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WSNS Channel 44 - NHL Hockey Playoffs (Promo, 1977)

Views: 2205

Here's a promo for NHL Stanley Cup Hockey Playoffs on WSNS Channel 44. Music used is a version of "Live and Let Die".

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 17th 1977.

The Day After (Bumper Promo, 1983)

Views: 1807

Here's a quick bumper promo for the ABC Theater telemovie, The Day After, about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States, which aired on Sunday, November 20th 1983.

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV Friday, November 18th 1983.

WBBM Channel 2 - "Nobody Does It Better" (Bumper Promo, 1978)

Views: 2598

Here's a quick bumper promo for WBBM Channel 2's "Nobody Does It Better" news campaign.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, December 18th 1978.

FYI - "Limited Lying" (1983)

Views: 2120

Here is another of the daytime interstitial features that ABC ran during the early eighties between Daytime Soaps - FYI - For Your Information - hosted by Mr. Barney Miller himself, Hal Linden.

They changed the FYI music slightly from the one heard less than a month previously.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 8th 1983.

ABC Tuesday Movie Of The Week (Bumper, 1981)

Views: 2998

Here's a bumper for the ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week.

They used this for a long time in the 70s, right? I'm surprised it was still being used as late as this airing. The movie, which ended after midnight, was "Three on a Date".

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, February 25th 1981.

Activision - "Action Games" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 2200

Here's a commercial for Activision highlighting three action games for the Atari 2600 - Skiing, Tennis, and Dragster.

Available at:

Video Concepts - All Stores
Osco Drugs - All Stores

"We put you in the game."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 1st 1982.

Donkey Kong Jr. - "Help Save Papa!" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2254

Here's a commercial for Donkey Kong Jr. - the video game available on Colecovision and coming soon for Atari 2600 VCS and Intellivision.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 15th 1983. (The Ides of March!)

WLUP - The Loop FM 98 - "Rockin'" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1391

Here is a cool commercial for The Loop FM 98 radio station in Chicago, which is still rockin' 25 years later!

The song featured in this commercial is "Squeeze" by Y&T, from the album Earthshaker.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV in June of 1982.

WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who - "The Armageddon Factor - Part 2" (Opening, 1984)

Views: 3573

Here is the opening for Dr. Who on WTTW Channel 11. This episode was "The Armageddon Factor" (Part 2).

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 8th 1984.