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WLS Channel 7 - "Season's Greetings" (1978)
Views: 2701
Here's a short station ID from WLS Channel 7 in which a (presumed) employee in the equipment room (notice the RCA TCR-100 videotape machine and carts in the background) wishes everybody Season's Greetings. Followed by 12 seconds of the ABC network logo as shaped in the 1978-79 season (remember their "We're the One" slogan?).
Can anyone ID the woman?
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, December 25th 1978 at 5pm.
WBBM Channel 2 - A Merry Olde Christmas (Part 3, 1984)
Views: 1151
Here's Part 3 of A Merry Olde Christmas, a look at Christmas celebrations in and around London, England that was hosted by Bob Wallace and aired on WBBM Channel 2. From the original master tape. Includes:
"We now return to A Merry Olde Christmas" bumper (voiceover by ??)
Shots of rolling English countrysides with horses and cattle open this segment, with Bob telling of local English legends such as the one about cattle kneeling on fields on Christ...
WBBM Channel 2 - A Merry Olde Christmas (Part 2, 1984)
Views: 1526
Here's Part 2 of A Merry Olde Christmas, a look at Christmas celebrations in and around London, England that was hosted by Bob Wallace and aired on WBBM Channel 2. From the original master tape. Includes:
"We now return to A Merry Olde Christmas" bumper (voiceover by ??)
Shots of double-decker buses passing by London streets, traffic travelling on two-way streets whose directions are the reverse of U.S. streets, police "bobbies," pigeons in Hyde P...
WBBM Channel 2 - A Merry Olde Christmas (Part 1, 1984)
Views: 1054
Here's Part 1 of A Merry Olde Christmas, a look at Christmas celebrations in and around London, England that was hosted by Bob Wallace and aired on WBBM Channel 2. From the original master tape. Includes:
CG opening slate: "A Merry Olde Christmas - Rec. 12/21/84 - P.B. 12/22/84" (set in Serifa Bold, a serif font used by CBS News and its owned stations for lower-third super text on newscasts during this period)
Bob Wallace opening the program by w...
Woodfield Mall - "We Have It All!" (Commercial, 1984)
Views: 2273
Here's a Christmas themed commercial for Woodfield Mall - located on Route 53 at Golf Road in Schaumburg.
"We have it all for you!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 14th 1984 during the 9:00pm to 9:30pm timeframe.
WGN Channel 9 - The Morning Movie - "Christmas in Connecticut" (Opening & Break, 1979)
Views: 3622
Here's the opening and first commercial break from The Morning Movie presentation of the 1945 Barbara Stanwyck/Dennis Morgan/Sydney Greenstreet film "Christmas in Connecticut" on WGN Channel 9. Includes: WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm - "Christmas & Snowfighter" (Excerpt, 1979)
Views: 2896 Here's an excerpt from Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Joel Daly and Terry Murphy (the latter filling in for Fahey Flynn). Also featuring a brief appearance from Dr. Walt Lyons at the end. Includes:
"Season's Greetings from the WGN Family" bumper slide (voiceover by Len Johnson)
WGN Morning Movie opening (music by ??) - with notice that the film is edited for television (voiceover by Len Johnson)
Commercial: "
Joel reporting on:
- 900,000 Christmas shoppers packing stores in and around the State Street area, with footage from River Oaks in suburban Calumet City where shoppers took advantage of "after Thanksgiving" sales
- Dress ...
The 24 Days of Christmas - "England" with Michael Caine (1979)
Views: 1454
Here's another installment from the recurring 24 Days of Christmas one-minute featurettes, here with Michael Caine (just a few short years away from becoming "The Hardest Working Man in Hollywood") describing the Christmas traditions in England (five years before WBBM Channel 2's Bob Wallace travelled all the way there to find them out in person). Caine starts off by invoking the names of key characters from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" before listing holiday traditions that d...
WGN Channel 9 - Pope John Paul II Comes to Chicago (Promo, 1979)
Views: 2449
Here's a promo for an upcoming one-hour special, Pope John Paul II Comes to Chicago (a.k.a. Pope John Paul II: The Visitor We Won't Forget, a.k.a. A Remembrance - Pope John Paul II Visit to Chicago), for Sunday, December 23rd at 8pm on WGN Channel 9.
Voiceover by John Drury, who hosted this special.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 21st 1979 shortly before 9am.