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WBMX "Progressive" FM 103 (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4615

Here's a saucy commercial for WBMX - "Progressive" FM 103.

The call letters WBMX (standing for Black Music EXperience), were originally assigned to 102.7 on the FM dial in Oak Park/Chicago Illinois from 1973 to 1988. (That station frequency is now home to R&B station WVAZ - better known as V-103). In 1991, the call letters WBMX were assigned to 98.5 on the FM dial in the Boston area.

Contains some quick clips of the Chicago White Sox.

This aired o...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Doctor Who Movies" (Promos, 1981)

Views: 5426

Here's a promo for the new Sunday lineup on WTTW Channel 11, which included for the first time Doctor Who episodes in the long-form "movie length" format. Previous to this they aired in the original half-hour episodic format only. Includes:

Vintage 1970's PBS ID (slightly cut-off at the end).

Promo for an in-depth profile of Jack Lemmon.

Promo for Dave Allen at Large at a new time.

Promo for Dr. Who - The Sunmakers - in a new forma...

GK Chevrolet Of Downers Grove (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 3985

Here's an extremely low budget commercial for GK Chevrolet in Downers Grove. It looks like someone's Super 8 home movies, and it isn't helped by a technical problem with the audio - the announcer keeps cutting out. Then he seems a bit lost. Finally, the last 15 seconds of the live read feature dead air with a clock plaintively ticking in the background.

GK Chevrolet is now Bill Kay Chevrolet - part of the Bill Kay Automotive Group - still at the same place, 1601 Ogden Avenue...

WTHR Channel 13 - "NBC-Style Station ID" & Promo (1979)

Views: 1356

Here's an animated station ID for WTHR Channel 13 in Indianapolis, Indiana, as in the style of many an NBC affiliate between 1976 and 1979, with a promo for an airing of the 1967 George C. Scott film "The Flim-Flam Man" for August 2nd at 3:30pm.

Voiceover by ??

NOTE: This aired precisely two months to the day after WTHR (which had signed on as WLWI on October 30th 1957, and adopted their current call letters in February 1976 after a change in station mana...

WVTV Channel 18 [Milwaukee, WI] - "Partial EBS Test" (1980)

Views: 2862

Here's a partial test of the Emergency Broadcasting System on an unknown station in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. The person was recording some Woody Woodpecker cartoons and although they cut out the commercials they did decide to record most of the EBS test. It's pretty simple, consisting only of a single, rather discolored slide.

Did they have to traumatize kids by airing these tests during cartoons? It seems like they did the same thing in Chicago too from what I recall....

Kaiser Broadcasting - "Doing Things in a Big Way" (Promotional Sales Film) (Part 1, 1968)

Views: 5731

This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 1 of a neat promotional sales film from Kaiser Broadcasting Company which owned WFLD Channel 32 from 1973 to 1977. This 1968 film, dealt with the company's pre-WFLD early years in operation; at the time of this promo film, Kaiser owned sta...

WBBM Channel 2 - Station ID & Logo (1980)

Views: 3252

Here is a station ID and animated logo from WBBM-TV Channel 2 in Chicago.

This ID aired on WBBM Channel 2 latenight on Tuesday December 9th, 1980.

WPWR Channel 60 - Robotech (Commercial Breaks - Part 1, 1985)

Views: 3009

Here are some commercial breaks from WPWR Channel 60 in Chicago from 1985. Includes:

End of Voltron bumper

Promo for Voltron-Robotech Morning Power Hour

Robotech bumper

Gumby promo

Top Cat promo

Voyagers! promo (Great show!)

Ginsu II Knife set (Classic...)

The Sporting News (with Tom Seaver)

The Wild Onion Theatre Presents The Adventures of Peer Gynt

ON TV - "Rock Rock Rock!" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 1179

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "Rock Rock Rock!".

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, December 17th 1981.