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WLAK 94 FM - "Chicago's Love Song Station" (Bumper Commercial, 1985)

Views: 1737

Here's a quick bumper spot for WLAK 94 FM - "Love Songs".

Not sure when this aired exactly, but it is from 1985.

WCIU Channel 26 - "While You See A Chance" (Station ID #3, 1982?)

Views: 1964

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 this time showing scenes of Daley Plaza.

Music used is "While You See a Chance" by Steve Winwood.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1982 seems a good estimate.

WCIU Channel 26 - "While You See A Chance" (Station ID #2, 1982?)

Views: 1001

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 this time showing scenes of a fountain.

Music used is "While You See a Chance" by Steve Winwood.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1982 seems a good estimate.

WCIU Channel 26 - "While You See A Chance" (Station ID #1, 1982?)

Views: 921

Here is a Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and set at the Daley Center Picasso.

Music used is "While You See a Chance" by Steve Winwood.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1982 seems a good estimate.

WMAQ Channel 5 - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Promos / Station ID's, 1976)

Views: 1811

Here's a series of promos by Johnny Carson for The Tonight Show on WMAQ Channel 5, transferred from the original 2" quad master tape.

The first (designated "PR-1040 CARSON :10's - TAKE 1") is a promo for the show to air at 10:30pm following NewsCenter5 with Ron Hunter; on the second ("TAKE 2"), Johnny thanks viewers for watching the show over "the past 13-1/2 years"; the third ("TAKE 3") advises viewers to watch or "the Bird of Paradise will fly up your nose"; a...

WFAA Channel 8 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - "Emergency Broadcast System Test" (1978)

Views: 1440

Here's a test of the Emergency Broadcast System from ABC affiliate WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas, TX. This test goes off without a hitch, as the requisite dual tones of 853 and 960 Hz are heard for 23 seconds.

Voiceover by ?? (with the EBS script displayed on screen via different slides, set in Helvetica Medium; albeit differing in some areas from how the voiceover read the script).

"This station serves the Dallas operational area." (What, no reference to For...

WGN Channel 9 - Prime Time Movie - "Song of Bernadette" (Promo, Open, Bumper Excerpts, On-Screen ID & Technical Difficulties Moment, 1979)

Views: 1757

Here's some surviving clips (other than the recording of the film itself) from the "Prime Time Movie" broadcast of "Song of Bernadette" (1943), starring Jennifer Jones, on WGN Channel 9. Though not an Easter movie it often aired during or close to the holiday. All the commercial breaks were cut so this is what was left of interest.

Includes: (all voiceovers by Carl Greyson)

A mostly complete promo for the movie (I assume this aired shortly before it began)

WSNS Channel 44 - "Psychedelic Station ID" (1975)

Views: 1385

Here's a computer animated station ID for WSNS Channel 44, with the colors consisting of full color bars, accompanied by computer-synthesized music.

Anyone know where the music originates from? Kraftwerk?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, June 17th 1975 at about 7:44pm.

ON TV - Alien (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 2326

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie Alien - the scene where they find the fossilized "space jockey" in the derelict vessel. (I've heard that the Alien prequel currently being worked on will reveal the backstory to this thing and what the heck it was)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 2nd 1981.