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WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #1, 1977)

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Here's a neat early bumper for Star Trek on one of WFLD's sister stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit. They didn't have any voiceovers or music - none of the others during the episode had them either. Star Trek fans were all business. ;-)

Since this aired so early in the year, I'm pretty sure this bumper design was also used in 1976 and maybe since the beginning of WKBD's airing of Star Trek re-runs? In other words, this is likely the very first bumper design in a long his...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Star Spangled Movie - "Adventures of Captain Fabian" (Promo, 1980)

Views: 1148

Here's a promo for the 10-6-80 airing of The Star-Spangled Movie presentation of the 1966 film "Adventures of Captain Fabian" 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 C...

WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #2, 1977)

Views: 2388

Here's another Star Trek bumper from one of WFLD's sister-stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit - this one with a different font for the show name than the first one. The others can be seen here (January 1977) and here (June 1977).

This aired on local Detroit TV on Monday, April 25th 1977. (not Chicago, but still cool)

Emergency Broadcast System Test (Tiny Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 4881

Here's a clip that's very short but also very rare. On the 1977 WSNS tape, between the two episodes of Superman there was a quick switch to something that might have been recorded previously - a small excerpt of an Emergency Broadcast System test. You can see the slide used for it and make out a word or two of the announcement "Broadcasters...(in your area, probably)"

Slide says: "Emergency Broadcast System - Official Government Information - Civil Defense Instructions"
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WLS Channel 7 - Win, Lose or Draw - "Premiere" (Promo, 1987)

Views: 1062

Here's a promo for the upcoming premiere of the syndicated version of the game show Win, Lose or Draw on WLS Channel 7, to premiere on Monday, September 7th at 3pm. Featuring shots of host Bert Convy and such contestants as Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Tony Danza, Loni Anderson, Lynn Redgrave, Jackee Harry, Heidi Bohay, and Betty White.

Voiceover by Ernie Anderson.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, August 20th 1987 during the 10pm to 10:30pm time...

Girls Clubs of America - "Girls Clubs Are Great!" (PSA, 1973)

Views: 1041

Here's a PSA for the Girls Clubs of America, with a female singer/guitarist extolling the virtues of the Girls Clubs, and film footage spotlighting a young gymnast interspersed with clips of one girl looking on as a car engine is being repaired, a stage audition with budding ballerinas, a campfire sing along, and a gathering in a room with a handwritten "DALLAS OR BUST" sign on the wall in one corner.

This was one of many now-iconic PSA's that aired throughout most of the 197...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" (Part 2, 1981)

Views: 3548

Here is Part 2 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Time, Weather, and Sports report given by Merri Dee.

Beginning of a cartoon.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981. @ 7:11am!

WGN Channel 9 - Bozo's Circus - "Frazier's Pledge" (1978)

Views: 2378

Here's a segment from Bozo's Circus on WGN Channel 9, featuring Frazier Thomas reciting an uber-patriotic dissection of the Pledge of Allegiance. (which came from an old Red Skelton record, apparently, as Frazier notes, "on Columbia Records...and Published by Valentine Music").

You can see Red Skelton reciting this piece himself, here.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "Go Out Singing!" (Part 3, 1981)

Views: 4486

Here is Part 3 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Ending of a cartoon

Time, Date, Weather, and Sports report shown

Ray Rayner singing "Mame" with Don Orlando playing the organ.

Time shown

Ray Rayner bumper slate (Merri Dee voiceover)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981. @ 7:18am!