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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm - "Soderholm Profile" (1977)

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Here's an excerpt of NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 with the Sports report by Tim Weigel, including a profile of Chicago White Sox third baseman Eric Soderholm. You also get to see a brief appearance of anchor Ron Hunter at the beginning and end.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 4th 1977 during the 10pm to 10:30pm timeframe.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 10 - "Hey, That's Jorie Lueloff!" (Promo, 1978)

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Here's a neat promo for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5, one of a series where "regular people" out and about in the city of Chicago run into various WMAQ-TV newscasters and have trouble recalling their names.

Featuring Edie McClurg as "the excited fan". (You might remember her from such films as "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and a ton of other TV and Movie appearances and voiceovers)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday,...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "ElectroNewsMusik" (Ending, 1976)

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I believe someone asked for this once - the weird electronic music that NewsCenter5 apparently used before they replaced it with a more traditional sounding (yet still Electronic-tinged) theme. So, here's an ending of NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 that I found recently that features the music. Also has a voiceover promo by Lorry Young for NBC's Saturday Night (later known as Saturday Night Live) Lastly t...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - Special Report - "Shroud Of Turin" (Promo, 1978)

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Here's a promo for a NewsCenter5 Special Report on the Shroud of Turin. Also includes a WMAQ-TV Station ID slide at the end.

Main voiceover by Ed Grennan. (Station ID PSA voiceover by ??)

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 5th 1978.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Update With Chuck Henry (1980)

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Here is a NewsCenter5 Update with Chuck Henry on WMAQ Channel 5. I believe that is Greg Gumbel in the background near the end. Stories include:

Man injured fighting a fire on the west side.

Mayor Byrne comments on strike, now in 17th day

Three presidential candidates in Chicago today

Terrorists in Columbia are threatening to kill hostages including American ambassadors.

Opening voiceover by Ed Grennan.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm - "The Blizzard of '79" (Part 3, 1979)

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Here's Part 3 of NewsCenter5 at 10pm on WMAQ Channel 5 - the top story being the blizzard of 1979. Includes:

Another weather forecast by Jim Hill (famous for being a longtime voiceover announcer at WMAQ-TV) who originally called it a "very poorly organized storm"; Anchor Mike Jackson speaks at length with Mayor Bilandic about the city's response to the blizzard, which was still being organized at the time (also poorly).

This aired on local Chicago TV on S...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 Update (1978)

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Here's a NewsCenter5 update on WMAQ Channel 5, read (off-camera) by Ed Grennan. Headlines include:

- Anti-nuclear protest outside Rocky Flats nuclear plant in Colorado, calling for plant's closure

- Former President Richard Nixon writes that he considered Watergate "just a public relations problem"

- Northwest Airlines' pilots still on strike

- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to enter United States

This u...

Pet World - "Santa's Special Store" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for Pet World - "Santa's Special Store". With locations at:

Brementowne Mall
Deerbrook Center
Harlem Irving Plaza
Hawthorn Center
Lakehurst Shopping Center
Randhurst Shopping Center
River Oaks West
Woodfield Mall

(has some tracking issues)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 19th 1980.

Tapes Of Wrath (Part 1, 1983)

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**Warning: May be slightly inappropriate for some environments. Contains material which some people may consider unsuitable for younger or more sensitive listeners. Viewer discretion is advised.**
It's not Chicago-related, but it is a pretty funny collection of bloopers and other behind-the-scenes footage from the news that you don't usually get to see. Includes footage from ABC, CBS, NBC, and others.

This was produced by the Radio and Television...