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House of Savings (Commercial, 1979)

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Here's a commercial for House of Savings Inc. (General Insurance Agency), which offers complete auto insurance to people from 16 to 80 years old at substantial savings.

The phone number is easy to follow - and spell, as long as you don't get confused by the dollar signs for the s'... $-A-V-I-N-G-$ (S-A-V-I-N-G-S)

History Note: This company, with the same phone number was previously known as Spelson Insurance Agency, Inc. However, they had changed their phone n...

ON TV (Station Sign-Off, 1981)

Views: 4972

Here's the ending of the ON-TV presentation of the film "Avalanche Express" on WSNS Channel 44, followed by the station sign-off (voiceover by Mal Wyman).

This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, May 21st 1981.

WPWR Channel 60 (Station Sign-On, 1985)

Views: 3148

Here is a station sign-on from WPWR Channel 60 - sorry for the bad quality, but this is the best available right now. Also seems like they forgot to turn the audio up for the first few seconds of the sign-on.

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, May 4th 1985 at 2:30am.

WFLD Channel 32 - M*A*S*H (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 1180

Here's an on-screen station ID during an episode of M*A*S*H on WFLD Channel 32. Probably the most surreal station ID moment ever.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, September 9th 1981.

WMAQ Channel 5 - "V" (Bumper, 1985)

Views: 2570

Here's a bumper for "V" the series, with an onscreen station ID for WMAQ Channel 5. Notice that this one is slightly different and a little shorter than the one without the Station ID.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 8th 1985.

WGN Channel 9 - Station Sign-On (1980)

Views: 8496

Here is a mostly complete Station Sign-On from WGN Channel 9. The National Anthem was cut.

The announcer doing the Station ID at the beginning is Carl Greyson and the voiceover for the Sign-On is Steve Hunter.

Followed by "WGN Television - 24 Hours a Day" ID with "Last Farewell" music (voiceover by Steve Hunter); which in turn is followed by part of opening titles of William Tell (a.k.a. The Adventures of William Tell), a British-produced syndicate...

WKBS Channel 48 - Prayer For Today & Station Sign-Off (1983)

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Here is a Prayer For Today and station sign-off from WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, in February 1983. Notable due to WKBS being a sister station of WFLD; they were both owned by Field Communications.

Prayer For Today given by Reverend John McFadden of the Archdiocese the Philidelphia and is Copyright 1981.

National Anthem played by the Stanford University Band and arranged by Dr. Arthur P. Barnes. Photography by the Sierra Club. (Copyright 1972 or 1973?)

WVON 1390 AM - "We Are Family" (Commercial, 1980)

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This station has a bit of a confusing history, but it now occupies the frequency 1690 AM.

WVON was a "heritage" station to Chicago's black community featuring great Black air personalities like Lucky Cordell, Bruce Brown, Herb Kent "the cool gent", Yvonne Daniels and many others. WVON became well-known outside the Chicago area as well. Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, sent every song he produced immediately to WVON before any other station. Other similar stations ...

FM 100 - "The Music Station" (Commercial, 1984)

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Here is an animated commercial for FM 100 featuring Lionel Richie's "Hello".

"Chicago's only Beautiful Music Station". WLOO FM 100.3

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 2nd 1984.