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WMAQ Channel 5 - Meditations, Station Sign-Off, & SSB (1981)

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Here's the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Bumper promo for Entertainment Tonight at 4:00pm on Channel 5 (voiceover by ??)

Meditations delivered by Rev. John F. Fahey, St. Clement Church - Produced in Cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago - WMAQ-TV Public Affairs - Pre-recorded - (C) National Broadcasting Company Inc., 1981 All Rights Reserved (The Charles Addams New Yorker cover that Reverend ...

WLS Channel 7 - "Eyewitness Anonymous" (Promo, 1983)

Views: 1707

Here's a promo (or PSA?) for the Eyewitness News anonymous tip hotline, "Eyewitness Anonymous" on WLS Channel 7. Featuring Peter Desnoes (Vice-President and General Manager of WLS-TV at the time).

"1-800-73-CRIME"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 9th 1983.

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night - "Steve & Garry" (Part 5, 1981)

Views: 2039

In honor of Steve Dahl's new foray into the world of Podcast Broadcasting (which begins today - check out Dahl.com for more info) - here is a vintage Steve & Garry appearance on WLS Channel 7's Friday Night with Jay Levine.

Part 5 begins with a announcement about requesting tickets for the show Friday Night (voiceover by Al Parker), then Steve talks about "Do Ya Think I'm Disco?", the "Anti-Disco Crusade" i...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "The Walking Dead" (Break #3, 1985)

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Here's Break #3 to an episode of Son of Svengoolie that hasn't been seen in close to 24 years! This was number 318 where he was presenting the movie "The Walking Dead". Includes:

Sven bumper

Commercial: Tic-Tac breath mints

Movie Trailer for TV: "City Limits" (ending voiceover by Jim Barton) (again)

Commercial: Empire Carpets

"Tombstone's Strike-Time School Supplement" sketch

Commercial: Eagle Food Sto...

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Break #5, 1971)

Views: 3451

Here's Commercial Break #5 for the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

McDonald's (in color) (can't make out the copyright date)

Munson Marine of Lisle (in color)

Zip-Away (in color)

Announcement (in color) - "Channel 32 welcomes the more than 5,000 broadcasters attending the 49th annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. WFLD-TV Chicago." (voiceover by Del Clark)
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WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 3, 1989)

Views: 1640

Here's Part 3 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.

This part features Warner Saunders, Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow, Bill Kurtis, Carol Marin, Don Mosely and Wendy Frame.

Mr. Kurtis and producer Molly Bedell won in the "Documentary Program - Documentary of Current Significance" category for "Getting Out . . . Staying Out" which aired on WBBM Channel 2, and Ms. Marin and producers Mr. Mosely and Ms. Frame won in the "Document...

WGN Channel 9 - Sunday Matinee - "The Shanghai Chest" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 2109

Here's a (mostly complete) opening for the Sunday Matinee presentation of the Charlie Chan film "The Shanghai Chest"on WGN Channel 9. Also includes a partial WGN "Superman" Station ID at the beginning.

The Sunday Matinee opening with filmstrip and movie camera graphics, features an instrumental version of The Young Rascals' "Groovin' " by Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra (released in the U.S. in 1967 on Four Corners of the World single #FC 4-145, and on the 1968...

WBBM Channel 2 - 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 5, 1985)

Views: 2545

Here's Part 5 of the (mostly complete) 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast.

This part features Jim Ruddle, Elynne Chaplik, the hosts of WMAQ's Kidding Around - Jill Leiderman and Steve Smith accepting their Emmy award, Diane Whiteley, [edit in recording], (not) Oprah Winfrey, Charlotte Koppe, Walter Jacobson, John Callaway, Bruce DuMont, John Coleman, and Scott Craig.

Ms. Leiderman, Mr. Smith and Ms. Whiteley won in the "Children's Programming For ...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Dating Game - "Joey D'Auria" (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 2191

What are the odds? Recorded at random and saved without meaning to, here is an episode of The Dating Game on WSNS Channel 44. Cool enough because it has the original commercial breaks intact - however as I was scanning through it I slowly recognized the face - Chicago's Bozo the Clown the Second, Mr. Joey D'Auria was one of the bachelors!

In Part 1, we hear the intro to the show given by host Jim Lange - it's cut off slightly, however from what he says later in the sho...