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WIND News Talk 56 - "Reaching Somebody" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1974

Here's a commercial for radio station WIND News Talk 56.

Who's that actor again? I keep thinking Jeffery Tambor but he just looks like him a little bit.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 13th 1980.

Dominick's Finer Foods - "Bacon" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1962

Here's a quick commercial for Dominick's Finer Foods with a sale on delicious bacon.

Voiceover by Lloyd Hanson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 18th 1980.

Grange Dodge (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1823

Here's a commercial for Grange Dodge of 5949 South LaGrange Road in LaGrange, IL, with special deals on a window van, 1978 Sportsman Wagon, 1978 Tradesman Van, and 1978 Maxi Van.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, July 30th 1978 at a little before 4:30pm.

WKQX 101 FM - "By The Ear" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1999

Here's a commercial for WKQX 101 FM - "Chicago 101" (now Q101).

You can hear a little snippet of Joel Sebastian, one of their DJs, at the beginning.

Were those the famous "NBC jingle" tones at the end?

"We're out to catch Chicago by the ear."

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, August 7th 1979.

Jewel Food Stores - "Steaks & Apples" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2456

Here is another commercial for Jewel - this one still utilizing the old-style logo.
Based on this commercial shown about 6 weeks later, we can likely conclude that this is when they officially changed it.

Voiceover by Joe Slattery.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 29th 1980.

Mr. Coffee with Joe DiMaggio - "The Delicious Way to Say Merry Christmas" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1534

Here's a Christmas themed version of one of the classic Mr. Coffee commercials featuring baseball hall-of-famer Joe DiMaggio.

They didn't call him Joltin' Joe for nothin' ya know...

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 23rd 1977 during the 7:00pm to 8:00pm timeframe.

WBBS Channel 60 - Lucha Libre (Promo, 1985)

Views: 4154

Here's a promo in Spanish for Lucha Libre (wrestling). Sundays at 12am.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 9th 1985.

WFLD Channel 32 - Star Trek Triad - "TREKnical Difficulties" (1984)

Views: 2856

Here's a technical difficulties moment from Star Trek Triad - a several hours long block of Star Trek episodes combined with commentary from Leonard Nimoy and trivia questions. This special was created for the promotion of the new movie Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. Includes:

Leonard Nimoy Star Trek Triad commercial bumper

About 20 seconds of black

A couple second flash of the WFLD on-screen station ID

WFLD Special Presentat...

WTTW Channel 11 - The Captioned ABC News (1978)

Views: 2243

Here's the first ten minutes of The Captioned ABC News on WTTW Channel 11, which was a replay of the evening's edition of World News Tonight that had aired earlier (at 5:30pm) on WLS Channel 7. The anchors were Max Robinson in Chicago, Peter Jennings in London (on assignment) and Frank Reynolds in Washington, with commentary by Howard K. Smith, and Barbara Walters with a special report (alas, of these five, only Reynolds and Robinson are the ones with significant airtime; the o...