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WXYZ Channel 7 - 11 O'Clock Action News (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1976)

Views: 8328

Here's (most of) the WXYZ Channel 7 11 O'Clock Action News preview and pre-show break. WXYZ was the ABC affilliate in Detroit. Includes:

Commercial: Montgomery Ward

Ford Tractor Employees work notice

This aired on local Detroit TV on Wednesday, Oct. 13th 1976. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

WGN Channel 9 - Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley - "A Nightbeat New Year" (Part 1, 1983)

Views: 5606

Here's Part 1 of Nightbeat with Marty McNeeley on WGN Channel 9. Also featuring Bill Covington (of Independent Network News) and the voice of Pat Harper (from WGN's sister station in New York, WPIX Channel 11). Includes:

Animated WGN station ID with aerial shot of Chicago skyline at sunset in background

Nightbeat opening titles (way different from what was used in 1970's and early '80's)

Marty McNeeley opens the newscast by r...

Dave Cory Ford - "100 Truck-A-Thon" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1985

Here's a commercial for Dave Cory Ford - 6200 West Touhy Avenue next to the Leaning Tower in Niles - wait a sec, wasn't that King Datsun (Nissan)? Yep, they eventually moved there, but in the earlier days it was Dave Cory Ford I guess.

The spokesman is not "Dave Cory" but an actor - not sure what his name is but I've seen him in another commercial local to Rochester, New York on YouTube.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

WKBD Channel 50 - NBC Saturday Night (Bumper Promo, 1977)

Views: 2901

How many people knew Kaiser/Field affiliate WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit showed NBC Saturday Night (A.K.A. Saturday Night Live) first-run before the NBC affiliate did? Here's a bumper promo for the episode featuring Steve Martin and The Kinks.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV on Saturday, February 26th 1977 at 5pm. (not Chicago TV, but still cool)

Rolling Stone...The 10th Anniversary - "A Day In The Decade" (1977)

Views: 7081

Here's something that's pretty awful and bizarre, a segment from the Rolling Stone 10th Anniversary special - a Beatles tribute medley called "A Day in the Decade". It goes on for over 14 minutes, and mercifully perhaps the person recording it decided that was enough. (I think it was almost over anyway)

Local Trivia Note: This special was stereo simulcast (simulcasted?) in the Chicago area on WBBM-FM 96.3.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Friday, November ...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Station ID 10 Pack" (1984)

Views: 3327

Here are 10 Station ID's from WTTW Channel 11, all from September 1984.

Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8 aired on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.

Numbers 5, 6, & 7 aired on Sunday, September 30th 1984.

Numbers 9 & 10 aired on Sunday, September 16th 1984.

More WTTW Station ID Fun Packs to come! ;-)

WFLD Channel 32 - America 2 Night (Bumper Excerpt #3 & Ending, 1978)

Views: 965

Here's a brief glimpse at a couple commercial bumpers from America 2 Night on WFLD Channel 32 from 1978 - the waning months of the Kaiser era!

This one is also very quick - but you can see it features Fred Willard.

I included the end credits of the show too (no 32 voiceover unfortunately) because there is a little snippet of a commercial that followed immediately after (no Station ID?) - for The Children's Photographer. Is that Bud Kelly again doing the live rea...

WPRO Channel 12 - 11th Hour News with Bob Wallace (1965)

Views: 1877

Not from Chicago, but definitely Chicago related (as we'll get to in a moment) - here's a rarity, transferred directly from a 2" quad videotape, an edition of the 11th Hour News on WPRO Channel 12 in Providence, Rhode Island (which, since 1967, has been known as WPRI-TV; except for the period 1977-1995 when they were affiliated with ABC, the station has otherwise been, and is today, a CBS affiliate).

The anchor is someone you likely know well - Bob Wallace, years before ...

WFYR 103 And A Half FM - "Knock On Our Door" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1672

Here's an animated commercial for the radio station WFYR 103 and a Half FM (103.5).

Features Paul McCartney and Wings' "Let 'em In".

(missing first 5 seconds)

"A Station And A Half"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.