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WFLD Channel 32 - 7 O'Clock Movie (Opening, 1978?)

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Here's the opening titles for the 7 O'Clock Movie on WFLD Channel 32, featuring the station's Kaiser-era logo - and a montage of various stars from vintage films, including (but not limited to):

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford (from "The Way We Were")
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
Audrey Hepburn (from "My Fair Lady")
John Wayne
Elvis Presley (from "Jailhouse Rock")
Vera-Ellen and Gene Kell...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NBC News Chicago Report - "Russian/American Culture" (Excerpt, 1972)

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Here's an excerpt from a broadcast of the NBC News Chicago Report on WMAQ Channel 5. This clip comes in at the end of a report on a local radio station, WEDC (1240 AM), that at the time primarily aired Polish and Spanish programming - and also some Russian-language programming for Chicago's Russian-American community; the reporter noted a heightened interest in Russian culture in the wake o...

67 WMAQ White Sox Baseball (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 4364

Here is a commercial for White Sox baseball on 67 WMAQ radio.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV in June of 1982.

Image Factory - "Demo" (1980?)

Views: 624

Here's a demo reel for Image Factory, Inc., a New York-based graphics and production firm.

This came from a 3/4" Umatic tape that was kept by Cathy Mustari, art director for WFLD Channel 32 from 1974 to the late '80's, from a time when the station was actively shopping for production houses to handle their graphics for opens/closes, bumpers, promos, etc.

Includes:

- Promo for WPLJ 95.5 FM in New York (sister station to the many times once-and-pres...

WMAQ Channel 5/NBC Network - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 1, 1979)

Views: 3635

Here's Part 1 of continuing coverage from WMAQ Channel 5 and the NBC Network of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history; this features Jim Ruddle and Jim Tilmon, with NBC News coverage from Chuck Scarborough (longtime anchor at WNBC Channel 4 in New York, having worked there nonstop since 1974), featuring Jim Cummins, Fred Briggs and Heidi Schulman. Includes:

The tail end of NewsCenter5 at 10pm with Jim Ruddle, a...

KBHK Channel 44 - Son of Svengoolie - "Son Of Frankenstein" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 2287

Here's an interesting bit of Sven history - the opening to the Son of Svengoolie presentation of "Son of Frankenstein" on one of the Field Communications affilliates - KBHK Channel 44 in San Francisco.

It would be interesting to find out when this bit aired on the WFLD version of "Son of". It's pretty clear that they dubbed in the Tombstone segment at the end just for the KBHK audience.

They must have had different movie packages at different times because the ...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "The Wind And The Lion" (Commercial Break, 1982)

Views: 7347

Here's a complete commercial break that I found for the WLS Channel 7 3:00 Movie airing of "The Wind and the Lion". Includes:

3:00 Movie bumper
Homer's Furniture
The Optical Department at Sears

Zayre - Grand Opening Sale at West Armitage & Hamlin Avenue(Remember - Starts Sunday, Sale Ends Saturday)

Jordache (available at Chess King)

WLS-TV Editorial featuring General Manager Peter Desnoes - regarding Hispanic Business ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Deep Tunnel in Deep Trouble" (1979)

Views: 1849

Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, about the massive cost overruns that have been plaguing Chicago's deep tunnel project that was intended to allow rain water to flow through reservoirs and keep out polluted water.

Dillon cites how estimates of its cost (which politicians have had no concern about, due to the federal government shelling out the money) have gone up from $3 billion to $7 billion to a more recent General Accounting Office es...

WLS Channel 7 - Sunday Night Movie - "To Trap A Spy" (Brief Bumper Excerpts, 1978)

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Here are some very brief opening, ending, and bumper excerpts from the Sunday Night Movie airing of "To Trap A Spy" on WLS Channel 7 that I edited together. We can see it uses the same swirling-star motif as used on the 3:30 Movie and Late Night Movie shows of the period, but this one has a different title that can be briefly glimpsed at t...