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WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (1981)

Views: 1374

Just got some fresh Kathy McFarland in for you fans of hers. A very good vintage, "1981 Le'Orange Sweater'." Includes:

Reagan admits that we're in a "slight" recession. (Boy, sounds familiar - except for the admitting part)

GNP drops in 3rd Quarter; Snow may drop in Chicago

Hawaiian Punch with Donny & Marie Osmond - We're Gonna Go Hawaiian! (1980 Copyright)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 21st 1981. (My 7th Bi...

WMAQ Channel 5 - News 5 Chicago Night Report (Opening Segment, 1972)

Views: 1634

Here's a neat superVintage clip - the first three minutes of the Channel 5 10pm News from 1972! Includes:

Station ID with voiceover "This is WMAQ-TV, Chicago" by ??

Opening to the News 5 Chicago Night Report "with Floyd Kalber, Harry Volkman, Johnny Morris, and Len O'Connor" (voiceover by ??)

Floyd Kalber reports on the proposed 1973 Chicago School Budget and cuts and layoffs deemed necessary by Chicago Public Schools Superintendent James R...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene Headlines With Kathy McFarland (Small Excerpt, 1981)

Views: 2061

Here's a small snippet of a Kathy McFarland Newscene Update on WFLD Channel 32.

We hear the end of a story reporting on how the CTA was proposing a 50 cent surcharge on suburban riders.

This was earlier in the evening before she did another Newscene Update where she put a white jacket on over her shirt.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 1st 1981.

WGN Channel 9 & WMAQ Channel 5 - "Huey Crash" (1980)

Views: 2543

Here are a couple of local news reports about the crash of a UH-1 - "Huey" helicopter in Joliet during an airshow at the Joliet Municipal Airport. The crash killed 3 Marines and seriously injured a fourth - David Render of Mount Prospect, IL. The first report is by Elizabeth Brackett on WGN Channel 9 and this is followed by Chuck Henry on WMAQ Channel 5.

Features Major Fred Halliday of Glenview, IL commenting on the crash, and film from the event by Denise Kuchmek.

NBC News Special Report - John Lennon - The Man And His Music (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 562

Here's Part 2 of an NBC Special Report on John Lennon: The Man and his Music, which aired the day after his murder, hosted by Jane Pauley. (who seems to have too smirky an attitude for this) Includes:

Clips of Tom Snyder's 1975 Tomorrow Show interview with Lennon.

(reception is a little ghosty)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 9th 1980 during the 10:30pm to 11:00pm timeframe.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 9, 1989)

Views: 1181

Here's Part 9 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.

This part features Kevin Matthews, John Callaway, Robert Jordan, Paul Hogan, Katy Smyser, Marsha Bartel, Doug Longhini (at one of the tables), Carol Marin and the Channel 5 News team, Linda MacLennan, Bob Sirott, Bill Kurtis, Sharon Barrett, Robert Harris, Scott Craig (President of the Chicago TV Academy), and WTTW President & General Manager William J. McCarter (recipient of the Gov...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News - Walter's Perspective - "Nancy On Blacks" (1980)

Views: 2342

Here's a Perspective from anchor Walter Jacobson, from the 6pm edition of Channel 2 News on WBBM Channel 2.

In this op-ed, Walter starts off by bringing up the influence and impact of First Ladies and other relatives on recent Presidential elections (citing then-current First Lady Rosalynn Carter and her brother-in-law Billy), before going to the role Nancy Reagan is playing on behalf of her husband, Ronald Reagan, in the 1980 Presidential campaign (with a still o...

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

Views: 2169

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

Recap of that hour's top story: Students at Crown Elementary sickened by apparent food poisoning. Jim Avila again gives the latest on the situation.

Republican mayoral candidate Bernard Epton meets with hispanic leaders as Alderman Vito Marzullo mulls supporting him. Hugh Hill reporting.

Harold Washington asks for Democratic party support at a breakfast fo...

WGN Channel 9 - The Nine O'Clock News - "Farewell, Frazier..." (1985)

Views: 4484

To Mark the 30th Anniversary:

Here's a segment from The Nine O'Clock News on WGN Channel 9 from the day of Frazier Thomas' death at the age of 66. Denise Cannon reports.

Features scenes from Garfield Goose and Friends, Family Classics and Bozo's Circus / The Bozo Show, as well as the specials "Sailing the Seas of Columbus" and "Legends of Arthur the Phantom King". Also seen are Roy Brown (Cooky the Clown), Joey D'Auria (Bozo #...