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WBBM Channel 2 - Station Sign-On, SSB & Meditation (1979)

Views: 5232

Here's a rare sign-on sequence from WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Roughly 6 seconds of EIA RS-189A color bars, followed by 5 seconds of black

"Color Lightning" animated station ID (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Sign-on with same shot of Chicago skyline as on this circa-1978 sign-off (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

National Anthem (a.k.a. "CBS SSB"), with shots of variou...

Hallmark - "The Valentines Store" (Commercial, 1985)

Views: 762

Here's a commercial for the Valentine's Store for Hallmark - offering cards and other gifts for Valentine's Day.

This aired on local Chicago TV in February 1985.

WBBM Channel 2 - Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1979)

Views: 1087

Here's the opening minutes and first commercial break of the CBS Special, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown as aired on WBBM Channel 2.

Includes:

Bumper promo for The Gable Mystique - "Saturday Night at 10:30" (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

CBS Preemption notice for The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (voiceover by Pat Connell)

"A CBS Special Presentation" spinning, animated graphic

Cold open of Be M...

WBBM Channel 2 - Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1981)

Views: 1651

Here's the opening minutes and first commercial break of the CBS Special, Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown as aired on WBBM Channel 2.

Includes:

WBBM-TV News bumper promo for Special Report on "The Heir Apparent of Chicago's Mob - Tonight at 10" (voiceover by John Drummond)

CBS Preemption notice for The Incredible Hulk (voiceover by ??)

"A CBS Special Presentation" spinning, animated graphic

Cold op...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Meditations, Station Sign-Off, & SSB (1981)

Views: 5548

Here's the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Bumper promo for Entertainment Tonight at 4:00pm on Channel 5 (voiceover by ??)

Meditations delivered by Rev. John F. Fahey, St. Clement Church - Produced in Cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago - WMAQ-TV Public Affairs - Pre-recorded - (C) National Broadcasting Company Inc., 1981 All Rights Reserved (The Charles Addams New Yorker cover that Reverend ...

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 2380

Here's the opening of the Family Classics presentation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) on WGN Channel 9. (one of only two times they showed the movie - the other was on 11/23/80)

Hosted by Frazier Thomas.

Preceeded by a "WG - Entertains You" promo for the encore presentation of "Smiley's People" - Monday at 7pm.

The Family Classics

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "My Friend Flicka" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 1910

Here's the opening of the Family Classics presentation of My Friend Flicka (1943) on WGN Channel 9.

Hosted by Frazier Thomas.

Preceeded by a "WG - Entertains You" promo for "At The Movies".

The Family Classics theme song was called "Moviescope" and was a piece of library music composed by Dennis Berry. It was originally released...

WGN Channel 9 - The 1985 Chicago Automobile Show Special (First 10 Minutes, 1985)

Views: 2726

Here's the first 10 minutes of the 1985 Chicago Auto Show special broadcast on WGN Channel 9, hosted by "Uncle Bobby" Bob Collins of WGN-AM 720. Presented by the Chicago Automobile Trade Association.

Includes an introduction given by Frazier Thomas that occurred at the end of that day's Family Classics presentation, where the movie shown was "The Black Swan" (1942).

Can anyone help with identifying the other people that appear in this clip?

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WBBM Channel 2 - Seal of Good Practice, SSB, & Station Sign-Off (1981)

Views: 3040

Here's a more complete sign-off sequence from WBBM Channel 2 (as compared with this circa 1978 sign-off). Includes:

Station ID / promo for The Rockford Files for 4:00pm (voiceover by ??)

Television Code "Seal of Good Practice" notice (the same 1965 design variant as on this 1979 sign-on), followed by approximatel...