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WSNS Channel 44 - "Chicago's Television Sports Center" (Promo, 1974)

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Here's a promo for the sports lineup on WSNS Channel 44, which billed itself back then as "Chicago's Television Sports Center." The week's schedule spotlighted here consisted back then of:

- Boxing from the Forum on Mondays

- Bob Luce Wrestling on Tuesdays

- Boxing from the Olympic on Wednesdays

- Championship Bowling on Thursdays

- Chicago Wrestling on Fridays

- Ou...

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Kayo Chocolate-Flavored Drink (Commercial, 1974)

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Here's a commercial for Kayo Chocolate-Flavored Drink, which could be served either hot or cold. Made with fresh skim milk.

Kayo was famous for being among the prizes won by lucky children who entered into contests held daily on Steve Hart's Popeye on 44 (later to be called Popeye With Steve Hart).

"Spell it K-A-Y-and-O, O, O, O, O!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 4th 1974 during the 3:30pm to 4pm timeframe.

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NBC News Digest - "The Day After Numbers" (1983)

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Here's an NBC News Digest anchored by Chuck Scarborough and sponsored by American Airlines.

Chuck reads the following items:

- Police in Bonn use water-spray laced with tear gas to disperse protesters against planned deployment of U.S. nuclear missiles as German Parliament meets on this issue; over 200 arrested

- Over 100 million Americans are estimated to have seen [ABC Telefilm depicting a nuclear war scenario] The Day After the ...

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WCFC Channel 38 - Fall Praise-A-Thon (Excerpt & Channel Switching, 1983)

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Here's a segment from the Fall Praise-A-Thon on WCFC Channel 38, coming in about 25 seconds into this clip after channel switching.

This starts with channel switching (from cable TV) from an excerpt from Boone episode "Chance of a Lifetime" (which aired on WMAQ Channel 5; featured Barry Corbin and Thomas Byrd) to a "Job Mart" on cable channel with soft rock song (can any music experts here apprise as to what it is?) to a film about computers and mathematics (proba...

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Raisins from California - "Nature's Candy" with Molly Ringwald (Commercial, 1982)

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Here's a commercial for Raisins from California, with a young Molly Ringwald (years before her becoming part of the "Brat Pack" and her breakout starring role in "Pretty in Pink") as a babysitter tending to two young kids - and feeding them raisins while extolling its virtues as an ideal snack.

Ending voiceover by ??

Sponsored by California Raisin Advisory Board.

Trivia Note: Ms. Ringwald's birthday is February 18th - the same day as that of "Lil' ...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Season's Greetings from the Smith Family" (1979)

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(Wish I could have posted this last December, but alas, I often come upon these clips too late. Still, I am sure Dillon Smith's family will enjoy seeing this clip if they haven't for awhile).

Here's a Christmas-themed editorial started off by WMAQ Channel 5's Editorial Director Dillon Smith at the family's home, in which he says he's in no mood to complain about the Mayor, the state of city government and so on, and instead turns over the soapbox on a rotating basis to ...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Criticizing Walter" (1980)

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Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, in which he takes serious issue with WBBM Channel 2 anchor / editorialist Walter Jacobson's "Perspective" of August 7th 1980 (see here for his full comments) for seizing on Nancy Reagan's criticism of Democratic policies which she said were primarily responsible for most blacks being on welfare, and suggesting that she was actually saying most bla...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - WMAQ-TV Editorial - "Beef About It" (1973)

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Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, from early in his run as Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5 regarding the curious Chicago practice of not selling fresh meat after 6pm, nor selling any on Sundays.

From time to time, Mr. Smith would deliver his editorials in locations pertinent to its content and focus - even at this early date, from a local supermarket after 6pm when fresh meat was made empty at store shelves, due to a contract between the supermarkets and the butchers' u...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - WMAQ-TV Editorial - "Sabotaging the RTA" (1973)

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Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, lacing into the Illinois State Legislature's continued failure to come up with legislation to create a Regional Transit Authority for the Chicago area (or as Mr. Smith termed it, "acting with unprecedented irresponsibility").

In the course of the editorial, he names names including House Speaker Robert Blair and Illinois Governor Dan Walker, denounces the political partisanship ("a three-ring clown act...