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WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - "Destroy All Planets" (Short Promo, 1982)
Views: 1977
Here's something kind of rare - two promos for the same episode of Son of Svengoolie on WFLD Channel 32. This is the short one - designed to air before the day of broadcast. It was for episode number 176 showing the movie, "Destroy All Planets".
This promo aired on local Chicago TV a few seconds before midnight on Friday, November 26th 1982.
WCIU Channel 26 - Hellenic Theater (Part 1, 1978?)
Views: 1690
Here is Part 1 of a segment from Hellenic Theater on WCIU Channel 26.
"If you lived in Chicago and spoke Greek, or had a relative who did you knew who Bobby Papademus was. Bobby was a mainstay of Greek radio in Chicago.
One of WCIU's first independent "ethnic" producers, Bobby entertained Chicago's Greek audience for many years on Sunday nights at 7pm with Hellenic Theater. Mostly a music show with talent from Chicago's many Greek nightclubs, the show was d...
WCIU Channel 26 - Hellenic Theater (Part 2, 1978?)
Views: 616
Here is Part 2 of a segment from Hellenic Theater on WCIU Channel 26.
"If you lived in Chicago and spoke Greek, or had a relative who did you knew who Bobby Papademus was. Bobby was a mainstay of Greek radio in Chicago.
One of WCIU's first independent "ethnic" producers, Bobby entertained Chicago's Greek audience for many years on Sunday nights at 7pm with Hellenic Theater. Mostly a music show with talent from Chicago's many Greek nightclubs, the show was d...
WLS Channel 7 - 13 Queens Blvd. - "For Better or Worse" (Opening, 1979)
Views: 1978
Here's the opening (and first few minutes) of the premiere episode of 13 Queens Blvd., "For Better or Worse," as aired over WLS Channel 7.
This short-lived sitcom - about a diverse group of middle-class residents at a Queens, New York apartment complex, and referred to as 13 Queens Boulevard by both IMDb and Wikipedia
WCIU Channel 26 - Hellenic Theater (Part 3 - Last, 1978?)
Views: 873
Here is Part 3, the last part, of a segment from Hellenic Theater on WCIU Channel 26.
"If you lived in Chicago and spoke Greek, or had a relative who did you knew who Bobby Papademus was. Bobby was a mainstay of Greek radio in Chicago.
One of WCIU's first independent "ethnic" producers, Bobby entertained Chicago's Greek audience for many years on Sunday nights at 7pm with Hellenic Theater. Mostly a music show with talent from Chicago's many Greek nightclubs...
Emergency Broadcast System Test (Tiny Excerpt, 1977)
Views: 4854
Here's a clip that's very short but also very rare. On the 1977 WSNS tape, between the two episodes of Superman there was a quick switch to something that might have been recorded previously - a small excerpt of an Emergency Broadcast System test. You can see the slide used for it and make out a word or two of the announcement "Broadcasters...(in your area, probably)"
Slide says: "Emergency Broadcast System - Official Government Information - Civil Defense Instructions"
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WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour (Bumper, 1979?)
Views: 1977
Here's a short bumper for the Popeye Hour on WFLD Channel 32 Super Cartoon Sunrise. Includes a short music sting of the show's theme song, a jazzy, funky, disco-fied, Hammond B3 organ-heavy instrumental arrangement (with a bank of trumpets at the end) of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here". (anyone know where it came from or who played on it?)
Wouldn't it be awesome if we could find out who the studio musicians were that recorded the music for these bumpers? Anyone out there kn...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Seven's On Your Side" (Short Promo, 1981)
Views: 4914
Here's a short WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News "Seven's On Your Side" jingle promo sung by Florence Warner and featuring Steve Deschler, Al Lerner, Fahey Flynn, Tim Weigel and Joel Daly.
Produced by Karen Yellen Dillon. (Karen says, "I was the on-air promotion manager at WLS at the time. This was how we promoted Channel 7 when we were 5th place in the ratings and really had nothing else to say. The music...
WGN Channel 9 - The Groovie Goolies and Friends (Opening & Break, 1980)
Views: 4588
Here's the opening for The Groovie Goolies and Friends on WGN Channel 9, followed by a commercial break. Includes:
WGN "Last Farewell" animated station ID (voiceover and time check by Bob Bell)
Opening of The Groovie Goolies and Friends (the main show was originally run as part of Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies, which aired on the CBS Network from 1970 to 1971, and then aired on its own from 1971 to 1972); this umbrella also includes Las...