2455

Here is Part 2 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Report on the War on Cigarettes - Tobacco institute bashes Surgeon General's report. Vivian Rosenberg talks with some people in a bar about their smoking habit.

John and Greta Rideout reconcile after she accused him (her husband) of raping her.

Lee Marvin breach-of-contract trial gets underway tomorrow. Attorney Barbara Hirsch comments on the grow...

Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 2)

Views: 1143

Here is Part 2 of a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

Some Frankenstein related clips which appear to be from an anniversary show (Probably episode #302 which aired 05-18-85) - "Frankenstein" song parody (incomplete) - Son of Svengoo...

WLS Channel 7 - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (1978)

Views: 4250

Here's a WLS-TV Chicago, Happy Holidays - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" singing greeting featuring John Drury, Joel Daly, Bill Frink, Dr. Walt Lyons, Frank Sechrist (weekend weatherman) and other WLS staffers of the era. (anyone know any of the names?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27th 1978.

Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 5)

Views: 596

Here is Part 5 of a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

(little Snippet of the opening or closing to an episode)

"Hit the road, Drac" song parody (incomplete)

The Dukes of Berwyn?! - on the Dewey, Cheatham...

WFLD Channel 32 - Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (Bumper, 1981)

Views: 829

Here's another WFLD Channel 32 "zooming" bumper from the classic Field Communications era - this time for Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 7th 1981 at about 7:57pm.

Magnetic Video Corporation (1978)

Views: 1143

Here's the animated logo for Magnetic Video Corporation, an early home-video release company. This one is the 20th Century Fox variation.