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WXYZ Channel 7 - 11 O'Clock Action News (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1976)

Views: 8318

Here's (most of) the WXYZ Channel 7 11 O'Clock Action News preview and pre-show break. WXYZ was the ABC affilliate in Detroit. Includes:

Commercial: Montgomery Ward

Ford Tractor Employees work notice

This aired on local Detroit TV on Wednesday, Oct. 13th 1976. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

WFLD Channel 32 - Mission: Impossible - "Break!" (On-Screen Station ID, 1977)

Views: 1806

Here's a nice example of the Kaiser Broadcasting era on-screen station ID for WFLD Channel 32, during an episode of Mission: Impossible.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 1st 1977 during the 9pm to 10pm timeframe.

PM Magazine Chicago - "Sporting Events Gate Crasher" (1982)

Views: 1922

Here's the opening and first story on PM Magazine Chicago on WFLD Channel 32 - includes a story on Barry Bremen - "The Great Imposter" who snuck his way into sporting (and other) events dressed in a disguise.

Features Mike Leiderman and Jo Ann Williams as hosts at the Chicago Costume Company.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, April 7th 1982.

WKBD Channel 50 - NBC Saturday Night (Bumper Promo, 1977)

Views: 2896

How many people knew Kaiser/Field affiliate WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit showed NBC Saturday Night (A.K.A. Saturday Night Live) first-run before the NBC affiliate did? Here's a bumper promo for the episode featuring Steve Martin and The Kinks.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV on Saturday, February 26th 1977 at 5pm. (not Chicago TV, but still cool)

WKBD Channel 50 - "The Choice Is Yours" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2012

Here's a version of "The Choice Is Yours" jingle/slogan and animation as used by WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit, starting off with shots of a sculpture with the General Motors building at Renaissance Center in the background, a local pastry shop, and a young child walking a dog, before that stack turns around to show the Field-era '50' logo.

Animation was done using the analog Scanimate video process.

"In Detroit, the choice is yours on TV-50!"
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Fencl Tufo's Chevy City - "Monster Dealer" (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 4155

Here's a commercial for Fencl Tufo's "Chevy City" with their weird monster puppet characters. If that wasn't enough, members of the World Championship Chicago Bears are there too.

(the first couple seconds is missing and the audio is a bit buzzy)

"The Monster Dealer In Glendale Heights"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 9th 1986.

Rolling Stone...The 10th Anniversary - "A Day In The Decade" (1977)

Views: 7076

Here's something that's pretty awful and bizarre, a segment from the Rolling Stone 10th Anniversary special - a Beatles tribute medley called "A Day in the Decade". It goes on for over 14 minutes, and mercifully perhaps the person recording it decided that was enough. (I think it was almost over anyway)

Local Trivia Note: This special was stereo simulcast (simulcasted?) in the Chicago area on WBBM-FM 96.3.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Friday, November ...

WSNS Channel 44 - "Your White Sox Station" (Station ID Slides, 1975)

Views: 3238

Here's a station ID for WSNS Channel 44 advertising itself as "your White Sox network sports station," accompanied by two Sox-related ID slides - the second of which is of pitcher Terry Forster (#51), who played with the Sox from 1971 to 1976.

Voiceover by Mal Wyman.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, June 17th 1975 at 7:45pm.

WFLD Channel 32 - Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 1391

Here's Part 2, the last part (unfortunately incomplete - the tape ran out) of an airing of Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! (the kids' version of The Joker's Wild) on WFLD Channel 32. Includes a WFLD Joker! Joker!! Joker!!! return bumper at the beginning.

Features 8 year old Justyn Lezin playing the devil round. (or starting to)

We'll never know if she won those awful jackets and the metal detector. :-(

This aired on local Chicago TV...