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WGN Channel 9 - Lead Off Man - "Opening Day With JFK" (Part 2, 1961)

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Here's Part 2 of an interesting piece of history - The beginning of the Lead-Off Man show on WGN Channel 9 on Opening Day 1961, White Sox At Washington, featuring an interview with the president.

Vince Lloyd interviews both John F. Kennedy and LBJ from the President's box. Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen are right behind JFK. Panoramic shots of the old (and now long gone) Griffith Stadium, with the National Anthem. JFK throws out the first ball, caught by Jungle Jim Rive...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "New Year's News" (Excerpt, 1979)

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Here's an excerpt of a New Year's Day edition from Eyewitness News anchored by Vivian Rosenberg(?) and Jay Levine, with reports from John Culea, Sheila Stainback and Karen Kalish. Includes:

As the tape comes in, we are in the middle of a report on a spate of murders of Chicago cab drivers, the latest victim being 24-year-old Bejan Moshkel Gosha (?) of North Sheridan Road, found shot to death at North Ashland after quarreling with a group of people.

This i...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newscope - "The Blizzard of '67" and Other Stories (Part 2, 1967)

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Here's Part 2 of an edition of Newscope on WFLD Channel 32, anchored by Patrick Muldowney.

NOTE: This is the earliest footage currently known to exist of a WFLD broadcast (albeit via kinescope); the sound heard in the background on the right channel is of time code as heard on 3/4" Umatic tapes. (this is not our museum's transfer)

Includes:

Patrick reporting on other news:

- A cabin fire during a launch test of Apollo ...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Show #5 - Riddle Time" (1972)

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Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.

With no clapboard segments, we can only guess that this was Break #4 (from "Show #5") - although on these master tapes sometimes they didn't save all of the breaks, so this could be Break #5 or Break #6 for all we know. This one features a riddle by Sven.

Note he also mentions tonight's "first" flick ...

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

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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 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 5, 1981)

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In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 5 begins with a announcement about requesting tickets for the show Friday Night (voiceover by Al Parker), then Steve talks about "Do Ya Think I'm Disco?", the "Anti-Disco Crusade" i...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" (Ending Excerpt, 1982)

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Here is an excerpt from the ending of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" on WFLD Channel 32. This was Episode #149.

Features Jim Barton laughing his head off and Sven with a high-pitched voice.

Also features a Field Communications ID at the end.

Credits:

Son of Svengoolie

Starring Rich Koz
Written and Produced by Rich Koz and Joe Oher
Directed by Joe Oher
Studi...

CBS Network - "Coming Soon" (Promo, 1981)

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Here are some CBS Network promos for new movies, specials, and series. Including:

Berlin Tunnel 21
Riker
Palmerstown
Stand By Your Man
Country Comes Home
Nurse

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 24th 1981.

Way to Go! Special (Part 6, 1980)

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Here is Part 6 of the Field Communications produced Way to Go! Special - an hour long (compilation?) showcase of some special kids and what they do. Has a lot of nice little slices of late seventies life as a kid. :-) The tape was dated May of 1980. My contact says that only a few of these "Specials" were made. Like I said, I'm not sure if these were compilations of segments shown on the regular Way to Go program, or if they were specifically produced for these specials. I am pretty sure this...