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WIFR Channel 23 - Action Newsbreak (1978)

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Here's an Action Newsbreak on WIFR Channel 23 with anchor Rick Moore. Stories include:

Former aide to Governor Thompson charged with forging signatures on tax lid petitions.

Dollar shrinking even more (what else is new?) and the cost of living jumped.

Egypt & Isreal to resume peace talks; leaders of both countries share the Nobel Peace Prize.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Friday, October 27th 1978 @ 7pm. (not Chicago, but c...

The Wonderful World Of Magic - "Bill Bixby's Trick Solution" (1977?)

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Here's one more clip from the elusive The Wonderful World Of Magic show - the last one I have. This one includes the end of a magic act, the title card that they would show between acts, and one of the Bill Bixby segments where he shows the solution to a trick he posed at the beginning of the show. Also includes a partial end credits before the recording ended. Notice all the French stuff - the Eiffel Tower on the title card, the Arc De Triomphe in the end credits - was the whole ep...

Rolling Stone...The 10th Anniversary - "A Day In The Decade" (1977)

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Here's something that's pretty awful and bizarre, a segment from the Rolling Stone 10th Anniversary special - a Beatles tribute medley called "A Day in the Decade". It goes on for over 14 minutes, and mercifully perhaps the person recording it decided that was enough. (I think it was almost over anyway)

Local Trivia Note: This special was stereo simulcast (simulcasted?) in the Chicago area on WBBM-FM 96.3.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Friday, November ...

NBC News Update With Chuck Scarborough (1976)

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Here's a vintage NBC News Update with Chuck Scarborough. Includes:

President-Elect Carter has made no statement yet about how he'll stimulate the economy.

Jim Wright will be the House Democratic leader in the next session of Congress.

Thomas "Tip" O'Neill is the new Speaker of the House.

Supreme Court rules that a man on death row in Texas cannot be executed until his case is appealed.

Gunman holds man hostage ...

ABC News - "Death of Karl Wallenda" (1978)

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Here is an ABC News report on the death of circus performer and tightrope walker Karl Wallenda, (of The Flying Wallendas) who fell to his death while performing at the age of 73.

From Wikipedia: "Karl attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 37 metres (121 ft) above the pavement, but fell to his death when winds exceeded 48 kilometres per hour (30 miles per hour). The Wallenda family attributes th...

NBC Network (ID, 1977)

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Here's a vintage network ID for NBC.

Voiceover by Howard Reig.

"This is the NBC Television Network..."

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Tuesday, August 16th 1977. (not Chicago, but close enough)

NBC Network - "Elvis Has Left The Building" (Part 3, 1977)

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Here is Part 3 of an NBC Special Report (on local Rockford affilliate WTVO Channel 17) from when it was first announced that Elvis Presley had died. Features Jackson Bain and David Brinkley reporting.

Features the NBC Special Report graphic at the end, an NBC network ID (voiceover by Howard Reig), and the beginning of a promo for a new series, "Big Hawaii", before the recording ends.

"Pressed on blue vinyl."

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on ...

NBC Network - "Elvis Has Left The Building" - "Technical Difficulties" (Part 2, 1977)

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Here is Part 2 of an NBC Special Report (on local Rockford affiliate WTVO Channel 17) from when it was first announced that Elvis Presley had died.

Here you get a FuzzyMemories Two-fer: an historical event and a technical difficulties moment all in one. The sound fades down at the end of the Brian Ross piece and doesn't return when the discussion panel segment in the studio begins featuring David Marsh of Rolling Stone Magazine, Disc Jockey Murray The K, and Steve Dunleavy of...

NBC Network - "Elvis Has Left The Building" (Part 1, 1977)

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Here is Part 1 of an NBC Special Report (on local Rockford affilliate WTVO Channel 17) from when it was first announced that Elvis Presley had died. Features Jackson Bain, David Brinkley, and Brian Ross reporting.

Notice the sound fades out at the end - this was the beginning of the technical difficulties moment which continues in Part 2.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Tuesday, August 16th 1977. (not Chicago, but close enough)