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WPWR Channel 50 - "Off The Air Testing" (1990?)

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Here's something probably not very interesting unless you like color bars and static - found this at the end of a tape long after a movie had finished and the station was off the air for the night - looks like they were doing some sort of testing - picture goes from a strange color bars with a black square in the middle, to static, then a Station ID slide, then more static and then the color bars again. This went on for a long time but this is the most exciting 6 minutes of it. ;-)
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WPWR Channel 60 - "Public Notice" (1985)

Views: 2937

Here is a public notice from WPWR Channel 60 as required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This one deals with an application filed November 7th 1985 seeking consent to assign the broadcast license of WBBS-TV from HATCO-60 to Metrowest Corporation.

Mentions Marcelino Miyares, the general partner of Hispanic American Television-Chicago. The officers/shareholders from Aurora-Chicago Telecasters are given as Stanley McDonald, Raymond Kussler, James A. Murphy, Lamon...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Rise Of 60" (1984)

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Here's a segment of the Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 with anchors Linda Yu and Joel Daly.

Media Columnist and critic Gary Deeb (whatever became of him?) reports on the rise of WPWR Channel 60, lead by their wunderkind, "the boy genius in a beard", program director Neal Sabin. :-)

How in the world did he swing such great free advertising on a competing station??

"That refugee from the glue factory - Mr. Ed..."

This aired on local...

WPWR Channel 50 - Romper Room & Friends (Part 3, 1991)

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Here's Part 3 (final part) of an episode of Romper Room and Friends (Syndicated Version) which aired on WPWR Channel 50. Features Miss Molly McCloskey, Kimble, Up-Up, Granny Cat, Do Bee, (Hmm..) and all the other weird characters. Includes:

Paddington Bear short (Part 2)

Ending Credits:

(Unknown Credit - cut off by wipe effect)
Matthew Stoddart
J.J. Krupa
Christopher Lyall

Music - David Spangler

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Dominick's Finer Foods - "Sausage Sale" (Commercial, 1985)

Views: 1395

Here's a commercial for Dominick's Finer Foods featuring a sale on Eckrich sausage.

The announcer over the slide at the beginning is the "WPWR Channel 60" lady - don't know what her name is. Main commercial voiceover by Lloyd Hanson.

This aired on local Chicago TV in January of 1985.

WFLD Channel 32 - Comedy Festival (Opening Excerpt, 1984)

Views: 801

Here is the opening (Sadly, incomplete) from WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Comedy Festival program. This dates to around May 1984. Includes:

Ending of some Secretary training program commercial on another channel

Quick flash of "WBBS-TV West Chicago and Chicago - Stay Tuned for the WPWR-TV Movie at 2:30 am on Channel 60" (also repeated in Spanish)

Our Miss Brooks - Weekdays at 10:30 am (from unknown channel)

WFLD Channel 32 Comedy Fes...

WFLD Channel 32 - Station Sign-Off, Sign-On & Thought For Today - "Station Doze-Off" (1987)

Views: 3944

Here's a station sign-off, sign-on and edition of Thought For Today on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending moments of 1959 movie "A Touch of Larceny" with James Mason and Vera Miles

Closing title sequence for Latenight 32 (which dated to the Metromedia era) and voiceover (by Jim Barton) advising WFLD will return to the air at 6am

Promo for Fox 32 News (which debuted in August 1987) at 7pm and 11pm weeknights - "It's a Sure Thing...

WCAE Channel 50 - 3-2-1 Contact (Technical Difficulties Moment, 1980)

Views: 1455

Here's a strange technical difficulties moment from an airing of the series 3-2-1 Contact on the PBS station WCAE Channel 50 (St. John, Indiana) - which later became WYIN Channel 56. (giving up the Channel 50 frequency which would then be taken over by WPWR-TV)

We start, innocently enough, with the animated CTW (Children's Television Workshop) logo opening, already in progress, followed by the opening titles sped way-up. Now wait - you might assume that this is the tec...