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WMAQ Channel 5 - Princess Grace Funeral (Bumper Promo, 1982)

Views: 2014

Here is a short bumper promo for the funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, between 12 and 1am, on September 18th, 1982.

WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Commercial Break #3, 1981)

Views: 1725

Here's the third commercial break from the ABC Movie Special presentation of "Rudolph and Frosty" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

"Rudolph and Frosty" bumper (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Commercial: Aim Fluoride Toothpaste - "Clinically Proven to Reduce Cavities" - with cheerleading girls (ending voiceover by ??) - (C) 1981 Lever Brothers Company. Features a pre-fame Meg Ryan!

Commercial: McDonald's - "Best Friends" - with two middle sch...

WMBD Channel 31 - "31 Alive NewsCenter Update" (1978)

Views: 4248

Here's a quick NewsCenter update on WMBD-TV Channel 31 in Peoria, Illinois. Stories include:

Two Logan County Sheriff's Deputies are suspended.

Lindsay Gedge continues her series on the relocation of elderly Southtown residents.

Featuring Dan Breinholt.

This aired on local Peoria TV on Wednesday, October 11th 1978. (not Chicago, but close enough)

WLS Channel 7 - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (1978)

Views: 4249

Here's a WLS-TV Chicago, Happy Holidays - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" singing greeting featuring John Drury, Joel Daly, Bill Frink, Dr. Walt Lyons, Frank Sechrist (weekend weatherman) and other WLS staffers of the era. (anyone know any of the names?)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27th 1978.

WLS Channel 7 - "Mount St. Helens" (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 1738

Here's Part 2 of some coverage of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, this time from WLS Channel 7. Jay Levine reporting. Also featuring Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 21st 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - "Mount St. Helens" (Part 1, 1980)

Views: 3222

Here's Part 1 of some coverage of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, this time from WLS Channel 7. Jay Levine reporting. Also featuring Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 21st 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter 5 - "Chicago Primary '79" (Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 3790

Here's a brief excerpt from a NewsCenter 5 broadcast on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring some coverage of the 1979 Chicago Primary. Features Dick Kay, Jim Ruddle, and Gene Randall.

This aired on local Chicago TV in (Spring?) 1979.

WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System - "This is NOT a Test" (1985)

Views: 2802

Here's a pretty spooky clip - transferred from an RCA Quad cart (for playing on model TCR-100 cart machines) loaded with 2" videotape.

A Fuzzy Personal Note: "I grew up at the height of the 2nd great nuclear war scare period (the first being the Cuban Missile Crisis of course), having been chilled to the bone from seeing movies like “The Day After” in 1983 when I was nine years old. So this clip was very fascinating to me, and seems to be a glimpse at what we might ...

WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night (Bumper Promo, 1980)

Views: 1949

Here's a quick bumper promo for the program Friday Night with Jay Levine on WLS Channel 7. The topic this night was "Murder for Hire".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, August 8th 1980.