Search Results

WABX 99 1/2 FM - "Shower Surprise" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 8095

Here's a funny commercial for Detroit radio station WABX 99 and a 1/2 FM - "Now That's Rock!".

Music by Led Zeppelin - "The Wanton Song"

Voiceover by ?

This aired on local Detroit TV on Thursday, April 7th 1977 (not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

WBBM Channel 2 - Station ID Slide (Tiny Excerpt, 1971)

Views: 2820

The transfer of this video clip made possible by your generous donations!

Here's a very brief excerpt of a station ID slide from WBBM Channel 2. The "2" at this point was from the network-mandated "CBS Didot" serif font, unlike sister stations WCBS Channel 2 in New York and then-KNXT Channel 2 (now KCBS) in Los Angeles which then used sans-serif Grotesque No. 9 whose size was the same as the CBS Eye. It should be also noted that another sister station at the time, WCAU...

WMBD Channel 31 - "31 Alive" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 3089

Here's a quick bumper ID slide for 31 Alive - WMBD-TV Channel 31 in Peoria, Illinois.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Peoria TV on Wednesday, October 11th 1978. (not Chicago, but close enough)

WSNS Channel 44 - "NHL ID" (1979)

Views: 2534

Here's a brief WSNS TV-44 station ID slide - no voiceover. This one shows the NHL logo as it aired during hockey.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 19th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Honeymooners (Bumper #1, 1979)

Views: 1689

Here's a rare bumper for The Honeymooners on WFLD Channel 32, with the station's "zooming text" in sunburst orange type, a (what looks to be) a hand-colored art-card.

The rendition of the famed August 1955 photo (taken outside the area around New York's Carnegie Hall) features co-stars Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows and Art Carney inside GMC "Old Look" bus #2969 (model #TDH-4509, built for New York City Omnibus Corp. in November - December 1950 [information courtesy of t...

WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 2, 1978)

Views: 2114

Here's Part 2 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.

This part includes:

Fahey and Joel walking on the stage to the podium (with the iconic "Circle 7" logo up front), introduced (off-camera) by Gary Gears

Fahey opens with his famed "How do you do, ladies and gentlemen" intro, to hearty applause, while he and Joel trade barbs about...

WFLD Channel 32 - Mission: Impossible - "Break!" (On-Screen Station ID, 1977)

Views: 1806

Here's a nice example of the Kaiser Broadcasting era on-screen station ID for WFLD Channel 32, during an episode of Mission: Impossible.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 1st 1977 during the 9pm to 10pm timeframe.

WKBD Channel 50 - "The Choice Is Yours" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2013

Here's a version of "The Choice Is Yours" jingle/slogan and animation as used by WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit, starting off with shots of a sculpture with the General Motors building at Renaissance Center in the background, a local pastry shop, and a young child walking a dog, before that stack turns around to show the Field-era '50' logo.

Animation was done using the analog Scanimate video process.

"In Detroit, the choice is yours on TV-50!"
<...

WBBM Channel 2 - Station Sign-On, SSB & Meditation (1979)

Views: 5233

Here's a rare sign-on sequence from WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Roughly 6 seconds of EIA RS-189A color bars, followed by 5 seconds of black

"Color Lightning" animated station ID (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Sign-on with same shot of Chicago skyline as on this circa-1978 sign-off (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

National Anthem (a.k.a. "CBS SSB"), with shots of variou...