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Union 76 - "Murph's 76 Station" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 5125

Here's a commercial for the Union 76 gas stations featuring "Murph" and their famous jingle, advertising their new 5-Star gas-saving radial tires.

"Go with the Spirit...The Spirit of 76!"

This aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, July 4th 1981.

WCIU Channel 26 - "Howl-Around In Spanish" (ID, 1985?)

Views: 1768

Here's a station ID for WCIU Channel 26 given in Spanish, featuring the howl-around video effect.

Kind of neat, like it's Dr. Who. :-)

(music and voiceover doesn't start until about 15 seconds in)

Not sure when this aired but probably around 1985.

Your Local Zoo or Aquarium - "It's Wild" (1984?)

Views: 593

Here's a couple spots that one of our contributors, Matthew Graczyk found on Quad 2" videotape for "Your local Zoo or Aquarium". He believes these were used for the local Peoria area, although they do not specify and are generic enough to be used all over.

There's a 10 second spot followed by a longer 30 second spot.

"Uncouth."

Not sure when these would have aired but I'm going to guess 1984.

WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Saturday Night Movie, Reflections and Station Sign-Off (1977)

Views: 2266

Here's (as far as I'm aware) the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence, from any channel, to turn up here. This one is from WLS Channel 7, found at the end of a Umatic videotape that was mostly recorded over with high school girls' gymnastics home movies from 1977 (boooooo!) and includes:

The ending moments of the Saturday Night Movie presentation (in glorious "pan-and-scan" and quite terrible color - it's not the recording - compare to how the commercials look!) o...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Quark (Opening, 1978)

Views: 1848

Here is a partial WMAQ Station ID and time, followed by the opening of "Quark".

Includes brief sponsor billboard (voiceover by Arthur Gary - cut off in the middle)

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, March 3rd 1978 at 7pm!

It's Alive (Trailer For TV, 1977)

Views: 2520

Here's a theatrical movie trailer for TV for the film "It's Alive". Also has local showing information at the end.

Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV on Monday, April 25th 1977.

WFLD Channel 32 - Promotional Sales Film (Part 1, 1970)

Views: 4474

Here's a terrific piece of local history and the next best thing to a guided tour of WFLD's facilities circa 1970 for you broadcast equipment junkies out there (W.B. I'm looking in your direction...) ;-)

This is Part 1 of a WFLD promotional film for (I assume) the sales department, meant to be shown to prospective advertisers on why WFLD was such a kick-arse station to buy time on. And they do take their time - in the first part showing the aforementioned equipment spread, as...

Alpo With Lorne Greene (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3695

Here's a commercial for Alpo beef flavored dinner dog food featuring Lorne Greene.

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

WLS Channel 7 - News - "Armed Gunman Inside Channel 7 Building" (Part 1, 1990)

Views: 4707

Here's Part 1 of WLS Channel 7's news coverage of an armed robbery suspect who hid out for 40 hours at the 190 North State Street building that houses the station.

This part comes in while in progress, and starts with Dick Johnson and Sylvia Perez atop the Sears Tower which houses WLS's transmitter. They cut to Chuck Goudie outside the building; his microphone comes in and out at the outset. He gives information on the suspect: John Fidel Andre Kane, 28, who worked at one po...