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WBMX "Progressive" FM 103 (Commercial, 1980)
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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...
WMAQ Channel 5 - 5 Cheers Chicago's New Year (Part 4, 1980/1981)
Views: 1095
Back to the festivities at Miomir's Serbian Club at 2255 W. Lawrence, with Warner speaking with a lady, Carole(?) Black, whose birthday is January 1st (her 23rd), who wishes for good health and a good husband; her friend explains that she has a good husband but he's not at the club with her, instead he's in Florida; Warner then gestures Jerry to wish her a happy birthday as well as a happy New Year, and not long after club owner Miomir plants a kiss on the birthday girl (upon which Jerry give...
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Here's the opening moments of the Movie 17 presentation of "Don't Look in the Basement" [reissue title for the 1973 horror film "The Forgotten"] on Superstation WTBS Channel 17 in Atlanta, GA, which aired all over the country via cable and satellite. Includes:
Partial opening Movie 17 title sequence, with voiceover (by ??) announcing film
Opening sequence of film, with reissue title (set in Bolt Bold) and credits some eight minutes into the movie
Dolphin Productions - "Demo Reel" (1978)
Views: 5754
Here's a neat demo reel with a lot of vintage clips from Dolphin Productions, a legendary New York-based production company of the 1970's and early '80's that was one of three such firms in the country to use an early, analogue-based video animation system called "Scanimate." (The others were Image West Ltd. of Hollywood, CA and the company that first invented this process, Computer Image Corp. of Denver, CO; a history of the technology can be seen on
Views: 1817 Here's the ending and break from the Channel 2 Showcase presentation of the 1968 film "Rosemary's Baby," and the (mostly) complete opening titles for The All-Electric Magik Lantern Moving Picture Show on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:
Tail end of ending credits of "Rosemary's Baby," with original 1968 "A Paramount Picture" bumper
Commercial: Sanyo car stereo radio with built-in cassette player - "Brings people together for the better life"
KABC Channel 7 - Eyewitness News (Bumper Promo, 1976)
Views: 6351
Even though it's not from Chicago TV, I thought some here might like to see this quick news bumper promo I found for Eyewitness News on KABC Channel 7 in Los Angeles.
Anchors depicted are (from the left): Chuck Henry, Jerry Dunphy, Christine Lund, and John Hambrick.
Voiceover (most likely) by Dean Webber.
This aired on local Los Angeles TV on Sunday, November 7th 1976.
WTTW Channel 11 - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (Ending, 1983)
Views: 5101
Here's the ending to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood on WTTW Channel 11. This was Episode 1315 which was originally aired in 1973. (first voiceover during the end credits by Marty Robinson)
I love the ending slide with the trolley and episode number - the music that plays during it just takes me back. I probably hadn't heard it in at least 25 years. :-)
Also includes at the end:
WTTW Promo - Luciano Pavarotti: King of the High C's (ending voice...
Long Chevrolet - "Extra Camaros!" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 3464
Here's another one of the original, infamous Long Chevrolet commercials with Timmy the Newsboy shouting "Extra, Extra!" ad infinitum.
"All new cars Acutrac checked!"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, February 9th 1980.
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Thriller Week" (Promo, 1984)
Views: 1709
Here's a promo for "Thriller Week" on the WLS Channel 7 3:00 Movie, advertising the line-up for next week's movies:
Monday, May 14th 1984 - The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (Part 1)
Tuesday, May 15th 1984 - The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (Part 2)
Wednesday, May 16th 1984 - The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (Part 3)
Thursday, May 17th 1984 - The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, the (1975)
Friday, May 18th 1984 - The Night Strangler (1973)
Th...