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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 3, 1979)

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Here is Part 3 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Joel Daly mentions that a solution to the Catch-22 situation regarding Chicagoans being held liable for personal injury if they shovel their sidewalk, is being worked on.

John Coleman's weather report

Tim Weigel's sports - Bulls, Black Hawks, Ohio State coaching change, Papa Bear George Halas celebrates his birthday, and Weigel's "Fractured Football...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - Jon Erikson/Steve & Garry (Part 2, 1981)

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Here is Part 2 of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7 featuring guests Jon Erikson and Steve & Garry. Includes:

Part 1 of an interview with Steve Dahl & Garry Meier - promoting their special that evening at 12:10am, "Greetings From Graceland".

AM Chicago bumper teaser for Tuesday's show (Mario Andretti). Features music by Steely Dan - "Glamour Profession".

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WLS Channel 7 - Saturday Night Movie - "The Evil of Frankenstein" (Promo, 1971)

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Here's a promo for an upcoming Saturday Night Movie presentation of the 1964 film "The Evil of Frankenstein" (starring Peter Cushing) on WLS Channel 7, to air on Saturday, at 10:30pm. (When this originally aired, there would have been a voiceover from some of Channel 7's announcing staff, including Al Parker, Fred Kasper, Mike Rapchak, Art Hellyer, and Wayne Atkinson.)

This was preserved on a silent 16mm film, with a brief card showing Metro Film Corporation as the proc...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Superfan Slims Down" (1980)

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Here's Tim Weigel's sports report and the ending of the WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 10pm. Includes stories on the Chicago Bulls "Superfan" (Jeff Platt) and his dramatic weight loss in an interview with "Big Al" Al Lerner. (I wonder if Platt was the inspiration for the SNL sketch about "The Superfans" featuring George Wendt, Chris Farley and Robert Smigel?) Other stories include Muhammed Ali stumping for President Jimmy Carter, and Mike Schmidt winning the MVP for the World Series.

WLS Channel 7 - Sunday Night Movie - "Lolita" (Promo, 1973)

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Here's a promo for the upcoming Sunday Night Movie presentation of the 1962 film "Lolita" starring James Mason and Sue Lyon, to air on Sunday, June 10th 1973 at 10:45pm.

This was preserved on a silent 16mm film (I added the Lolita theme since I wasn't sure what else might have been appropriate). The actual airing of this promo would have been accompanied by a voiceover from any of Channel 7's staff announcer...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 6, 1978)

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Here's the sixth and final part of an (incomplete) episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Sandi Freeman previewing the next day's edition, including an interview with an author of a new book about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a man who thinks lawyers get paid too much, before going back to Robb Weller at the Ski Show '78 at McCormick Place West which starts at 6:00pm and runs through Sunday; he closes the program by introducing a ski-and-dance routine set t...

PM Magazine - "Joan Esposito Audition" (1980)

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Here's a brief audition that Chicago newscaster Joan Esposito did for the WFLD Channel 32 program PM Magazine. She didn't get the job, but she sure looks perty. Also auditioning with her is "Hilly Hicks"?

Joan Esposito would later go on to anchor at WLS Channel 7.

Tape was dated July 31st 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - Jon Erikson/Steve & Garry (Part 1, 1981)

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Here is Part 1 of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7 featuring guests Jon Erikson and Steve & Garry. Includes:

Opening of AM Chicago hosted by Robb Weller (with voiceover by Fred Kasper) (thanks to Janice Kos for this info)

Interview with Jon Erikson - first person to swim the English Channel three times nonstop.

AM Chicago bumper teaser for Monday's show (The Stars of Hill Street Blues). Features music by Steve Winwood - "While You See A Chance".
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WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 3, 1983)

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Here's Part 3 of the 4:30 Eyewitness News with Mary Ann Childers and Tim Weigel. Includes:

Eyewitness Anonymous segment with Tim Weigel. Features Dick Johnson reporting on how to make a good witness, a dramatization of a "Smash and Grab" with Eyewitness News researcher Yvonne Small playing the "victim", and Chicago Police officer Jim Hamill.

Commercial: Viva paper towels - "Is it or isn't it a Paper Sponge?"

Commercial: Taco Bell - New "Taco Ligh...