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KBHK Channel 44 [San Francisco] - Ending of Popeye and Opening of The Banana Splits and Friends (1978)

Views: 1864

Not from Chicago, but from a station that was then a sister to our own WFLD Channel 32 - Field Communications in San Francisco, a.k.a. KBHK Channel 44 - here's the ending part of Popeye and the opening moments of and first commercial break for The Banana Splits and Friends!

This clip begins as the cartoon "Private Eye Popeye" [1954] is underway; the ending iris and 'a.a.p.' (Associated Artists Productions, Inc.) closing title cards are cut out (a Field trait, appa...

CBS Network - "Wednesday Lineup" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 2703

Here are some promos for shows on CBS' lineup airing on Wednesday, March 14th 1979. Includes:

Married: The First Year
One Day at a Time
The Jeffersons - Billy Dee Williams
An All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 12th 1979.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Parking Garage Sale" (1979)

Views: 601

Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, in which he brands Mayor Jane Byrne's proposed sale of city parking garages to interested bidders a "mistake," saying once the easy cash from a proposed sale is spent from within the next year's city budget, the garages are "gone forever," whereas if the garages weren't sold, the city would profit from them forever.

He proposes that if the parking garages aren't making enough money, the city should jus...

Illinois Lottery - "Illinois Double" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1019

Here's a commercial for the Illinois Lottery's "Illinois Double" game.

The green star guy was played by Joey Cory.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, November 11th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service (Part 1, 1982)

Views: 5662

Here's Part 1 of the Keyfax Nite-Owl Service as broadcast on WFLD Channel 32.

The opening music to the Nite Owl program is by Tangerine Dream, from the soundtrack to the movie "Thief", which you can buy on CD! (the specific track is called "Burning Bar")

Featuring Jim Barton announcing during the introduction.

Credits - "Behind the Scenes Tonight":

Producers: Bill Mahlock, Jim Sulski and Heywood Hoffman.

Editors: Jeff...

WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "The Spooldozer" (1983)

Views: 567

Here's another Snipets segment, entitled "The Spooldozer," that aired on WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA, within an airing of an episode of The Flintstones. Includes:

Later opening titles with worms - (C) 1975 Field Communications (originally produced by Kaiser Broadcasting)

A demonstration of the "Spooldozer," with a do-it-yourself (DIY) guide to making it - with an empty thread spool, a short stick or old pencil, a short rubber band, a piece ...

R/Greenberg Associates - "Demo Reel" (1979?)

Views: 3057

Here's a demo reel from R/Greenberg Associates (now known as R/GA Media Group Inc.), which was a New York-based graphic production house that worked in film with animation and live-action effects.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

Incl...

WKBS Channel 48 - Prayer For Today & Station Sign-Off (1983)

Views: 8284

Here is a Prayer For Today and station sign-off from WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, in February 1983. Notable due to WKBS being a sister station of WFLD; they were both owned by Field Communications.

Prayer For Today given by Reverend John McFadden of the Archdiocese the Philidelphia and is Copyright 1981.

National Anthem played by the Stanford University Band and arranged by Dr. Arthur P. Barnes. Photography by the Sierra Club. (Copyright 1972 or 1973?)

McDade's - The Catalog House - "Video Equipment" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 2115

Here's another commercial for McDade's - The Catalog House, featuring some specials on video equipment. Boy, that's a lot of beans for a VHS VCR.

Featuring soap star Jed Allen, although his voice may have been dubbed in all of these.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the first week of September of 1981.