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WWJ Channel 4 - "Partial Station Sign-Off" (1978)

Views: 7989

At the end of a tape, after a recording of a movie ended, there was a bit of a previous recording that was taped over. We see most of the National Anthem, then some strange black and white bars, and then static. In the static you can hear bleeding through what perhaps was on another channel at the same time (during the static the tape kept speeding up which is why the audio races at times)

RetroNewfoundland (Vintage Canada) was enterprising enough to slow down the audio heard a...

ON TV - "Can't Stop The Music" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 1411

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "Can't Stop The Music".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 16th 1981.

ON TV - "Snowball Express" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 959

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "Snowball Express".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 16th 1981.

Fisher-Price Fire Station (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 962

Here's a commercial for the Fisher Price Play Family Fire Station.

This aired on local Chicago TV the morning of Tuesday, December 9th 1980.

WBBM Channel 2 - Seal of Good Practice, SSB, & Station Sign-Off (1981)

Views: 3018

Here's a more complete sign-off sequence from WBBM Channel 2 (as compared with this circa 1978 sign-off). Includes:

Station ID / promo for The Rockford Files for 4:00pm (voiceover by ??)

Television Code "Seal of Good Practice" notice (the same 1965 design variant as on this 1979 sign-on), followed by approximatel...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Music In Your Bones" (1980?)

Views: 1695

Here's a segment from Eyewitness News, introduced by Fahey Flynn, with Frank Mathie reporting on a new invention - "The Bone Fone". Invented by Northbrook resident Bill Hass, it was a portable radio that you wear around your neck like a scarf, and instead of using headphones, it sends the sound through your bones and directly into your head.

Available only at J. S. & A. Sales in Northbrook.

"The Hula Hoop of the Eighties..."

This aired on ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Station ID Animation" (1980)

Views: 2451

Here's an animated station ID for WMAQ Channel 5 with voiceover - "For all it's worth - Energy: Save it!"

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, July 13th 1980.

WTTW Channel 11 - "Taxi Driver" (Station ID, 1984)

Views: 2099

Here's a station ID for WTTW Channel 11 featuring a guy driving an old Checker taxi cab.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.

WYCC Channel 20 (Station ID, 1983)

Views: 2690

Here is an animated station ID for WYCC Channel 20. This was used for a good 10 years at least before they phased it out. I love the music in this - all in all a very good ID.

"We Are Your City Colleges"

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Fall of 1983.