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NBC Network (ID, 1977)

Views: 1959

Here's a vintage network ID for NBC.

Voiceover by Howard Reig.

"This is the NBC Television Network..."

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Tuesday, August 16th 1977. (not Chicago, but close enough)

ABC News - "Death of Karl Wallenda" (1978)

Views: 34923

Here is an ABC News report on the death of circus performer and tightrope walker Karl Wallenda, (of The Flying Wallendas) who fell to his death while performing at the age of 73.

From Wikipedia: "Karl attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 37 metres (121 ft) above the pavement, but fell to his death when winds exceeded 48 kilometres per hour (30 miles per hour). The Wallenda family attributes th...

Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Wilderness Road" - The Don Knotts Song & Bedtime Poem (Closing, 1973)

Views: 697

Here's another segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop. By this point, if the clapboard is of any indication, the SYT title had been eschewed in favor of Svengoolie.

This closing segment is from Show #59 (according to the clapboard). However, there is no recording date.

This segment starts off with Svengoolie in his uprig...

WFLD Channel 32 - "Field-Style Fall Back" (1981)

Views: 1850

Don't forget to change those clocks back! Here's a friendly reminder (and legal Station ID) from Channel 32. :-)

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 24th 1981 at 8:00pm.

WBBM Channel 2 - TV 2 News at 10pm (Part 3, 1973)

Views: 1646

Here's Part 3 of a complete edition of the TV 2 News at 10pm on WBBM Channel 2 with anchor Bob Wallace. Also featuring Bob Faw, John Coughlin, and a brief shot of Bruce Roberts. Includes:

Bob Wallace introduces a report by Bob Faw on efforts to save the old wooden Deerfield, IL train station which is set to be replaced by "a sturdy, but architecturally dull, masonry and metal structure"; the film report shows people at work painting the old wooden train station, and ar...

Halls - "Cab Driver Relief" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2355

Here's a commercial for Halls Mentho-Lyptus cough tablets (cough drops).

"Vapor Action"

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV in early January 1979. (not Chicago, but close enough)

WSNS Channel 44 - Al Lerner Sports - "So Long..." (Part 4, 1971)

Views: 775

Here's Part 4 (the last part) of the final episode of Al Lerner Sports on WSNS Channel 44. Lerner was the station's first sportscaster, and would go on to a long career with such stations as WLS Channel 7, WMAQ Channel 5, WGN Radio 720 and WSCR-AM, as well as being a wrestling announcer. Also featuring a young (and at this point, moustacheless) Tim Weigel, then a sportswriter for the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, who himself would become a familiar face on Chicago television, worki...

Paint-N-Stuff (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1593

Here's a local Detroit commercial that just amused me for some reason. I was thinking it would be funny to overdub a voiceover as to what the customers are saying in this.

"Your Headquarters for Mad Mod Colors and Velvet Wallpaper!"

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

Jordache Jeans - "Kids Got the Look" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2798

Here is a weird and cheesy Jordache Jeans commercial which aired in December 1980. (This particular airing is from an Indiana TV station, but I still thought I had to share)

How did anyone move in jeans that stiff back then? Was that "The Jordache Look"?