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WBBM Channel 2 - Two On Two (Bumper Promo, 1981)

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Here's a bumper promo for WBBM Channel 2's Two On Two program featuring a "modern-day Michelangelo". You can see Harry Porterfield and with Bob Wallace - the host of Two on Two.

Not sure who the announcer is. Jerry Harper?

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 22nd 1981.

WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm (Part 4, 1973)

Views: 2916

Here's the fourth and final part of a complete edition of the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2 with anchor Bob Wallace. Also featuring sportscaster Bruce Roberts. Includes:

Bob Wallace introduces Bruce's sports report, with a few attempts at speaking Spanish. Bruce's sports items include:

- College football sports scores (including Ohio State beating Illinois, 30-0)

- Highlights of Northwestern/Minnesota game (Minnesota Golden Gophers ...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night (Preview, 1981)

Views: 2143

Here's the preview teaser before an episode of Friday Night with Jay Levine on WLS Channel 7. This one was on "Bounty Hunters". (And no, not cool ones like Boba Fett)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.

Fencl-Tufo's Chevy City - "Blaaaaaah!" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2279

Here's a pretty funny commercial for Fencl-Tufo's Chevy City featuring a goofy Dracula puppet that kind of looks and sounds a bit like Mike Toomey's Greg the Vampire character on WGN Morning News.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 9th 1979 at around 4:15pm.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Mount St. Helens" (1980)

Views: 4236

Here are a few excerpts of a NewsCenter5 newscast on WMAQ Channel 5 on the final eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. Featuring Chuck Henry and Jerry Taft.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, May 20th 1980.

WTTW Channel 11 - Newswatch & Weatherwatch (1984)

Views: 1614

Here's a complete Newswatch and Weatherwatch on WTTW Channel 11. Also includes a sports report. (let's not get all hasty and assume it was called Sportswatch)

(also includes a Thomson Vacation sponsorship slide at end)

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 16th 1984.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 (Bumper Promo, 1976)

Views: 2627

Here's a quick bumper promo for NewsCenter5 at 12:00 Noon on WMAQ Channel 5 with Jorie Lueloff.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 9th 1976 at 8:24am.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4:30pm - "Chicago Goes Hollywood" (1982)

Views: 2718

Here's a report called "Chicago Goes Hollywood," on former Chicago natives and area residents who later moved to Hollywood and varying degrees of fame, that was introduced by co-anchor Tim Weigel and reported by John Callaway on an edition of Eyewitness News at 4:30pm on WLS Channel 7.

Intermixed with the sights of the L.A. area (with shots of such landmarks as Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Walks of Fame for the likes of Mickey Mouse, Glen Campbell and Claire Trevor, the Be...

60 Minutes - "Libya's Qaddafi" (1980)

Views: 2116

Continuing in the great FuzzyMemories tradition of finding and posting a clip too late to be entirely relevant, here is a 60 Minutes piece that I found which takes a look at the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. (or Qaddafi, or Kaddafi, or Mashugana).

Featuring Harry Reasoner reporting.

This particular recording was from Baltimore CBS affiliate WMAR Channel 2, but I assume this also aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 23rd 1980.