Search Results

The Alcoholism Center Featuring Levar Burton (PSA, 1980)

Views: 2126

Here is a public service announcement from The Alcoholism Center featuring Levar Burton where he addresses the issue of teen drinking problems.

What is that footage of the girl on the beach? From some movie-of-the-week?

The Alcoholism Center
55 East Jackson - Suite 1080
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 663-0610

This aired on local Chicago TV the last week of July 1980.

Vet Center (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1420

Here's a commercial for the Vet Center - a place where Vietnam Veterans can come for understanding and comradery.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 14th 1981.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 10pm - "Gas Crunch" (Partial Commercial Break & News Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 1195

Here's a partial commercial break and partial NewsCenter5 special report on the gas crunch and efforts to spur conservation, as aired on WMAQ Channel 5. With anchor Jim Ruddle and correspondent Roberta Baskin. Includes:

Incomplete, partial commercial for WLAK 94 FM Stereo, with a theme of 94 being everywhere - including at the Chicago Board of Trade, the price of a fur coat, and a Chicago Bulls score

Jim Ruddle reads a news item about California Governor...

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 (Partial Promo, 1979)

Views: 3728

Here is a partial promo for NewsCenter 5 at 11:30am on WMAQ Channel 5 with Jorie Lueloff.

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1979.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "What Can Chicago Expect From Maury Povich?" (Long Promos, 1976-77)

Views: 1224

Here's a series of long promos (edited together here) created for the upcoming arrival of Maury Povich at WMAQ Channel 5, where he would co-anchor the 4:30pm and 6pm editions of NewsCenter5 with Ron Hunter.

There are four segments in general, each one featuring (in order of appearance): Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minnesota), Rep. Morris Udall (D-Arizona), Congressman Philip Crane (R-Illinois), and Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, all giving testimonials about wha...

Fair Housing Center - "Get What You Want" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 785

Here's a commercial for the Fair Housing Center of Home Investments Fund (HIF) - featuring some not so great singing.

This aired on local Chicago TV in the Summer of 1980.

Computer Learning Center - "In The 80's" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 1803

Here's a commercial for Computer Learning Center of Chicago.

"An Educational Service of Airco".

This aired on local Chicago TV a few days before Saturday, February 12th 1983.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 4:30 (Promo, 1980)

Views: 3977

Here's a promo for NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 on WMAQ Channel 5. Featuring Chuck Henry, Jorie Lueloff, Russ Ewing, Dick Kay, Dr. Barry Kaufman, Terry Savage, Bonnie Haynes (?), and Jerry Taft.

Voiceover by ??

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 26th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 4:30pm - "Ugly Face Contest Winner" (1982)

Views: 1248

Here's a NewsCenter5 report (one of "Barry's People?) from Barry Bernson on WMAQ Channel 5 about the winner of the National Enquirer's annual "Ugly Face Contest" (first prize: $500 plus a trip to Las Vegas for an appearance on The Mike Douglas Entertainment Hour), 37-year-old Geneva Winters of Carpentersville, IL (population: 23,300). A cover of a recent National Enquirer issue (with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers of Hart to Hart on the cover, following the dea...