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

Views: 2322

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.

ON TV - "Coming..." (Promo Excerpt, 1982)

Views: 1294

Before the tape cut off, after the ON TV airing of "The Cat and the Canary" concluded there were some promos about to start, at the beginning of which used the ON TV "Coming" animation with music. ("Lights" by Styx) This music is different than another example seen here.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 13th 1982.

ON TV - "The Cat And The Canary" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 1907

Here's the opening for the ON TV presentation of the Bob Hope movie "The Cat and the Canary". Includes the ON TV logo animation at the beginning, but curiously, no MPAA ratings notice. It couldn't be that it's just an innocuous G-rated film, because they would show the rating even when it was G. Strange.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, May 13th 1982 at 8:30pm.

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News Special Report - "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers" (Part 2, 1979)

Views: 1905

Here's Part 2 of a Channel 2 News Special Report, "Blizzard '79: Public Questions, City Answers," a call-in show hosted by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson on WBBM Channel 2, with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chairman James McDonough, Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Francis Degnan, Fire Commissioner Richard Albrecht, and Police Superintendent James O'Grady taking questions from irate Chicagoans. Also featuring Steve Shepard at the 6200 block of South Archer in Southwest Chicago,...

ON TV - "It's My Turn" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 755

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "It's My Turn" which starred Jill Clayburgh and Michael Douglas. (I know this drags on, but I couldn't help seeing how long the clip would go without Michael Douglas saying anything coherent) :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 16th 1981.

ON TV - "The Blues Brothers" (On-Screen ID #2, 1981?)

Views: 1588

Here's one more ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "The Blues Brothers" (which as everyone knows is the greatest film in the history of film and any other recorded medium up to and including cave paintings) 8-)

Not sure when this aired, but likely 1981 or 1982.

ON TV - "The Blues Brothers" (On-Screen ID #1, 1981?)

Views: 1591

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "The Blues Brothers" (which as everyone knows is the greatest film in the history of film and any other recorded medium up to and including cave paintings) 8-)

Not sure when this aired, but likely 1981 or 1982.

WSNS Channel 44 - White Sox Baseball - "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" (8-18-1980)

Views: 3440

Harry Caray once again leads the fans at Comiskey during the "Seventh Inning Stretch", singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

From White Sox Vs. Indians (Game 2).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, August 18th 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 4:30 (Opening Segment Excerpt, 1984)

Views: 5011

Here is the opening and first three minutes of the WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News featuring Mary Ann Childers, Joel Daly, Steve Deschler, and Jim Rose.

Jim Gibbons reports on the search for a missing Crete, Illinois boy, 2 and a half year old Michael DesForges, Jr., that was called off on that day. His father, Michael DesForges, Sr. speaks as well as Lt. Ray Van Dyke of the Will County Sheriffs Department. Also features a report on the search by Cora-Ann Mihalik.

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