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Cheker Gas with Gale Sayers - "Self-Service" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 2970

Here is a commercial for Cheker (not Checker??) Gas featuring former Chicago Bears player Gayle Sayers.

"That's Cheker - it's a Gas."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 30th 1980.

Aronson Furniture - Spanish Version (Commercial #2, 1981)

Views: 1785

Here is another Spanish version of an Aronson Furniture commercial. The jingle sounds so weird being sung in another language. :-)

Voiceover by Arturo Montemeyor Trevino.

"Su Casa De Coneccion de Credito"

Aronson was founded in 1940, so this must date to 1981.

Aronson Furniture - Spanish Version (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 1937

Here is a Spanish version of an Aronson Furniture commercial. The jingle sounds so weird being sung in another language. :-)

Voiceover by Arturo Montemeyor Trevino.

"Su Casa De Coneccion de Credito"

Aronson was founded in 1940, so this must date to 1981.

WGN Radio 720 - "We've Got Chicago Talking" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4667

Here's a commercial for WGN Radio AM 720 - featuring some little snippets of Wally Phillips' program.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, May 19th 1980.

Bert Weinman Ford with Linn Burton (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 1387

Here is a later commercial for Bert Weinman Ford (incomplete) which dates to 1986. Starring Linn Burton - for certain - he was the guy famous for saying the address - 3535 North Ashland Avenue in Chicago.

WBMX FM 103 - "Tuned Into You..." (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 877

Here's a brief commercial (cut off slightly at the end) for WBMX FM 103, which is now playing 20 minutes of commercial-free, uninterrupted music every hour.

"WBMX...tuned into you so you'll tune into us."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 19th 1978.

WRCK FM 95 - "WRoCK" (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2118

Here's the 10-second, shorter version of a commercial for WRCK (WROCK) FM 95 - "Chicago's Rock Hits!". Short, like the lifespan for WRCK-FM, which only lasted from May 22, 1980 through December 1980.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 7th 1980. (C) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

WRCK FM 95 - "WRoCK" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 1173

Here's the longer, 20-second version of a commercial for WRCK (WROCK) FM 95 - "Chicago's Rock Hits!". Short, like the lifespan for WRCK-FM, which only lasted from May 22, 1980 through December 1980.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July 1st 1980. (C) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Schaumburg Datsun - "We Want Your Business" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1882

Here's a commercial for Schaumburg Datsun at 910 West Golf Road in Schaumburg, eager to prove how serious they want your business by offering $3,154 for the Datsun B-210 Honeybee and free air conditioning on any Datsun 810.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, April 30th 1978.