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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10 - The Day After (Preview, 1983)

Views: 1830

Here's a preview for the upcoming Eyewitness News at 10 on WLS Channel 7 - the major story of the day being the airing of The Day After - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States.

Featuring Jack Jones and Jim Gibbons.

This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, November 20th 1983.

WFLD Channel 32 - WFLD News Headlines With Kathy McFarland (Ending Excerpt, 1983)

Views: 2929

Here's the ending minute of WFLD News Headlines featuring Kathy McFarland. By 1983 WFLD had dropped the "Newscene" moniker apparently, and went with the generic "WFLD News Headlines". It also stopped being listed as a separate program airing at 9:55pm. Stories include:

Ending of a story on street improvements.

Fire claims the life of 2 people at 1421 South Ashland Avenue

Chicago Board of Elections rules that Iola McGowan not eligible to run for ...

WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "No Static At All?" (1979)

Views: 2175

Here's a news bulletin from WLS Channel 7, anchored by Fred Villanueva.

Well . . . attempted to be, as at the start we only hear static noise. After this false start, which saw the "News Bulletin" bumper return, the anchor advises of the start of a strike by bus drivers and motormen against the Chicago Transit Authority to commence at 3am on Monday, December 17th, and previews details of a possible firefighters' strike to come on Eyewitness News at 10pm.

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WFLD Channel 32 - Channel 32 Newsbreak (Opening Excerpt, 1971?)

Views: 1894

Here's something cool and rare - a brief excerpt of the opening of a Channel 32 Newsbreak on WFLD Channel 32.

Featuring announcer Del Clark doing the introduction and beginning the reading of the news, with a story about State Department confirmation of the expulsion of several journalists from Dacca in civil war-torn East Pakistan (the tape cuts off at the point Clark says "East--")

Can anyone help date this more precisely given the little bit of news we hear at...

WOR Channel 9 - News 9 - "Tom Dunn, Kid Reporter" Promo & 9 All Night Bumper (1984)

Views: 963

Here's a promo for News 9 on WOR Channel 9 in New York City, spotlighting anchor Tom Dunn's interest in news dating from his childhood (with a younger actor playing the younger Dunn). The real-life Tom Dunn (who died in 2006) is shown towards the end, both solo and flanked by (clockwise from lower left) co-anchor Sara Lee Kessler (last heard from on FM News 101.9 in New York, a sister station to our very own local former FM News 101.1), weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young (last heard from ...

WPWR Channel 60 - Financial News Network (Ending, 1983)

Views: 1400

Here is the ending for the Financial News Network program on WPWR Channel 60. This aired right before MV3 - the music video program.

Also includes a rare early animated WPWR Station ID at the end.

(I lightened up the picture a bit as it was too dark)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, June 17th 1983.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News With Diane Allen (Bumper Promo, 1981)

Views: 2221

Here's a quick bumper promo for the Eyewitness News at 6 with Diane Allen on WLS Channel 7.

Voiceover by Gary Gears.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News With Joel Daly (Bumper Promo, 1981)

Views: 2647

Here's a quick bumper promo for the Eyewitness News at 4:30 with Joel Daly on WLS Channel 7.

Voiceover by Gary Gears.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness Newsbrief with Joan Esposito (1982)

Views: 2021

Here is an Eyewitness News Brief from WLS-TV Channel 7 with Joan Esposito. Includes:

Studs Lonigan Mini-Series bumper promo (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Eyewitness News brief previewing stories: 18 bottles of a poison - Beuthanasia-D, stolen from a Bensenville animal hospital; a Marengo slaughterhouse owner denies charges of selling diseased cattle.

Commodore Vic 20 commercial

Sun-Times Business Section commercial