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WNIC FM 100 - "Mellow Nice Bright" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2169

Here's a commercial for a local Detroit radio station - WNIC FM 100.

This aired on local Detroit TV on Saturday, January 15th 1977 during the 5pm to 6pm timeframe.

WMJC FM 95 - "The Magic Is The Music" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1622

Here's a commercial for local Detroit radio station WMJC FM 95 which features an animation of a radio melting in reverse that looks like it came out of Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer video.

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

ON TV - "Forget About the Weather" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1232

Here's a commercial for ON TV, Chicago's first pay TV subscription service, inviting people to "forget the weather" and see over 30 movies a month (clips from such recent films as "Superman," "10," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Every Which Way But Loose," and "Slap Shot" are shown).

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 17th 1981.

WSNS Channel 44 - "DePaul Basketball" (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 2025

Here's a station ID slide from WSNS Channel 44, with a promo for DePaul basketball.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978.

Williams-Manny Insurance (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1473

Here's a commercial for Williams-Manny - some sort of insurance company in Rockford & Belvidere.

"Better Call Williams-Manny - Now!"

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, November 28th 1977. (not Chicago, but close enough)

House Party (Partial Record Offer, 1978?)

Views: 1227

Here's an incomplete record offer for House Party from Candlelite Music.

Main voiceover by ??. Ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds.

This likely aired on local Rockford, IL TV around 1978. (not Chicago, but close enough)

7up - "America's Turning 7up" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3741

Here's a commercial for 7up soda featuring some baseball stars - the Cubs' Bruce Sutter, the Phillies' Mike Schmidt, and the Pirates' Dave Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, July 12th 1980.

WBKB Channel 7 - Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks" (Part 1, 1964)

Views: 3767

Here's Part 1 of Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks," as aired on WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. The host of this in-depth look at the team was Frank Sweeney. This was transferred from the original film, and thus has no commercials.

This part begins with the old-style academy leader which counted by feet rather than frames (as opposed to the more common SMPTE Universal film leader). The program itself begins with some shots of ...

WSNS Channel 44 - White Sox Baseball - "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" (8-18-1980)

Views: 3426

Harry Caray once again leads the fans at Comiskey during the "Seventh Inning Stretch", singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

From White Sox Vs. Indians (Game 2).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, August 18th 1980.