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WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Mount St. Helens" (1980)

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Here are a few excerpts of a NewsCenter5 newscast on WMAQ Channel 5 on the final eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. Featuring Chuck Henry and Jerry Taft.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, May 20th 1980.

WTTW Channel 11 - Newswatch & Weatherwatch (1984)

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Here's a complete Newswatch and Weatherwatch on WTTW Channel 11. Also includes a sports report. (let's not get all hasty and assume it was called Sportswatch)

(also includes a Thomson Vacation sponsorship slide at end)

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 16th 1984.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 (Bumper Promo, 1976)

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Here's a quick bumper promo for NewsCenter5 at 12:00 Noon on WMAQ Channel 5 with Jorie Lueloff.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 9th 1976 at 8:24am.

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4:30pm - "Chicago Goes Hollywood" (1982)

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Here's a report called "Chicago Goes Hollywood," on former Chicago natives and area residents who later moved to Hollywood and varying degrees of fame, that was introduced by co-anchor Tim Weigel and reported by John Callaway on an edition of Eyewitness News at 4:30pm on WLS Channel 7.

Intermixed with the sights of the L.A. area (with shots of such landmarks as Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Walks of Fame for the likes of Mickey Mouse, Glen Campbell and Claire Trevor, the Be...

60 Minutes - "Libya's Qaddafi" (1980)

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Continuing in the great FuzzyMemories tradition of finding and posting a clip too late to be entirely relevant, here is a 60 Minutes piece that I found which takes a look at the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. (or Qaddafi, or Kaddafi, or Mashugana).

Featuring Harry Reasoner reporting.

This particular recording was from Baltimore CBS affiliate WMAR Channel 2, but I assume this also aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 23rd 1980.

WFLA Channel 8 - Channel 8 Reports (Pre-Show Break, 1965)

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Here's the pre-show break for Channel 8 Reports on WFLA Channel 8 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida. The anchor was Arch Deal.

This newscast was transferred from a 2" Quad tape that was found in, of all places, the coat closet of former Chicago TV news anchor Jim Ruddle.

Includes:

Brief shot of "Dolphin Enterprises" bumper (indicating the end of an edition of The Jack Paar Program, whose final season this was)

"This H...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 9, 1978)

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Here's Part 9 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Jane Olivor singing the title track of her album Stay the Night, and vintage clips featuring Claude Kirchner, Mary Hartline, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Paul Harvey, Studs Terkel, Alex Dreier, Frank Reynolds, Fahey Flynn, John Coleman, Bill Frink, Tim Weigel, Jim C...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 With Ron Hunter (Bumper Promo, 1977)

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Here's a quick NewsCenter5 promo featuring Ron Hunter on WMAQ Channel 5. Gotta love that blue suit!

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 4th 1977.

NBC Network - "Mount St. Helens" (Part 1, 1980)

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Here's Part 1 of coverage of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, this time from the NBC Network. Featuring David Brinkley.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, May 20th 1980.