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WGN Radio 720 - "We've Got Chicago Talking" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4661

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.

WBMX FM 103 - "Tuned Into You..." (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 870

Here's a brief commercial (cut off slightly at the end) for WBMX FM 103, which is now playing 20 minutes of commercial-free, uninterrupted music every hour.

"WBMX...tuned into you so you'll tune into us."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, October 19th 1978.

Bert Weinman Ford with Linn Burton (Commercial, 1986)

Views: 1381

Here is a later commercial for Bert Weinman Ford (incomplete) which dates to 1986. Starring Linn Burton - for certain - he was the guy famous for saying the address - 3535 North Ashland Avenue in Chicago.

WRCK FM 95 - "WRoCK" (Commercial #2, 1980)

Views: 2107

Here's the 10-second, shorter version of a commercial for WRCK (WROCK) FM 95 - "Chicago's Rock Hits!". Short, like the lifespan for WRCK-FM, which only lasted from May 22, 1980 through December 1980.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 7th 1980. (C) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

WRCK FM 95 - "WRoCK" (Commercial #1, 1980)

Views: 1167

Here's the longer, 20-second version of a commercial for WRCK (WROCK) FM 95 - "Chicago's Rock Hits!". Short, like the lifespan for WRCK-FM, which only lasted from May 22, 1980 through December 1980.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July 1st 1980. (C) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 Showcase - "Rosemary's Baby" (Ending Bumper, 1979)

Views: 1910

Here's the ending title bumper for the Channel 2 Showcase presentation of the 1968 film "Rosemary's Baby" on WBBM Channel 2. Heard over the music towards the end is a promo for an upcoming repeat of the public-affairs show Newsmakers with Walter Jacobson (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

The theme music for this filmed bumper was "Race With The Devil" by Chris Gunning, from th...

WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System - "This is NOT a Test" (1985)

Views: 2803

Here's a pretty spooky clip - transferred from an RCA Quad cart (for playing on model TCR-100 cart machines) loaded with 2" videotape.

A Fuzzy Personal Note: "I grew up at the height of the 2nd great nuclear war scare period (the first being the Cuban Missile Crisis of course), having been chilled to the bone from seeing movies like “The Day After” in 1983 when I was nine years old. So this clip was very fascinating to me, and seems to be a glimpse at what we might ...

Chard�n Jeans With Larry Bird (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1424

Here's a commercial for Chard�n Jeans (or Fashions or whatever they were) which features NBA-great Larry Bird. Featuring some neat arcade shots - one I could make out was Berzerk.

Available at Foyers. (??)

"I beg your Chard�n..."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, August 28th 1981.

Schaumburg Datsun - "We Want Your Business" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1872

Here's a commercial for Schaumburg Datsun at 910 West Golf Road in Schaumburg, eager to prove how serious they want your business by offering $3,154 for the Datsun B-210 Honeybee and free air conditioning on any Datsun 810.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, April 30th 1978.