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WBBM-FM 96 'Hot Hits!' (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1371

Here is a commercial for local Chicago radio station WBBM-FM 96 Hot Hits!

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

WYCC Channel 20 - "First Broadcast" (Part 1, 1983)

Views: 2613

Here's Part 1 of the first broadcast of WYCC Channel 20, which rose from the ashes of the previous occupant of the Channel 20 dial, WXXW, that had left the air in 1974. Includes:

11 seconds of station ID, with '20' blinking on and off, followed (after cut off of that section on tape) by 48 seconds of message on screen (orange type on dark blue background):

WE EXPECT TO BE ON THE AIR FEB 17 AT 5 PM
WATCH FOR OUR AD IN THE SUN-TIMES
CHANNEL 20 WYCC T...

WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 8, 1964)

Views: 1100

Here's Part 8 (the last part) of Pulse, the evening newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, which featured Jim Ruddle as St. Petersburg anchor and Hugh Smith as Tampa anchor. This part features longtime Channel 13 weatherman Roy Leep, anchor / news director Ray Dantzler, and the opening moments of the CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite. Includes:

Roy Leep giving report on national weather, with huge emphasis on clouds and snow througho...

WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus - "Skylab Synchronicity" (1979)

Views: 2787

Here's an excerpt of Bozo's Circus on WGN Channel 9, featuring a news bulletin crawled on the lower-third section of the screen during a showing of the Huckleberry Hound cartoon "A Bully Dog" (from Season #2, Episode #5, originally aired on November 2nd 1959).

In another case of synchronicity, a message about the satellite space station Skylab falling back to earth was given during the point in this episode where Huck, playing the role of a messenger boy, attempts to d...

ON TV/WFLD Channel 32 - ON TV Sign-Off & Nite-Owl Bleed-Thru (1981)

Views: 5702

Ok, here's something kind of nuts, but I thought some people might want to see it anyway. Here's the ending of Apocalypse Now and then the station sign-off for ON TV on WSNS Channel 44. Once the station goes off the air, you can just barely make out the "bleed through" of WFLD Channel 32's signal where they were airing Nite-Owl!

At various times throughout this I can make out "Weather Update" (with a Sun graphic, the Nite-Owl logo, the Keyfax "key" at the top left of...

Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 9)

Views: 2348

This was on the same tape as the other bits, so I am calling it part 9 from a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

What looks like an Entertainment Tonight (from Friday the 13th of - 1983, 1984?) report on local horror hosts from around th...

Santa's Village with Larry Lujack - "Just a Kid At Heart" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2459

Here's a commercial for The Three Worlds of Santa's Village in Dundee, Illinois featuring legendary radio legend Larry Lujack, the charming and delightful ol' Uncle Lar.

Superjock is wearing a #89 jersey, which likely was a subtle (?) nod to his longtime home station WLS-AM 890 ("The Big 89").

Is there something in this ad that is slightly unsettling?

This aired on local Chicag...

WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3332

Here's another commercial for a long-gone Chicago radio station - WJPC AM 95 (950 AM) - where Tom Joyner got his start in Chicago. (Along with LaDonna Tittle and BeBe D'Banana)

Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. doing an impression of Humphrey Bogart.

Is that Tom Joyner doing the voiceover at the end?

WJPC was apparently owned by Johnson Publishing Company, who put out Jet and Ebony magazines.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Su...

WYEN FM 107 - "Request Radio" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3222

Here's a commercial for WYEN FM 107 ("Request Radio," licensed to neighboring Des Plaines - and today Spanish-language WPPN, "Amor 106.7"), featuring snippets of such tracks as "No Tell Lover" by Chicago, "Last Time I Saw Him" by Diana Ross, "Forever In Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond, and "Too Much Heaven" by the Bee Gees.

The "Request Radio" slogan referred to the station playing music requested by listeners.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 22...