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WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lineup" (Promo, 1985?)
Views: 928
Here's a promo for some Spanish shows on WCIU Channel 26. Includes:
Diana Carolina
Especial De Guillermo Da Vila
En Bellas Artes
Concierto
Not sure exactly when this aired, but I believe it's from 1985.
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Woody Woodpecker Show (Pre-Show Break & Opening, 1971)
Views: 2956
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Here's a local commercial break and opening moments of The Woody Woodpecker Show on WMAQ Channel 5. The popular character ran on the NBC Network from 1970 to 1977. Includes:
Commercial: WMAQ Channel 5 News - "Watch Yourself" - with Harry Volkman (comes in at tail end of commercial) (with "5" derived from Impact font)
Promo for National Geographic Special
Atari 5200 SuperSystem (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 2270
Here's a commercial for the Atari 5200 SuperSystem - the descendant of the Atari 2600.
"Adapter coming soon."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 18th 1982.
Activision - Megamania (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 2510
Here is a commercial for the Activision video game "Megamania" for the Atari 2600. Designed by Steve Cartwright.
Commercial features the rock band "The Tubes".
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 13th 1982.
The Don Ferris "Sampler" (1977-1991)
Views: 3759
Here's a compilation I created of some of the fine work of Don Ferris, announcer emeritus for WSNS TV-44 and WTTW Channel 11. I am going to present this to him today when we meet for the first time! (more on that later) Includes:
Fan-made Museum of Classic Chicago Television "Station ID" (Created by (and voiceover by) Roger Berton with audio edit by Rick Klein)
Ending excerpt of the WSNS Channel 44 Saturday All Night Movies presentation of Magical Myste...
Jimmy Carter For President (Partial Political Ad, 1976)
Views: 1574
Here's a political ad for the Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale ticket for President (unfortunately missing the first 10 seconds at the beginning)
Paid and authorized by 1976 Democratic Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, October 27th 1976.
Zayre - "Zayre Has Got It All!" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 3772
Here's a commercial for that bastion of cheap products, Zayre stores.
Or, as my mom used to call it - "Zayres". :-)
This aired on local Chicago TV on early Saturday, September 20th 1980.
Q101 - "Crazy About The Music" (Commercial, 1984)
Views: 2522
Here's a memorable commercial that they did a few of if I recall correctly - Robert Murphy in the Morning - in a straitjacket walking along a street downtown asking people why they switched to Q101.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 15th 1984.
Views: 1539
Not from Chicago, but one which, "even then," had overtaken Chicago as the "Second City" in population: a clip of the ending minutes of the early edition of NewsCenter4 with anchors Paul Moyer and Kelly Lange on KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles. Also features Paul Dandridge, John Marshall and Boyd Matson. This was on the tail end of a 3/4" Umatic tape where something was recorded over most of this. (A side note: The weather at this point in time was handled by a young chap named Pat ...