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WMAQ Channel 5 - Station Sign-On & "Meditations" (1984?)

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Here's a station sign-on and "Meditations" religious segment on WMAQ Channel 5 (cut off before ending completes).

"Good Morning. This is WMAQ-TV Channel 5, NBC Television in Chicago, welcoming you to another day of outstanding television programs. WMAQ-TV constantly strives to maintain high programming standards in the public interest. The programs telecast by this station may not be used for any purpose except exhibition at the time of their telecast on receivers of the type o...

WCIU Channel 26 - Outdoor Sportsman (Ending, 1979)

Views: 2908

Here's the ending of the Outdoor Sportsman program on WCIU Channel 26. Features Joe Wyer trying to give some info about a contest of some sort (fishing contest?) on April 29th but runs out of time before the credits. Anyone know what the ending music is?

Outdoor Sportsman was on Saturdays at 5:30pm, right before Eddie Korosa's Polka Party. (in the early-to-mid 70's Outdoor Sportsman aired on WSNS Channel 44)

Also features a WCIU-TV Channel 26 Station ID slide ...

WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Swept Away" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 3026

Here is the opening for the WTTW Channel 11 - "Movie Eleven" presentation of "Swept Away". This opening features scenes from classic movies (in order): The Blue Angel, Metropolis, The Rocking Horse Winner, Alexander Nevsky, Ugetsu, The Red Shoes, Metropolis, La Strada, [?], Metropolis, Jules et Jim, Beauty and the Beast, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Black Orpheus.

Music used is a classical piece by Wendy Carlos - I think it's the same theme that the Frugal Gourmet used. ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Today In Chicago - "Beatles Anniversary" (Part 2, 1984)

Views: 1722

In honor of Terri Hemmert's recent nomination to the Radio Hall of Fame, here's a program featuring her talking about her favorite subject: The Beatles!

Here's Part 2 of an episode of Today in Chicago with Jorie Lueloff as host. Today the topic was the anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in America. Featuring Terri Hemmert, Dick Biondi, and Don McLeese of the Chicago Sun-Times. Includes:

Commercial: R.L. Dukes Oldsmobile

Commercial: Bunkhouse (a...

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "So Long Mr. Chumps" (Commercial Break #2, 1979)

Views: 1834

(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)

Here is Commercial Break #2 for the short "So Long Mr. Chumps" during an episode of The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Three Stooges bumper

Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics courses (with Steve Allen) - "Become a "Dynamic Reader"

White Cloud bathroom tissue - "Does your husband care about bathroom tissue?" (featuring Mrs. Kathy...

Dispensa's Castle Of Toys - "Creepy Santa" (Commercial, 1978)

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Ah, this one is great on so many levels...the funky bassline, the organ music, the creepy Santa...oh man. Here's a commercial for Dispensa's Castle of Toys in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois on Route 83 and Roosevelt Road.

I probably should have posted this back during Christmas but oh well. I'm sure you'll forgive me.

The only other Dispensa-related commercial we had until this one ...

Maximum Strength Tylenol Sinus Medication - "Sinus Headache Case History #7" (Commercial, 1981)

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Here's a commercial for Maximum Strength Tylenol Sinus Medication. This ad spotlights "Sinus Headache Case History #7," Charlene Paoli of Chicago, who had sinus headaches (sinusitis) since her early teens. (This airing also fell one year prior to the infamous tampering incident that led to a lasting change in the packaging of Tylenol products.)

Voiceover by Phil Tonken (longtime staff announcer for WOR Channel 9 in New York City, for those in the Chicago area who were getting...

Superstation WTBS Channel 17 - Movie 17 - "Don't Look in the Basement" (Opening with Alternate Title Slide, 1980)

Views: 284

Here's the opening moments of the Movie 17 presentation of "Don't Look in the Basement" [reissue title for the 1973 horror film "The Forgotten"] on Superstation WTBS Channel 17 in Atlanta, GA, which aired all over the country via cable and satellite. Includes:

Partial opening Movie 17 title sequence, with voiceover (by ??) announcing film

Opening sequence of film, with reissue title (set in Bolt Bold) and credits some eight minutes into the movie

WGN Channel 9 - Len Johnson and the News (Part 2, 1965)

Views: 5841

Here's Part 2 (the final part) of an incredibly rare find - an edition of Len Johnson and the News on WGN Channel 9 from 1965! This was a forerunner to their overnight Night Beat newscast that ran from the late-sixties well into the 1980s.

You'll notice that this was during that awkward transition phase from black-and-white to color with most of the broadcast appearing in black-and-white, but then interspersed by random color commercials and a few color slides.