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WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service (Opening, 7/16/82)
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Here's another rare example of WFLD Channel 32's Keyfax Nite-Owl Service, notably the first six minutes thereof on this particular day.
Nite-Owl was WFLD's equivalent to two primitive (by today's standards), digital-based overnight "tele-text" services prevalent on British television, BBC's long-running Ceefax and ITV's (Independent Television, the commercial TV outlet) Oracle. Ceefax lasted up to the end of analogue television in England in ...
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Not from Chicago, but one which, "even then," had overtaken Chicago as the "Second City" in population: a clip of the ending minutes of the early edition of NewsCenter4 with anchors Paul Moyer and Kelly Lange on KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles. Also features Paul Dandridge, John Marshall and Boyd Matson. This was on the tail end of a 3/4" Umatic tape where something was recorded over most of this. (A side note: The weather at this point in time was handled by a young chap named Pat ...
WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 5, 1971)
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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the January 2012 2" Quad Transfer Fundraiser.
Here's Part 5 (the final part) of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Also featuring Don Ramsell. Includes:
Bob reading or introducing the following items:
- ABC...
72 Hits of the '50's with Jeff Conaway (Record Offer, 1978)
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Here's a record offer commercial for a four-record LP compilation, headlined as 72 Hits of the '50's, with Jeff Conaway from the Broadway production of Grease (before he appeared in the 1978 movie version, and way before landing a supporting role in the TV series Taxi) and Elaine Petricoff. (currently on the faculty of AMDA College)
This set - actually titled The First Authentic 1950's Rock &...
WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 Weekend News (Part 2, 1978)
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Here's Part 2 of a complete edition of the Channel 2 Weekend News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace (substituting for Harry Porterfield). Also featuring Cyndy Brucato. Includes:
Bob reading or introducing the following items:
- An 18th century violin worth approximately $20,000 and owned by one Win Alterman (sp?) is stolen from Lake Shore Holiday Inn; Alterman had been out for dinner and discovered his room ransacked and the violin and other ite...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm (Part 1, 1978)
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Here's Part 1 of a complete edition of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This is from a recording of the studio feed, so there are no commercials - instead we get to see some off-the-cuff moments where the anchors are waiting to go back on the air. Features John Drury, Terry Murphy, Bill Frink, Johnny Mountain, Bob Petty, Hugh Hill, and others. This part includes the following stories:
(opening cut slightly - recording starts late) (opening voiceover by ??)
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KMBC Channel 9 - KMBC 9 News at 10pm - "After The Day After" (Part 1, 1983)
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Here's Part 1 of the KMBC 9 News at 10pm with anchors Larry Moore and Brenda Williams on KMBC Channel 9 in Kansas City, MO. This aired immediately following the news discussion program Sunday, Nuclear Sunday: Kansas City Reacts. Also featuring Scott Feldman and Gary Gunter. Includes:
Animated "So Good to Turn To" KMBC-TV 9 Station ID
Opening segment of KMBC 9 News, with faraway shot of studio and pair of RCA TK-46 cameras with Q-TV VPS-100...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 1981 Chicago Emmy Awards - "Koz & Oher Win Again" (1981)
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Here's an excerpt from The 1981 Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2. This pertains to Category 7(B) - Entertainment Programs: For A Series, and presenters Joan McGrath and Jay Levine (WLS Channel 7) read the nominees as follows:
- Son of Svengoolie - Rich Koz, Host/Performer; Joseph Oher, Producer - WFLD Channel 32
- The New Bible Baffle - Raymond G. MacKillop, Host; Don E. Hancock, Producer - WCFC Channel 38
- Cra...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "The Crash of Flight 191 - The Day After" (Part 2, 1979)
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Here's more coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history; this is Part 2 (the last part) of a special edition of NewsCenter5 with Mike Jackson and Carol Marin from the day after the crash. Featuring Lynne Scott, Barry Kaufman, Stephen Ray, Jim Tilmon and Bonnie DeVries. Includes:
Mike Jackson describes the grim task county medical examiners have in identifying the bodies pulled from the wreckage of Flight...