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WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News - "We Can Barely Hear You" (1983)

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Here's a minor technical difficulties moment during the 4:30 Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 in which anchor Mary Ann Childers sounds a bit snippy with reporter Bill Nigut after his remote signal breaks up. Also features co-anchor Tim Weigel.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 9th 1983 during the 4:30 to 5pm half hour.

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WGN Channel 9 - News - "Governor Thompson Comments On Reagan Assassination Attempt" (1981)

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Here's an excerpt from the news on WGN Channel 9 featuring comments by Governor Jim Thompson on the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

WGN anchor Marty McNeeley can be briefly seen at the end of the clip.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 30th 1981.

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Activision - Spider Fighter (Commercial, 1983)

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Here is a commercial for the Activision video game "Spider Fighter" for the Atari 2600. Game designed by Larry Miller.

Voiceover by William Woodson.

Available at:

Osco Drugs
Center Video
Minnesota Fats

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 14th 1983.

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WFLD Channel 32 - The BJ & Dirty Dragon Show (Part 1, 1972)

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Dirty Dragon Roars Back To Life!

Unearthed from a 2" Quadruplex videotape stashed away and nearly forgotten, and with a beautiful direct-to-digital transfer financed by donations, The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) is proud to present this "lost" episode, which has not been seen publically since it originally aired on WFLD-TV forty years ago!

Here's Part 1 of a rare surviving edition of Bill Jackson's The BJ ...

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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News with Jack Jones (Bumper Promo, 1982)

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Here is an Eyewitness News bumper promo from WLS-TV Channel 7 with Jack Jones.

"Burger wars - The Heat's On - at 10."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, September 24th 1982.

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ABC News Brief With Tom Jarriel (1978)

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Here's an ABC News Brief with Tom Jarriel. Stories include:

- Tornados hit in Arkansas and Louisiana

- Southern Railway passenger train derailment in Virginia

- Thousands of protesters demonstrate against the Shah in Iran

Commercial: Michelob - "Holidays Were Made For Michelob" (with John Forsythe)

- Congressional Report says Selective Service cannot mobilize troops fast enough for a National crisis

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KSTP Channel 5 - Eyewitness News Update With Ron Magers (1979)

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Here's something neat - a pre-WMAQ Ron Magers news update. I didn't know that he worked in Minnesota, but there it is - he worked at KSTP-TV, the ABC (formerly NBC) affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul from 1974 to 1981.

This aired on local Minneapolis - Saint Paul TV on Monday, May 7th 1979.

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WIFR Channel 23 - Action News (Promo & Slide, 1977)

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Here's an Action News promo for WIFR Channel 23 featuring footage of the Rock River Tower arson fire on November 19th, 1977. Join Jerry Mayer, Chuck Faber, Kerry Donovan, Mark Ovenden, and Sue Mroz for Action News at 5:30 and 10:00 on WIFR TV - Freeport - Rockford. Also includes a Chuck Faber Action News bumper promo slide at the end.

Covers the following towns: New Milford, Beloit, Sycamore, Kirkland, Pecatonica, Janesville, Freeport, Oregon, Sterling, Lena, Belvidere, Roche...

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WBBM Channel 2 - CBS News Special Report - John Lennon: The Dream Is Over (Part 3, 1980)

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Here's Part 3 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:

Jonathan Schwartz of WNEW Radio commenting on Lennon.

Albert Goldman, rock music critic (and later controversial Lennon biographer)

Jack Douglas - John Lennon's producer who was working with him in the studio just a short time before he was killed.

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