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WTTW Channel 11 - Promos & Dr. Who Open (1984)

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Here are some promos and the opening for Dr. Who from WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago. Includes:

WTTW Promo for "You'll Never Get Rich" (Marty Robinson announcing) - Incomplete

WTTW Promo for "The Deadly Affair" (Not sure who the announcer is)

Thomson Vacations underwriting announcement by Marty Robinson

WTTW 11 Station ID - "Earnest"

Introduction to Dr. Who by Marty Robinson: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It drop...

The Keane Brothers (Commercial, 1977)

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Here's a commercial for the eponymous debut album by the "Hanson" of their day - The Keane Brothers. (Tom and John) On 20th Century Records and Tapes. Produced by the legendary David Foster.

The second song in this isn't half bad - has a real mellow 70s vibe to it. Tom wrote their own songs from what I've googled. Oh - wow, I guess that song was written for and about Amy Carter. It's called Amy (Show The World You're There).

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WFMT 98.7 FM - "The Big Snow" (Excerpts, 1967)

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50 Years Ago Today!!!

Here's a rare radio aircheck from "Chicago's Fine Arts Station," WFMT 98.7 FM, on the morning of the infamous Blizzard of '67. This features Jim Unrath, Marty Robinson (one of the main off-camera announcers, and on-air personalities during pledge drives, for WTTW Channel 11 for many years), and Norm Pellegrini. Includes:

Jim Unrath starting off this clip by signing on the station - and mentioning this was to have been the 211th anni...

WFLD Channel 32 - Weather Alert (1978?)

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Here's an emergency weather alert from WFLD Channel 32, advising of "severe snowstorms and travelers advisories."

Notice at the end, the Kaiser-era "32" logo, plus the use of various weights of the Avant Garde typeface, that typified the station's "look" within its 1973-77 interregnum under Kaiser Broadcasting ownership, plus the first year or so after Field Communications reasserted control.

The music that opened this segment and was heard throughout this aler...

WGN Channel 9 - The WGN 8:00 Movie - "A Hard Day's Night" (Opening, 1977)

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Here's the opening of The WGN 8:00 Movie presentation of "A Hard Day's Night" featuring the Beatles, on WGN Channel 9. Also includes a "Last Farewell" animated WGN station ID at the beginning, and a snippet of the beginning of an Imperial margarine ad at the end (voiceover by Peter Thomas).

The opening graphics seen here are the same as those in

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