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The Stock Market Observer (Part 4, 1984)
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Here is Part 4, the final part, of some footage from the WCIU Channel 26 program The Stock Market Observer.
SMO started after March of 1967 and before Monday, August 21, 1967 in black and white. It switched to color in 1974. Until 1995, it aired for 7 hours each weekday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. By late 1995 to 1999, it aired on WCIU Channel 26 from 8:30 AM to 12 Noon, simulcast on low power WFBT Channel 23, which continued until 3:30 PM. In 2000, SMO aired on WFBT Channel 23 fr...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 1981 Chicago Emmy Awards - "Koz & Oher Win Again" (1981)
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Here's an excerpt from The 1981 Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2. This pertains to Category 7(B) - Entertainment Programs: For A Series, and presenters Joan McGrath and Jay Levine (WLS Channel 7) read the nominees as follows:
- Son of Svengoolie - Rich Koz, Host/Performer; Joseph Oher, Producer - WFLD Channel 32
- The New Bible Baffle - Raymond G. MacKillop, Host; Don E. Hancock, Producer - WCFC Channel 38
- Cra...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter 5 at 6pm (Part 1, 1981)
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Here is Part 1 of NewsCenter 5 at 6pm on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring Jim Ruddle and Carol Marin. Includes:
Quick tease of stories including White Sox reaching a contract agreement with Carlton Fisk, State Legislators debate need for financial bailout of RTA.
15,000 Illinois Coal Miners walk off the job - with Tom Korzeniowski reporting. Cecil Hardy (retired coal miner), Daisy Diffy (Widow of William Diffy), and others share their stories about fighting black lung ...
WBBM Channel 2 - A Merry Olde Christmas (Part 1, 1984)
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Here's Part 1 of A Merry Olde Christmas, a look at Christmas celebrations in and around London, England that was hosted by Bob Wallace and aired on WBBM Channel 2. From the original master tape. Includes:
CG opening slate: "A Merry Olde Christmas - Rec. 12/21/84 - P.B. 12/22/84" (set in Serifa Bold, a serif font used by CBS News and its owned stations for lower-third super text on newscasts during this period)
Bob Wallace opening the program by w...
WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 3, 1964)
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Here's Part 3 of a rare edition of the nightly Pulse newscast from WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, transferred from the original 2" quad videotape. This was notable in featuring future Chicago TV legend Jim Ruddle anchoring out of St. Petersburg at various points. This part features Hugh Smith in Tampa. Includes:
- A squabble over wrecker service rates to spill over to City Council hearing this week; Motor Club President Ridgley Jones is interviewe...
WFLA Channel 8 - Channel 8 Reports (Part 4, 1965)
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Here's Part 4 (the final part) of an edition of Channel 8 Reports on WFLA Channel 8 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, anchored by Arch Deal. Also featuring longtime sports director Milt Spencer.
Includes:
Milt Spencer reading the following sports items:
- High school basketball scores (only one of which was played in Tampa), printed on a long sheet and panned down: Brandon 72, King High 58; East Bay 94, Brewster Tech 46; Pasco 64, Plant C...
WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Friday Night Movie - "The Night That Panicked America" (Opening, 1975)
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Here's the opening moments of The ABC Friday Night Movie presentation of the made-for-TV movie "The Night That Panicked America" on WLS Channel 7. This telepic dramatized the behind-the-scenes events regarding Orson Welles' October 30th 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," and the panic that ensued across the nation. Mr. Welles was played in this telepic by Paul Shenar; also featured were Tom Bosley, Vic Morrow, Meredith Baxter, Eileen Brennan...
WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 7, 1978)
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Here's Part 7 (the final part) of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly (joined here by the star of the then-new Battlestar Galactica, Lorne Greene).
This part includes:
Fahey thanking all the early personalities of Channel 7 who were a part of the station's long history; and Joel thanking the station's behind-the scenes crew (directors, pro...
WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Day Report With Jack Taylor (1976)
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Here's a complete edition of the Mid-Day Report with Jack Taylor on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Mid-Day Report bumper and voiceover intro (by Merri Dee)
Jack Taylor reads the following stories:
- All-points bulletin issued in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio for arrest of three men in connection with abduction of 26 California schoolchildren and th...