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WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 3, 1971)

Views: 1615

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

Here's Part 3 of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Featuring Bruce Roberts and the voices of George Herman, Dan Kelly and Jim Gordon. Includes:

Bob reading or introducing the...

WOR Channel 9 - News 9 - "Tom Dunn, Kid Reporter" Promo & 9 All Night Bumper (1984)

Views: 956

Here's a promo for News 9 on WOR Channel 9 in New York City, spotlighting anchor Tom Dunn's interest in news dating from his childhood (with a younger actor playing the younger Dunn). The real-life Tom Dunn (who died in 2006) is shown towards the end, both solo and flanked by (clockwise from lower left) co-anchor Sara Lee Kessler (last heard from on FM News 101.9 in New York, a sister station to our very own local former FM News 101.1), weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young (last heard from ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Red, White & Blue with Bob Hope (Promos & Station ID, 1976)

Views: 1433

Here's a series of promos by comic legend Bob Hope as aired on WMAQ Channel 5, for NBC's Red, White & Blue special celebrating the Fourth of July, coverage of Chicago area celebrations of Independence Day at 5pm, and Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular at 7:30pm with guests Sammy Davis Jr., Donny & Marie Osmond, The Captain & Tennille, and Debbie Reynolds.

The promos - designated PR-1039 - are in :30 second (TAKE 1) and short station ID (TAKE 2) form...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (On-Screen ID #1, 1980)

Views: 1244

Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see the WSNS on-screen station ID during a scene of the weird 1973 movie aired that night, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 4th 1980.

WBBM Channel 2 - Newsbreak with John Drummond (1978)

Views: 2579

Here's a Newsbreak update on WBBM Channel 2 featuring the venerable Chicago newsman John "Bulldog" Drummond. Includes:

"This is CBS" 'Eye' Station ID.

September heatwave continues with today being the hottest day of 1978.

Police discover body of unidentified man in the trunk of a car at O'Hare airport. (Long Term Parking?)

Board of Elections rules that Governor Thompson's tax limit referendum will be on the November ballot.
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WMAQ Channel 5 - NBC Saturday Night At The Movies - "KISS Meets The Phantom" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 6474

Here's the (mostly complete) opening for the NBC Saturday Night at the Movies presentation of "KISS Meets the Phantom" (A.K.A., "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park) on WMAQ Channel 5. They even did a WMAQ on-screen station ID during it. (the recording missed about the first half of the NBC opening though)

If only the rest of the movie was as moderately entertaining as the opening credits.

Voiceover by Fred Collins.

This aired on local Chicago TV ...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (On-Screen ID #4, 1980)

Views: 1382

Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see another instance of the WSNS on-screen station ID during a scene of the weird 1973 movie aired that night, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 4th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (On-Screen ID #3, 1980)

Views: 847

Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see another instance of the WSNS on-screen station ID during a scene of the weird 1973 movie aired that night, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 4th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (On-Screen ID #2, 1980)

Views: 799

Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see another instance of the WSNS on-screen station ID during a scene of the weird 1973 movie aired that night, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 4th 1980.