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Hooray for Reading - "Life on a Plastic Planet?" (#7, 1979)
Views: 1335
Here is the seventh in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.
These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.
This one is based on the book "Is There Lif...
Hooray for Reading - "Morris Brookside, a Dog" (#8, 1979)
Views: 466
Here is the eighth in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons.
These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.
This one is based on the book "Morris Brooks...
Hooray for Reading - "Bad Times of Irma Baumlein" (#9, 1979)
Views: 1247
Here is the ninth in a series of ten, minute-long shorts (or interstitials as they are sometimes known) created by Field Communications for children called Hooray for Reading. These would air during the commercial breaks on kid's shows and cartoons. (Sorry, I don't have the 10th and final one)
These featured kids briefly doing some other activity besides reading (the "hook") and then describing a book they like using a brief dramatization of a part in the story.
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WGN Radio 720 - "We've Got Chicago Talking" (Commercial, 1980)
Views: 4662
Here's a commercial for WGN Radio AM 720 - featuring some little snippets of Wally Phillips' program.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, May 19th 1980.
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Cubs Clinch" (Segments, 1984)
Views: 5690
Here are some segments from Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7 from the night the Cubs clinched the NL East division title with a 4-1 win in Pittsburgh. Featuring Mike Adamle, Tim Weigel, Jim Frey, Dallas Green, Joel Daly at Murphy's Bleachers bar, Cubs fans Dick O'Connor and Larry Wilson, Jay Levine, and Jerry Pritikin, the "Voodoo Man".
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 24th 1984.
WLS Channel 7 - Freaky Films (Intro & Promo, 1971)
Views: 2360
Here's an especially rare Halloween Treat for 2012!
Here is the intro to, and a promo for, Freaky Films (a.k.a. [at least according to one source] Freaky Film of the Week), a short-lived horror movie showcase that aired Saturdays on WLS Channel 7 from April 10th 1971 to September 11th 1971 (ending 30 years to the day before that other 9/11).
Both films start off with a brief title card of the logo of the company that processed it (Metr...
WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Madhouse" (Promo, 1984)
Views: 1714
Here's a promo for Son of Svengoolie Episode #237, airing the movie, "Madhouse" [1974] on WFLD Channel 32. Features Sven playing up the fact that the film stars Vincent Price, since he was still hot from his vocal appearance on Michael Jackson's album Thriller, snippets of which we hear during the promo.
This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 26th 1984 during the 5:00pm to 5:30pm timeframe.
Field Communications - Internal Sales Tape (Part 2, 1980)
Views: 5367
Here is Part 2, the final part, of an excellent time capsule of the five Field Communications family of independent television stations. Field Communications was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Field Enterprises - which at one time owned the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. Chock full of vintage station id's, bumpers, slides, logos, jingles, promos, you name it!
This presentation includes: ratings and audience share summaries, mention of Field Spot Sales joining forces with The Katz...
WYEN FM 107 - "Request Radio" (Commercial, 1979)
Views: 3214
Here's a commercial for WYEN FM 107 ("Request Radio," licensed to neighboring Des Plaines - and today Spanish-language WPPN, "Amor 106.7"), featuring snippets of such tracks as "No Tell Lover" by Chicago, "Last Time I Saw Him" by Diana Ross, "Forever In Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond, and "Too Much Heaven" by the Bee Gees.
The "Request Radio" slogan referred to the station playing music requested by listeners.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 22...