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WFLD Channel 32 - The Koz Zone - "Bye Bye Berwyn" (1989)

Views: 1677

Here is the song "Bye Bye Berwyn" from The Koz Zone episode 19 ("Hell Night"). It's a parody of the old standard "Bye Bye Blackbird".

Starring Rich Koz as himself and Son of Svengoolie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 25th 1989.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Eight O'Clock Movie (Ending, 1982)

Views: 2338

Here is the ending for The Eight O'Clock Movie on WFLD Channel 32. Features a voiceover teaser for tomorrow night's movie, "The Philadelphia Story", Newscene, and M*A*S*H.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

Also features a Field Communications ID at the end (Did we ever find out the name of the announcer that did these?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 29th 1982 @ about 9:55pm! (Boy, if only they kept recording for another few hours we coul...

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "Mutiny On The Bounty" (Ending & Break, 1977)

Views: 5277

Here's something pretty rare - the ending of a WGN Presents airing of "Mutiny on the Bounty" from 1977! You'll notice the graphics used here are the scrolling movie marquee version which we also saw in this example from 1980. I thought they were using an earlier version of the opening in 1977. Actually, I have an example from 1979 that uses the older version's "spotlight" motif with movie stars faces inside them. I gu...

American Airlines - "California" (Commercial, 1965)

Views: 2710

Here's a commercial for American Airlines, which starts off with a re-creation of a turn-of-the-century train robbery, then segues from that to the various sights of California including the dolphins of Marineland, San Francisco's Chinatown, night skyline, Mission Hill, cable cars, a pelican at the bay, Big Sur, and the infamous freeways. Ends with a shot of a four-engine Boeing 707 touching down as part of their "Royal Coachman" service.

Voiceover by ??

"The wa...

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H & Benny Hill (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2340

Here is a promo for a Monday night airing of M*A*S*H and Benny Hill on WFLD Channel 32. Here was the lineup:

9:55pm - Newscene
10:00pm - M*A*S*H
10:30pm - Benny Hill

Also includes a WFLD Channel 32 return bumper for the presentation of the movie "30 Seconds Over Tokyo". You can hear some of the Field Communications theme used as the music for the movie bumper.

Voice over by Jim Barton.

(There is a horizontal line on t...

WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "Tonight!" (Promo #1, 1981)

Views: 1876

Direct from 2" Quad - here is a promo for the premiere of Nite-Owl! This one is a 10 second spot, advertising that the program begins that night.

We can hear WFLD director Don Shannon give a quick lead-in before the promo starts. (notice, he accidently calls Keyfax "Telfax")

Voiceover during the promo by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 7th 1981.

WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 2, 1971)

Views: 1958

This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the January 2012 2" Quad Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 2 of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Also featuring Janet Langhart. Includes:

Bob reading or introducing the following items:

- State Rep. Bernar...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Cubs Clinch" (Segments, 1984)

Views: 5705

Here are some segments from Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 from the night the Cubs clinched the NL East division title with a 4-1 win in Pittsburgh. Featuring Mike Adamle, Tim Weigel, Jim Frey, Dallas Green, Joel Daly at Murphy's Bleachers bar, Cubs fans Dick O'Connor and Larry Wilson, Jay Levine, and Jerry Pritikin, the "Voodoo Man".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 24th 1984.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Have Your Children Done Their Homework?" (Station ID, 1979)

Views: 2051

Here's a station ID slide from WBBM Channel 2 with the "Project Learning" logo and a voiceover message (by Bob Carrington) asking if your children had done their homework yet. This is followed by the "CBS Bong".

This was along the lines of such famous top-of-hour messages as this one from WNEW (now WNYW) Channel 5 in New York (future sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32) that asked (and still asks) ever...