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WGN Channel 9 - Donahue - "Adult Kids Living at Home" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 2069

Here's the opening moments of an installment of Donahue on WGN Channel 9 which examined adult kids living at home (this was some twelve years before Jerry Springer's look at "adult babies"). Includes:

Station ID bumper slide with drawing of sun and moon sitting down watching TV and message "Open for Business 24 Hours a Day" (set in Lubalin Graph Bold - a serif version of ITC's famed Avant Garde fon...

The Ground Round (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 14162

Here's a commercial for the old restaurant chain The Ground Round. Apparently, they are still in business in some form, but certainly not around here.

"A Family Fun Place to Eat and Drink"

(the Carson Pirie Scott overlay at the end was a mistake - it was supposed to be added to the next commercial which was for a perfume available at Carson's)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 11th 1981.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Everybody Loves Oprah" (Promo, 1985)

Views: 4287

Here's a neat promo for AM Chicago featuring Oprah Winfrey and a specially made jingle for her - She's Fun, She's Hip - Everybody Loves Her!

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1985.

The Apple Bra (Commercial, 1980?)

Views: 1182

Here's a mostly complete commercial for The Apple Bra. Who's the spokeslady? She looks kind of familiar...

(beginning cut-off slightly and accidental overdub by the station from the program that this aired during - The Dick Van Dyke Show)

Available at Walgreens and Ribordy Drugs.

Why was Steve Jobs wasting his time with Ipods - he should have become a ladies bra salesman. That's where the real money is. How'dya like them apples?

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WGN Channel 9 - "Old Style" (Station ID, 1981)

Views: 4730

Here's an interesting station ID slide for WGN Channel 9 - a very old style of their logo that dates back to pre-1977. Kind of strange they were using this in late 1981.

Voiceover by Merri Dee.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 27th 1981 at 9pm.

WSNS Channel 44 - "DePaul Basketball" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2039

Here's a station ID slide from WSNS Channel 44, with a promo for DePaul basketball.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978.

WPWR Channel 60 (Station Sign-On, 1985)

Views: 3190

Here is a station sign-on from WPWR Channel 60 - sorry for the bad quality, but this is the best available right now. Also seems like they forgot to turn the audio up for the first few seconds of the sign-on.

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, May 4th 1985 at 2:30am.

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 1201

Here's an on-screen station ID during an episode of M*A*S*H on WFLD Channel 32. Probably the most surreal station ID moment ever.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, September 9th 1981.

WNDE Windy AM 1260 - "Lorelei Lip-Sync" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1663

Here is another commercial with Lorelei (of WLUP The Loop FM 98 in Chicago fame) lip-syncing, this time for WNDE Windy 1260 in Indianapolis.

This commercial aired in February of 1979 on an Indianapolis TV station.

Commercial Produced by Chuck Blore.