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WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Superstar Cruiser" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1868

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

Here's a commercial for WMET 95 and a Half FM.

"Chicago's Sound Encounter"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 16th 1979.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm (Promo, 1977)

Views: 3982

Here is a two-minute, awesomely overdone promo (in that 70s way) for WMAQ Channel 5's NewsCenter5 At 10pm, starting off with a space motif and a laser-style lightning bolt traveling around the world and then back to Chicago ("From the stars to the planets, from Chicago to the ends of the earth" - voiceover by Brad Crandall), to promote "a new age of electronic journalism" (a reference to the adoption of video-based ENG) and the resources of NBC News. Some of the clips (of news events within ...

Brach's - "The Candy Store Candy" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1996

Here's a commercial for Brach's Candy (or do you say Brachs?).

Should I include this in the "Local Commercials" category or not?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 21st 1982.

Empire Carpets - "Waiting By The Phone" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1667

Here's another commercial for Empire Carpets.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

McDonald's - "Katie" with Heather O'Rourke (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2648

Here is a commercial for McDonald's featuring the little girl from the movie Poltergeist - Heather O'Rourke.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 30th 1980.

WKQX 101 FM - "Chicago Is Turning To Us" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2207

Here's a commercial for WKQX 101 FM featuring DJ's Art Roberts and Bob DelGiorno.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 30th 1980.

Marriott's Great America (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 6098

Here's a neat commercial for Marriott's Great America that is a bit of a take-off on the old Batman TV show.

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Sunday, September 16th 1979.

Empire Carpets - "$6.95 A Yard" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2729

Here's another commercial for Empire Carpets.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983.

Epson HX-20 Notebook Computer (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3277

Here's another commercial which shows how far we've come in computers - for the Epson HX-20 notebook computer - the first "laptop".

If you ever want to print out a receipt for something, you're set.

Features actor Stephen Furst of "Animal House" fame.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 18th 1982.