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WLAK FM Stereo 94 - "All Music, All the Time" (Commercial, 1974)

Views: 1512

Here's a commercial for WLAK FM Stereo 94, spotlighting beautiful music all day and all night.

"So beautiful, it's become the sixth Great Lake."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 12th 1974 during the 6pm to 6:30pm timeframe.

Aronson Furniture - Spanish Version (Commercial #1, 1981)

Views: 1927

Here is a Spanish version of an Aronson Furniture commercial. The jingle sounds so weird being sung in another language. :-)

Voiceover by Arturo Montemeyor Trevino.

"Su Casa De Coneccion de Credito"

Aronson was founded in 1940, so this must date to 1981.

Cheker Gas with Gale Sayers - "Self-Service" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 2963

Here is a commercial for Cheker (not Checker??) Gas featuring former Chicago Bears player Gayle Sayers.

"That's Cheker - it's a Gas."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 30th 1980.

Aronson Furniture - Spanish Version (Commercial #2, 1981)

Views: 1777

Here is another Spanish version of an Aronson Furniture commercial. The jingle sounds so weird being sung in another language. :-)

Voiceover by Arturo Montemeyor Trevino.

"Su Casa De Coneccion de Credito"

Aronson was founded in 1940, so this must date to 1981.

WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm (Part 3, 1973)

Views: 1637

Here's Part 3 of a complete edition of the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2 with anchor Bob Wallace. Also featuring Bob Faw, John Coughlin, and a brief shot of Bruce Roberts. Includes:

Bob Wallace introduces a report by Bob Faw on efforts to save the old wooden Deerfield, IL train station which is set to be replaced by "a sturdy, but architecturally dull, masonry and metal structure"; the film report shows people at work painting the old wooden train station, and ar...

WGN Radio 720 - "We've Got Chicago Talking" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4661

Here's a commercial for WGN Radio AM 720 - featuring some little snippets of Wally Phillips' program.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, May 19th 1980.

WRCK FM 95 - "WRoCK" (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2107

Here's the 10-second, shorter version of a commercial for WRCK (WROCK) FM 95 - "Chicago's Rock Hits!". Short, like the lifespan for WRCK-FM, which only lasted from May 22, 1980 through December 1980.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 7th 1980. (C) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

WRCK FM 95 - "WRoCK" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 1167

Here's the longer, 20-second version of a commercial for WRCK (WROCK) FM 95 - "Chicago's Rock Hits!". Short, like the lifespan for WRCK-FM, which only lasted from May 22, 1980 through December 1980.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July 1st 1980. (C) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

WBMX FM 103 - "Tuned Into You..." (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 870

Here's a brief commercial (cut off slightly at the end) for WBMX FM 103, which is now playing 20 minutes of commercial-free, uninterrupted music every hour.

"WBMX...tuned into you so you'll tune into us."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 19th 1978.