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WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 1, 1978)
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This is a tremendous find - not only do we have another (mostly) complete Chicago Emmy Awards telecast - this one from the 70s - as part of the 20th Anniversary they decided to have a retrospective of the local TV stations! So we get to see some footage, slides and pictures, which apparently at this point in 1978 were not yet thrown out or forgotten by the TV stations. (Some of the clips or bu...
WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 2, 1971)
Views: 1942
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Here's Part 2 of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Also featuring Janet Langhart. Includes:
Bob reading or introducing the following items:
- State Rep. Bernar...
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Someone keeps asking me to post these complete breaks, so here they are.
(NOTE - this clip was originally broadcast in color but was recorded in Black & White)
Here is the ending for The Gong Show and the opening for The Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
Partial end credits to The Gong Show (voiceover by Ron Beattie)
Commercial: WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Superstar Cruiser" - "Chicago's Sound Encounter"
Fi...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 12, 1978)
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Here's Part 12 (the last part - whew!) of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features "Big" Al Meltzer, Mary Gonzalez, Scott Craig, longtime WMAQ Channel 5 staff announcer Ed Grennan and Carl Ebert, and featuring footage with the voice of Greg Gumbel.
Mr. Craig won in the category of "Outstanding Achiev...
Screaming Yellow Theater (Svengoolie) - "Scare Mail With Professor Irwin Corey" (1972)
Views: 2404
Here's a segment from Screaming Yellow Theater - the original Svengoolie, which aired on WFLD Channel 32 from 1970-1973. Svengoolie was played by Jerry G. Bishop.
This Break #3 from an unknown episode number again features "Professor" Irwin Corey - from Mr. Kelly's. He's a comedian who is still around! Check out his website and some other information.
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 1, 1979)
Views: 8700
Here is Part 1 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Ending of an ABC Network promo for Family
Preview for upcoming Eyewitness News featuring Joel Daly
Promo for the Thursday, January 11th 1979 edition of AM Chicago featuring Sandi Freeman and Robb Weller
Commercial: A&P
Commercial: La Choy
WLS Eyewitness News bumper promo (voiceover by Al Parker)
Opening o...
WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Spooky Lottery Hijinx" (1980)
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Here's an excerpt from an episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 where the news story was about a lottery fraud and scandal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that took place on Thursday, April 24th 1980, in which people tampered with and rigged the "Daily Number" game by injecting liquid into the ping-pong balls, in order to weigh them down and produce a desired outcome.
Seen selecting the balls is "senior citizen witness" Violet Lowery (not implicated in the scheme). The m...
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 6, 1978)
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Here's the sixth and final part of an (incomplete) episode of AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Sandi Freeman previewing the next day's edition, including an interview with an author of a new book about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a man who thinks lawyers get paid too much, before going back to Robb Weller at the Ski Show '78 at McCormick Place West which starts at 6:00pm and runs through Sunday; he closes the program by introducing a ski-and-dance routine set t...
Various (Nashville Stations) - "A Flippin' Country Christmas"(1975)
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Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: channel flipping through the dial on Nashville, Tennessee TV (via cable TV) on Christmas Day 1975. Features programming seen on ABC affiliate WNGE (now WKRN) Channel 2, NBC affiliate WSM (now WSMV) Channel 4, CBS affiliate WTVF Channel 5, and PBS affiliate WDCN (now WNPT) Channel 8, at least one or two as yet unidentified stations, plus cable Channel 6 (public access / public notices).
Includes:
Channel 2