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WHEN Channel 5 - Channel 5 Morning Report with Mike Leiderman - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1971?)
Views: 1034
Transferred direct from Quad 2" tape, and not from Chicago itself, but Chicago-related, as this features Mike Leiderman who would go on to become a fixture both in front of and behind the camera in Chicago television (mainly at WMAQ Channel 5 and WFLD Channel 32).
This was from the days when he was an anchor at CBS affiliate WHEN Channel 5 (now WTVH) in Syracuse, NY. It is one of the four-minute Channel 5 Morning Reports he anchored at 8:55am and 9:55am (ET). On this p...
WCIU Channel 26 - The Dennis Green Show (Part 4 - Last, 1982)
Views: 1395
Here is Part 4, the last part, of a (mostly complete) episode of The Dennis Green Show on WCIU Channel 26. Dennis Green was the coach of the Northwestern Wildcats - the college football team of Northwestern University. Co-hosted by Duane Dow - voice of the Wildcats.
Featuring, among others, Coach Francis Peay (at that time an assistant coach) who was head football coach at Northwestern University from 1986 to 1991.
Also includes commercials for Old Style beer a...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 4, 1978)
Views: 719
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Here's Part 4 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features Don Craig, Naurice Roberts, Harry Porterfield, Gail Sikevitz and Jim Ruddle, photos of Clifton and Frayn Utley, Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison, "Kukla" and "Ollie," and archive footage of Dave Garroway, Wayne King, Johnny Erp, Fred Thomas, Keith Klein, Jane Pauley, a...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 1, 1979)
Views: 2410
Here's Part 1 of a special expanded edition of Eyewitness News at 10pm with Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly on WLS Channel 7, dealing almost entirely with the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 at O'Hare Field, the worst air disaster in U.S. history. Featuring Jim Gibbons and Hugh Hill. Includes:
WLS Eyewitness News bumper promo - "Chicago's #1 News Team" - different from the one on this clip from...
Prospect Federal Savings - "Mining for Check$avers" (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 1032
Here's a commercial for Prospect Federal Savings, with a gold prospector describing the bank's "Check$aver" N.O.W. account (which pays 5-1/4% interest compounded daily and is insured to $100,000) as he's looking for gold in the lake.
What's the deal with banks and prospectors back then?
Prospect Federal was located at 555 East Butterfield Road (across from Yorktown Mall) in Lombard, and tw...
WCLR 102 FM - "Movin' Easy" (Commercial, 1983)
Views: 2623
Here is a commercial for WCLR 102 FM in Chicago. (Now 101.9 WTMX - The Mix)
Views: 585 Here's another commercial for 1st Metropolitan Builders, featuring legendary actor (and former Rat Packer) Peter Lawford explaining how aluminum siding on the outside of a home is not only attractive but also saves money on heating in the winter and cooling in the summer, enhances a home's resale value, and is easy to maintain.
Movin' Easy with Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Barry Manilow, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Radar Weather (I love their first album!), Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick, Concise News, Neil Diamond, The Beatles, Clear Traffic Watch (sell outs), Frank Sinatra, and Chicago.
Voiceover by Dave Martin, who before this had also worked at WCFL and voiced
Another commercial with Mr. Lawford can be seen here.
Ending voi...
McDonald's - "Play and Win" (Commercial, 1982)
Views: 2074
Here's another commercial for McDonald's promoting their Atari "Scratch & Win" cards, with dramatized examples of past winners: the Baldwin family (presumably not including Alec or Billy) with an Atari home computer center (playing video games on the TV screen); Mike Jr. teaching his dad how to use the Atari 800 home computer; and the Murray family playing and winning an Atari home video game. Must be 13 or older to play. Expires October 22nd 1982 - or as long as supplies last. Void where...
GK Chevrolet Of Downers Grove (Commercial, 1977)
Views: 3991
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...