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WCIU Channel 26 - The Chicago Party (Opening, 1982)

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After Polka Party on Saturday Nights, WCIU Channel 26 had for a time a show called The Chicago Party - here's the opening 5 minutes of an episode, including a commercial break, before the tape ends. Includes:

WCIU Station ID (voiceover by Bill O'Connor)

Opening of The Chicago Party starring James Christopher and Willie Woods.

Commercial: CopHerBox II - "Ask Your Kids"

Commercial: Screamin' Wheels Roller Rink at 6119 Melton Road in G...

Superstation WTBS Channel 17 - Movie 17 - "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" (Opening & Break, 1980)

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Here's the opening and first commercial break for the Movie 17 presentation of "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" [1972; a.k.a. "Revenge of the Living Dead"] on Superstation WTBS Channel 17 in Atlanta, GA, the first such major "superstation" that became an icon through national transmission to cable systems across the country. Includes:

Movie 17 titles with shot of 35mm film can (from which such objects as a reel and director's chair are stored) and funky...

WGN Channel 9 - Chicago Cubs Baseball - "Mayor Jane Byrne Throws Out The First Pitch" (1981)

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Here's a clip featuring Mayor Jane Byrne throwing out the first pitch at a Cubs game, followed by the singing of the National Anthem (mostly complete) by Jimmy Damon (the inspiration for Bill Murray's lounge singer character on Saturday Night Live), then the starting lineups and opening moments of the game.

Cardinal Cody can be seen sitting next to Mayor Byrne. He would pass away less than a year later on April 25th 1982. On the Mayor's left is her husband, Jay McMulle...

WGN Channel 9 - Lead Off Man - "Opening Day With JFK" (Part 2, 1961)

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Here's Part 2 of an interesting piece of history - The beginning of the Lead-Off Man show on WGN Channel 9 on Opening Day 1961, White Sox At Washington, featuring an interview with the president.

Vince Lloyd interviews both John F. Kennedy and LBJ from the President's box. Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen are right behind JFK. Panoramic shots of the old (and now long gone) Griffith Stadium, with the National Anthem. JFK throws out the first ball, caught by Jungle Jim Rive...

WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 1, 1983)

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Here's Part 1 of the 4:30 Eyewitness News with Mary Ann Childers and Tim Weigel. Includes:

- Students at Crown Elementary sickened by apparent food poisoning. Reporting live from Saint Anthony's hospital is Jim Avila. Features an update from nurse Lucretia Bankston. Bill Nigut reports from (Saul?) Crown Elementary School (Crown Magnet School) and speaks with district superintendent Dr. Preston Bryant. (Technical Difficulties moment also occurs)

- Bertha Cole...

WLS Channel 7 - Early Eyewitness Newsbrief With Alan Krashesky (1986)

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Here's an early morning Eyewitness Newsbrief with Alan Krashesky on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Weather - Traffic

Contested 26th Ward election battle continues

Tim Quinn - girls basketball coach and Social Studies teacher at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, resigns after allegations of an affair with a student

16 year old student at Marshall High School suffers collapsed lung in knife fight

Federal investigators investi...

WMAQ Channel 5 - PSA's, Meditation, and Station Sign-Off (1989)

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Here are some public service announcements, then Meditation, and finally the station sign-off for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

PSA - Illegal Drugs: It's Not Someone Else's Problem

PSA - Project Serve with Janelle LaVigne

PSA - Medic Alert bracelets with Diahann Carroll and Vic Damone

PSA - United Way / Crusade of Mercy with Michael Jordan

PSA - Latino Institute with Migdalia (Millie) Rivera

Medit...