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WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News at Six - "Dracula on the Radio" (1976)

Views: 1915

Here's an excerpt of an edition of Channel 2 News at Six on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson.

This clip starts off with Walter introducing a report by Bob Wallace about a new radio production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" by the All-Media Dramatic Workshop (known after 1978 as the National Radio Theater; they disbanded in 1987).

The program aired on WFMT 98.7 FM the next evening (Tuesday, October 19th) at 10:30pm and again on Thursd...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Cubs Clinch" (Segments, 1984)

Views: 5705

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.

McDonald's - "The Official Super Bowl XII Poster" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1202

Here's a commercial for McDonald's offering the official NFL Super Bowl XII poster - for those who purchase a Quarter Pounder and medium or large Coca-Cola. Only at participating McDonald's, while supplies last.

Voiceover by Joel Cory.

"Maybe you can't go to the Super Bowl, but you can go to McDonald's and get the Official Super Bowl Poster."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 18th 1978. (Copyright McDonald's Corp. 1977)

WGN Channel 9 - Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Ending & Commercial Break, 1978)

Views: 1813

Here's a neat little nugget - the ending of an episode of Star Trek on WGN Channel 9. Years before the show came to WFLD. Wish I could find someone who taped more of these. :-) Includes:

Ending of Star Trek - "Spock's Brain" (Season 3, Episode 1 - originally aired on the NBC Network, and thus in Chicago via WMAQ Channel 5, on September 20th 1968)

Commercial: Rice-a-Roni - "The San Francisco Treat!" (Featuring the little toy trolley and th...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Star Spangled Movie - "Dimension 5" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 1384

Here's a promo for the 10-13-80 airing of the Star-Spangled Movie presentation of the 1966 film "Dimension 5" on WSNS TV-44. Previous to this we saw a few other glimpses of this bumper movie show - maybe it always aired at 3:30pm on weekdays? Could this help definitively date those other clips?

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV the second we...

Hot Fudge Show (Part 3, 1974)

Views: 1946

Here's Part 3 of an episode of the Hot Fudge Show - which was produced in Detroit but also aired all over the country, including Chicago on WFLD, WSNS, and WLS, at various times during the 70's and early 80's.

This segment features another sketch with Arte Johnson and the Mitts and the Hot Fudge Newsreel Show featuring a visit to a paper-making plant.

Despite what the IMDB entry and Wikipedia entries say, the show began in 1974, as this episode is from that year ...

NBC Network - "Proud As A Peacock" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 2310

Here's a neat promo for the NBC Network with their "NBC Proud as a Peacock" jingle. Features clips from:

B.J. and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo, Harper Valley PTA, Diff'rent Strokes, CHiPS, Here's Boomer, Real People, Speak Up America (?), The Thursday Games, Sanford and Son, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Hill Street Blues, Little House on the Prairie, The Wonderful World of Disney, B.J. and the Bear, Quincy, and The Facts of Life.

I know I missed a couple so if you...

WKBS Channel 48 - The $50,000 Pyramid (Break #1, 1981)

Views: 2641

Here are a couple items from the Field Communications station WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia which shut down in 1983. This aired during a broadcast of the $50,000 Pyramid game show with Dick Clark. Includes:

A movie promo for Farewell to the Planet of the Apes - More Movie - Fewer Commercials!

Local commercial for automotive and electronics training at Pennco Tech of Pennsauken, New Jersey.

This aired on local Philadelphia TV on Thursday, Februa...

WTVO Channel 17 - "Snow Scene" (Station ID Slide, 1976)

Views: 4138

Here's a rare Station ID and slide from WTVO Channel 17.

Voiceover by Bob Kevern.

"Bob was the weather man and did most of the booth announcing. Bob also introduced the weather window, with shots of citizens waving at the camera. Bruce Richardson anchored the news and was a wonderful person. Bob Lewis did the sports and had a loose casual style. If Ernie Banks dropped in - he was on the air. Those were good times." - Ted Schwandt

This aired on l...