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KOCO Channel 5 - Lunch With Ho Ho (Promo #2, 1965)

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Here is a promo for "Lunch With Ho-Ho" on KOCO-TV Channel 5 in Oklahoma City. This was a children's program featuring HoHo the Clown (played by Ed Birchall) and Pokey the Puppet (played by Bill Howard, the station's long-time stage manager wearing a sock-puppet on his arm).

We can probably assume that this was recorded at the same session as the first promo, i.e., on Wednesday, August 11th 1965. The Director was "Thrash" with Camera by "Rose and Waters".

This l...

KOCO Channel 5 - Sundayscope (Excerpt, 1965)

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At the end of the 2" Quad reel with the "Lunch with HoHo" promos, there was this interesting clip of the program "Sunday Scope" on KOCO-TV Channel 5 in Oklahoma City.

Featuring Ben West (Ben K. West - KOCO's Vice President and General Manager at the time) with "Bill" asking the questions in what appears to be a regular "Ask the Manager" segment.

This likely aired on local Oklahoma TV on Sunday, May 23rd 1965.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 1, 1979)

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Here is Part 1 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Ending of an ABC Network promo for Family
Preview for upcoming Eyewitness News featuring Joel Daly

Promo for the Thursday, January 11th 1979 edition of AM Chicago featuring Sandi Freeman and Robb Weller

Commercial: A&P
Commercial: La Choy
WLS Eyewitness News bumper promo (voiceover by Al Parker)

Opening o...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 2, 1979)

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Here is Part 2 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Report on the War on Cigarettes - Tobacco institute bashes Surgeon General's report. Vivian Rosenberg talks with some people in a bar about their smoking habit.

John and Greta Rideout reconcile after she accused him (her husband) of raping her.

Lee Marvin breach-of-contract trial gets underway tomorrow. Attorney Barbara Hirsch comments on the grow...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 3, 1979)

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Here is Part 3 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Joel Daly mentions that a solution to the Catch-22 situation regarding Chicagoans being held liable for personal injury if they shovel their sidewalk, is being worked on.

John Coleman's weather report

Tim Weigel's sports - Bulls, Black Hawks, Ohio State coaching change, Papa Bear George Halas celebrates his birthday, and Weigel's "Fractured Football...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 4, 1979)

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Here is Part 4 (the last part) of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Joel Daly with "Odds & Ends" news - including the story of an abandoned dog hobbling along the river bank near Montgomery Ward who has been there for weeks

Ending of the News

Commercial: Continental Bank - "Collector Chicago Plates" (with voiceover by Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" fame)

Commercial: Yellow Pages - "Get In ...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm (Part 1, 1978)

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Here's Part 1 of a complete edition of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This is from a recording of the studio feed, so there are no commercials - instead we get to see some off-the-cuff moments where the anchors are waiting to go back on the air. Features John Drury, Terry Murphy, Bill Frink, Johnny Mountain, Bob Petty, Hugh Hill, and others. This part includes the following stories:

(opening cut slightly - recording starts late) (opening voiceover by ??)
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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm (Part 3, 1978)

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Here's Part 3 of a complete edition of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This is from a recording of the studio feed, so there are no commercials - instead we get to see some off-the-cuff moments where the anchors are waiting to go back on the air. Features John Drury, Terry Murphy, Bill Frink, Johnny Mountain, Bob Petty, Hugh Hill, and others.

I am too tired to fill in the info on this part yet. Too much work to do. :-(

This aired on local Chicago...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm (Part 5, 1978)

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Here's Part 5 of a complete edition of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This is from a recording of the studio feed, so there are no commercials - instead we get to see some off-the-cuff moments where the anchors are waiting to go back on the air. Features John Drury, Terry Murphy, Bill Frink, Johnny Mountain, Bob Petty, Hugh Hill, and others.

I am too tired to fill in the info on this part yet. Too much work to do. :-(

This aired on local Chicago...