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WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 1, 1983)

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Here's Part 1 of the 4:30 Eyewitness News with Mary Ann Childers and Tim Weigel. Includes:

- Students at Crown Elementary sickened by apparent food poisoning. Reporting live from Saint Anthony's hospital is Jim Avila. Features an update from nurse Lucretia Bankston. Bill Nigut reports from (Saul?) Crown Elementary School (Crown Magnet School) and speaks with district superintendent Dr. Preston Bryant. (Technical Difficulties moment also occurs)

- Bertha Cole...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "Clock Excerpts #4" (1975)

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Here's the good news - someone recorded The Ray Rayner Show at various times in the early seventies! Now the bad news - they only recorded the cartoons, and cut out nearly everything else. :-( I bring you the only snippets left - a few excerpts of the clock that they would show the time on, and in some cases, the chalkboard with the date, weather, and sports scores. Some might wonder why...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 1, 1979)

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Here's Part 1 of a special expanded edition of Eyewitness News at 10pm with Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly on WLS Channel 7, dealing almost entirely with the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history. Featuring Jim Gibbons and Hugh Hill. Includes:

WLS Eyewitness News bumper promo - "Chicago's #1 News Team" - different from the one on this clip from...

Primetime Live - "Chicago Cubs - Wait 'Till This Year" (1989)

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Here's a story from Primetime Live about the Chicago Cubs. Features an interview at the end with Ron Santo (in a moderately suspect hairpiece) and Bill Jauss.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, September 28th 1989.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4:30pm - "The Practical Theater Company" (1982)

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Here's a look at a small repertory company called "The Practical Theater Company" that was spotlighted by critic-at-large John Callaway on an edition of Eyewitness News at 4:30pm on WLS Channel 7.

This segment was entered for submission to the Chicago Emmys, as evidenced at the start of this clip by a title card with the Emmy symbol and the words: "WLS-TV 7 - NATAS Emmy Entry - 10B - Individual Excellence, Non-Performing."

The Practical Theater Company, ...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 Weekend News (Part 2, 1978)

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Here's Part 2 of a complete edition of the Channel 2 Weekend News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace (substituting for Harry Porterfield). Also featuring Cyndy Brucato. Includes:

Bob reading or introducing the following items:

- An 18th century violin worth approximately $20,000 and owned by one Win Alterman (sp?) is stolen from Lake Shore Holiday Inn; Alterman had been out for dinner and discovered his room ransacked and the violin and other ite...

WMAQ Channel 5 - newsfive - "Streaking" (1974)

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Here's a segment of the ending portion of newsfive with legendary anchor Floyd Kalber (a.k.a. "The Big Tuna") on WMAQ Channel 5, from the height of the "streaking" craze in 1974. Also features weatherman Harry Volkman. Includes:

Outro of weather report by Harry Volkman, who mentions the temperature at 57 degrees - which Floyd characterizes as "not weather for streaking," whi...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm (Part 1, 1978)

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Here's Part 1 of a complete edition of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This is from a recording of the studio feed, so there are no commercials - instead we get to see some off-the-cuff moments where the anchors are waiting to go back on the air. Features John Drury, Terry Murphy, Bill Frink, Johnny Mountain, Bob Petty, Hugh Hill, and others. This part includes the following stories:

(opening cut slightly - recording starts late) (opening voiceover by ??)
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KMBC Channel 9 - KMBC 9 News at 10pm - "After The Day After" (Part 1, 1983)

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Here's Part 1 of the KMBC 9 News at 10pm with anchors Larry Moore and Brenda Williams on KMBC Channel 9 in Kansas City, MO. This aired immediately following the news discussion program Sunday, Nuclear Sunday: Kansas City Reacts. Also featuring Scott Feldman and Gary Gunter. Includes:

Animated "So Good to Turn To" KMBC-TV 9 Station ID

Opening segment of KMBC 9 News, with faraway shot of studio and pair of RCA TK-46 cameras with Q-TV VPS-100...