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WBBM Channel 2 - Station ID Slide (Tiny Excerpt, 1971)

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Here's a very brief excerpt of a station ID slide from WBBM Channel 2. The "2" at this point was from the network-mandated "CBS Didot" serif font, unlike sister stations WCBS Channel 2 in New York and then-KNXT Channel 2 (now KCBS) in Los Angeles which then used sans-serif Grotesque No. 9 whose size was the same as the CBS Eye. It should be also noted that another sister station at the time, WCAU...

WBBM Channel 2 - The CBS Late Movie - "Helter Skelter: Part 1" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

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Here's the first commercial break from The CBS Late Movie presentation of "Helter Skelter" (Part 1). Includes:

The CBS Late Movie bumper (Helta?) (Voiceover by Bill Martin)

9-Lives presents Morris. (Gotta love that cat)

Vicks Inhaler - "It's a breather for your nose." (Favorite of Felix Unger)

No Nonsense Panty Hose - "Suddenly energy looks beautiful" (featuring Susan Blanchard)

The Norelco rotary razor.

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The Stock Market Observer (Part 4, 1984)

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Here is Part 4, the final part, of some footage from the WCIU Channel 26 program The Stock Market Observer.

SMO started after March of 1967 and before Monday, August 21, 1967 in black and white. It switched to color in 1974. Until 1995, it aired for 7 hours each weekday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. By late 1995 to 1999, it aired on WCIU Channel 26 from 8:30 AM to 12 Noon, simulcast on low power WFBT Channel 23, which continued until 3:30 PM. In 2000, SMO aired on WFBT Channel 23 fr...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter 5 at 6pm (Part 1, 1981)

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Here is Part 1 of NewsCenter 5 at 6pm on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Jim Ruddle and Carol Marin. Includes:

Quick tease of stories including White Sox reaching a contract agreement with Carlton Fisk, State Legislators debate need for financial bailout of RTA.

15,000 Illinois Coal Miners walk off the job - with Tom Korzeniowski reporting. Cecil Hardy (retired coal miner), Daisy Diffy (Widow of William Diffy), and others share their stories about fighting black lung ...

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 3, 1964)

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Here's Part 3 of a rare edition of the nightly Pulse newscast from WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, transferred from the original 2" quad videotape. This was notable in featuring future Chicago TV legend Jim Ruddle anchoring out of St. Petersburg at various points. This part features Hugh Smith in Tampa. Includes:

- A squabble over wrecker service rates to spill over to City Council hearing this week; Motor Club President Ridgley Jones is interviewe...

WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine Chicago - "Cave Club" (Pre-Show Break & Opening, 1981)

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Here's the pre-show commercial break, the opening and (most of) the first story of PM Magazine Chicago - regarding Willowbrook High School in Villa Park - and their special program for learning the art of rappelling down a cliff. Includes:

Partial ending credits to All in the Family (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Field Communications ID

Commercial: Animated Dean Foods ice cream - "You can taste how much we care."

Commercial: Black and De...

WBBM Channel 2 - Station Sign-On, SSB & Meditation (1979)

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Here's a rare sign-on sequence from WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Roughly 6 seconds of EIA RS-189A color bars, followed by 5 seconds of black

"Color Lightning" animated station ID (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Sign-on with same shot of Chicago skyline as on this circa-1978 sign-off (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

National Anthem (a.k.a. "CBS SSB"), with shots of variou...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "Clock Excerpts #3" (1974?)

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Here's the good news - someone recorded The Ray Rayner Show at various times in the early seventies! Now the bad news - they only recorded the cartoons, and cut out nearly everything else. :-( I bring you the only snippets left - a few excerpts of the clock that they would show the time on, and in some cases, the chalkboard with the date, weather, and sports scores. Some might wonder why...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NBC News Chicago Report - "Russian/American Culture" (Excerpt, 1972)

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Here's an excerpt from a broadcast of the NBC News Chicago Report on WMAQ Channel 5. This clip comes in at the end of a report on a local radio station, WEDC (1240 AM), that at the time primarily aired Polish and Spanish programming - and also some Russian-language programming for Chicago's Russian-American community; the reporter noted a heightened interest in Russian culture in the wake o...