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The Best Of Creedence Clearwater Revival (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 2002

Here's a commercial for The Best Of Creedence Clearwater Revival album - 20 super hits by CCR - available at K-Mart.

Voiceover at end by Mike Rapchak? (one of WLS-TV's many announcers)

Man, they sure don't make music like they used to.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 5th 1978.

World's Greatest Super-Heroes! by Mego (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2132

Here's a commercial for the World's Greatest Superheroes collection of action figures - Batman, Robin, The Hulk, Falcon (the winged black superhero), Shazam, and Ironman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 14th 1980 during the 4pm to 4:30pm timeframe. (1975 Copyright)

Brookfield Zoo - "Seven Seas Panorama" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 3817

Here's a commercial for Brookfield Zoo's Seven Seas Panorama exhibit. Featuring Olga, the Wonder Walrus (1800 pounds of lovable fun!), the Flying Dolphins, and the Somersaulting Sea Lions.

"The Wildest Place Around"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 16th 1981.

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Station ID" (1975)

Views: 2574

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Here's a station ID slide and voiceover for WMAQ Channel 5. Features the curvy 5 logo that was phased out at the beginning of 1976.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 24th 1975.

WBBM Channel 2 - "TV 2 Chicago" (Station ID, 1973)

Views: 2025

Here's an animated station ID for WBBM Channel 2.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 3rd 1973 at 10pm.

WOR Channel 9 - "Color Trails" (Station ID, 1979)

Views: 3177

Ok, it's not THAT Channel 9, but thought it looked cool anyway - these people must have had an early cable system here that picked this up. It's an animated station ID for WOR Channel 9 in New York.

This aired on Chicago TV (via Cable) likely in October of 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Lunchtime Fun - Underdog (Bumper #3, 1981)

Views: 1292

Underdog on WFLD Channel 32. This one features Loeki the Lion (Loeki De Leeuw), a Dutch animated character that Field Communications licensed for use on their stations. (sound drops out a bit because this was at the very end of a tape)

Voiceover by Dr. Don.

This aired on local Chicago TV Tuesday, August 25th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - "New Style in Two Colors" (Station ID, 1979)

Views: 2331

Here's a station ID slide for WFLD Channel 32. While this is the "new style" Field-era logo set in Eremitage, the color scheme (with the channel and TV picture shape in white and call letters and city in red) is right out of station ID slides from the Kaiser Broadcasting era such as at the start of this clip from 1977.

Voiceover by Ron Beattie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, Nove...

ON TV (Station Sign-Off, 1981)

Views: 4996

Here's the ending of the ON-TV presentation of the film "Avalanche Express" on WSNS Channel 44, followed by the station sign-off (voiceover by Mal Wyman).

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, May 21st 1981.