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WPWR Channel 60 - The Beatles (Bumper #1, 1985)

Views: 1628

Here's a later version of a bumper for The Beatles cartoon on WPWR Channel 60. You can see an earlier version of the bumper here and here.

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

This aired on local Chicago TV mid-May 1985.

The Don Ferris "Sampler" (1977-1991)

Views: 3744

Here's a compilation I created of some of the fine work of Don Ferris, announcer emeritus for WSNS TV-44 and WTTW Channel 11. I am going to present this to him today when we meet for the first time! (more on that later) Includes:

Fan-made Museum of Classic Chicago Television "Station ID" (Created by (and voiceover by) Roger Berton with audio edit by Rick Klein)

Ending excerpt of the WSNS Channel 44 Saturday All Night Movies presentation of Magical Myste...

CBS Network - In The News - "Henry Kissinger Returns" (1983)

Views: 3949

Here's a segment of the kids news featurette, "In The News" - this one giving some history about Henry Kissinger after Ronald Reagan appointed him to be the head of the Commission on Central America on Monday, July 18, 1983.

Also includes a commercial break for Keebler Chips Deluxe cookies.

These aired between commercial breaks during Saturday Morning cartoons on CBS affilliates.

Produced by CBS News. (C) MCMLXXXIII CBS Inc. All Rights Reserved...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Brief With Mary Ann Childers (1981)

Views: 3829

Here is an Eyewitness News Brief with Mary Ann Childers on WLS Channel 7. Briefs include:

80 year old man arrested in mercy killing of his 79 year old wife.

The 2 year old son of Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley dies (Kevin Daley).

Commercial: Oldsmobile - The Gallant Men of Olds.

Jay Levine's report on problems facing Chicago paramedics at 10.

Opening voiceover by Wayne Atkinson.

This aire...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsFive With Floyd Kalber (Bumper Promo, 1975)

Views: 3774

Here's a quick bumper promo for NewsFive with "The Big Tuna" Floyd Kalber back when he worked at WMAQ Channel 5 - before his long tenure with WLS.

Story preview involves a Chicago dentist who was accused of killing two west-side druggists.

Also includes a bumper slide at the end for Chicago area Environmental Protection Agencies - "Bunch Up!" (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

(clip has reception problems, but hey...early 1975)

This aired on ...

WGN Channel 9 - 1981 Tournament of Roses Parade (Promo, 1981)

Views: 1089

Here's a promo for the 1981 Tournament of Roses Parade (Rose Bowl Parade), to be aired on New Year's Day at 7:00pm (as an "encore" showing) on WGN Channel 9. The hosts for this edition are Bob Eubanks and Jayne Kennedy, who promise the best camera views along the parade route so viewers would get as good a view as possible of the floats and the marching bands.

Ending voiceover by Bob Bell.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 1st 1981 at a little ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - The Popeye Hour/Battle Of The Planets (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2948

Here's a promo for some of the Super Cartoon Sunrise lineup on WFLD Channel 32 - The Popeye Hour (7am-8am) and Battle of the Planets (8am-8:30am).

Voiceover by Dr. Don.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Movie One -"The Night of the Sorcerers" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 3241

Here is the opening for WSNS Channel 44's Saturday Monster Movie presentation of "The Night of the Sorcerers" (A.K.A. “La Noche de los Brujos”). Includes:

Don Ferris does the voiceover announcement of the movie, while the theme song, Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" plays (with some screaming or animal noises mixed in?) and some imagery from monster movies is shown. You also get to see the "An Avco Embassy Television Presentation" logo and the first few minut...

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart (Ending, 1974)

Views: 477

Here's the ending segment of another rare surviving edition of Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44. This was from the original master tape. Includes:

CG VTR slate with tone and countdown - "VTR: 8I0 - Cut: 16 {which blinks on and off} - Air: Fri. 10/4 - "Popeye" - Dir. M.T. - Eng. P.Mc."

Steve, Little K and Captain Salty saying their goodbyes. As the music is played in the background, Steve's voiceover is heard promoting Spider-Man which fo...