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WLS Channel 7 - Kennedy And Company - "WLS Deejays" (1972)
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Here's a rare segment from the morning show Kennedy and Company on WLS Channel 7, hosted by the late Bob Kennedy. This was the predecessor to AM Chicago (which was begun after Kennedy's death in 1974), and is considered in some corners to be an ancestor to the recently-ended The Oprah Winfrey Show.
This segment was devoted to the disc jockeys of WLS Musicradio 8...
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Woody Woodpecker Show (Pre-Show Break & Opening, 1971)
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Here's a local commercial break and opening moments of The Woody Woodpecker Show on WMAQ Channel 5. The popular character ran on the NBC Network from 1970 to 1977. Includes:
Commercial: WMAQ Channel 5 News - "Watch Yourself" - with Harry Volkman (comes in at tail end of commercial) (with "5" derived from Impact font)
Promo for National Geographic Special
WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 5, 1979)
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Here's Part 5 of WLS Channel 7's news coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (a DC-10 manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas; scheduled to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles), 1/2 mile northwest of O'Hare Airport. Featuring Fahey Flynn, Diane Allen, Hugh Hill, Joel Daly, and Jim Gibbons. Includes:
News Bulletin bumper slide (voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)
Fahey and Diane leading off this section with a "Tragedy at O'Hare" graphic behind them, f...
KTTV Channel 11 - Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Coverage (Part 2, 1968)
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Here's Part 2 of coverage of the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy as it was breaking, from Metromedia Television News, originating out of KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles (a future sister station to WFLD Channel 32) and aired on sister sta...
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Dick & Doug" (Part 1, 1976)
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Here's Part 1 of an interview segment from AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7, in which host Steve Edwards interviews the legendary morning drive team of Dick (Sainte) and Doug (Dahlgren) - "Dick and Doug", who were fired from WCFL AM 1000 on March 12th 1976 midway through their air shift, after talking too much about that station's change in format from Top 40 to beautiful music (they had been explicitly forbidden to do so by WCFL's general manager, Lew Witz). In this part, they speak of th...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 4, 1989)
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Here's Part 4 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.
This part features Steve Rashid and the Pork Pie Orchestra performing "Unchain My Heart," Mark Giangreco, Joan Esposito, Mark Schaefer, and Brian Roland.
Mr. Schaefer won in the "Entertainment - Single Program" category for Schaefer's Place: The First Anniversary Show on WBBM Channel 2, and Mr. Roland won in the "Entertainment Program - Series" category for S...
Asch and Associates - "Bill Cassidy Commercial Demo Reel" (1975?)
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Here's an interesting item we found recently - what seems like a demo reel from a company called Asch and Associates - Film and Videotape Production, for someone named Bill Cassidy, who presumably was the producer or director behind all of these spots. If anyone has any additional information, please let us know. Includes:
Asch and Associates - Film and Videotape Production - "Bill Cassidy" opening titles with cool 70s music
Diet Pepsi (featuring ...
WBBM Channel 2 - 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 3, 1985)
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Here's Part 3 of the (mostly complete) 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast.
This part features Denise Cannon, Ron Magers, Chuck Swilling, Tom Weinberg, Mark Giangreco, and Steve Corman.
Chicago Cubs Baseball on WGN Channel 9 won in the "Sports Programs - Single Program or Series" category; accepting on behalf of producer Arne Harris was Mr. Swilling. Mr. Weinberg won in the "Sports Programs - Series - Sports Events" category for Time Out on WTTW Ch...
WFLD Channel 32 - The Baxters - "Women's Roles In Marriage"(Part 2, 1980)
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Here's Part 2, the final part of the Norman Lear created "interactive" program, The Baxters, as aired on WFLD Channel 32.
It was a pretty unique idea - the first half would be a fairly normal sitcom (whether or not it's any good is another question) that dealt with some issue of the day. The second half would be an in-studio discussion group to talk about the issues raised. Each city had their own locally produced second half (except for those who chose to use the "nat...