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WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Benito Juarez" (1983)
Views: 430
Here's a Snipets segment on "the Abraham Lincoln of Mexico," Benito Juarez (1806-1872), as aired over WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, PA (the late, lamented sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32), within a repeat of an episode of The Flintstones.
After the opening titles (with 1977 copyright date, meaning that this was originally produced either within the last months of Kaiser Broadcasting's existence, or within the first few months after Field took over all...
WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Policeman" (1983)
Views: 525
From within the last few weeks of the existence of Field Communications' Philadelphia, PA station, WKBS Channel 48, here's another Snipets segment, "Policeman," which aired within a rerun of The Flintstones.
Beginning with the "worms" opening (and 1977 copyright date), we see patrolman Dave Jones describing his typical day, accompanied by pertinent footage: going to work at any time of the day, changing to his police uniform at the station, reading daily bulletin...
WKBS Channel 48 - Snipets - "Homework First" (1983)
Views: 991
Not from Chicago, but rather from a sister Field station in Philadelphia - WKBS Channel 48 - that was at the time a few weeks away from leaving the air permanently, a victim of the implosion of Field Communications.
This is an installment of Snipets which we're entitling "Homework First." The later animated Snipets open is used with the worms materializing and ending up inside a circle with the title atop them, and a 1974 copyright date is listed; though credited...
WIFR Channel 23 - Ending of 60 Minutes & Commercial Break (1977)
Views: 2990
Here is the ending of Sixty Minutes as well as a final commercial break on WIFR Channel 23. Includes:
Ending of Sixty Minutes.
Commercial: Holiday Inn.
Commercial: Litton Microwave Oven - Changing the way America Cooks.
Commercial: Budweiser Beer (I'm saying Budweiser right after I post this video...) ;-)
Commercial: Sylvania Superset TV - "The picture we risked $100,000 on."
End credits of Sixty Minut...
WKBD Channel 50 - "Kaiser To Field Notice" (1977)
Views: 5478
Here's a neat historical clip, even though it's not from Chicago. It's a public notice on WKBD Channel 50 announcing the sale of the Kaiser Broadcasting station to Field Communications.
Kaiser Broadcasting Company and Field Communications Corporation, filed with the Federal Communications Commission on March 16th 1977, an application seeking approval of the assignment of the license of WKBD-TV Channel 50 Detroit from Kaiser Broadcasting Company to Field Communications Corpo...
WFLD Channel 32 - Newscope - "The Blizzard of '67" and Other Stories (Part 1, 1967)
Views: 7407
Here's the first part of an edition of Newscope on WFLD Channel 32, anchored by Patrick Muldowney. Also featuring Harlan Draeger of the Chicago Daily News, Richard Foster of the Chicago Sun-Times (both papers, like WFLD, were owned by Field Enterprises), sportscaster Dave Martin, and WA9RTP ham operators Jim Roper(?) and Dick Cox.
NOTES: This is the earliest footage currently known to exist of a WFLD broadcast (albeit via kinescope); the sound heard in the backg...
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Opening, 1978)
Views: 8881
Well, here it is - the opening to The 3:30 Movie on WLS Channel 7!! The movie was "Jason and the Argonauts" - unfortunately the beginning of the film cuts off the last couple seconds of the theme song - which you can hear in the bumpers, which I will post.
Funny, but I've seen these graphics elsewhere - they were also used for the same era's The Late Movie on WLS - except of course for the title change, everything else was the same - same swirling star graphics, ...
WPRO Channel 12 - 11th Hour News with Bob Wallace (1965)
Views: 1868
Not from Chicago, but definitely Chicago related (as we'll get to in a moment) - here's a rarity, transferred directly from a 2" quad videotape, an edition of the 11th Hour News on WPRO Channel 12 in Providence, Rhode Island (which, since 1967, has been known as WPRI-TV; except for the period 1977-1995 when they were affiliated with ABC, the station has otherwise been, and is today, a CBS affiliate).
The anchor is someone you likely know well - Bob Wallace, years before ...
WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (On-Screen ID, 1973)
Views: 2070
Here's an on-screen station ID from the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. The ID is typeset on a very primitive character generator system whose service dated back to the late 1960's, and was used by other stations and networks on such news events as the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. This early CG typesetting preceded such systems as Vidifont and Chyron.
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