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WFLD Channel 32 - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service - "Episode Two!" (Opening, 1981)

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Hallelujah! A new (though relatively tiny) example of Nite-Owl on WFLD Channel 32 has been found! A truly rare find, indeed.

In fact, this is the first new "proper" footage of Nite-Owl discovered in about 6 years! (Even a couple tiny bleed-through excerpts were only found as recently as 4 years ago.) And what a clip! This one stands to rewrite the history of when Nite-Owl began, since all evidence before this seemed to point to the starting date as being early Mo...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 1, 1971)

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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the January 2012 2" Quad Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 1 of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace (a fixture of the station from May 1970 to September 1991). Also featuring Michele Clark (who sadly perished in the December 8th 1972 crash ...

WGN Channel 9 - Len Johnson and the News (Part 2, 1965)

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Here's Part 2 (the final part) of an incredibly rare find - an edition of Len Johnson and the News on WGN Channel 9 from 1965! This was a forerunner to their overnight Night Beat newscast that ran from the late-sixties well into the 1980s.

You'll notice that this was during that awkward transition phase from black-and-white to color with most of the broadcast appearing in black-and-white, but then interspersed by random color commercials and a few color slides.

WBBM Channel 2 - The Sunday News (Part 5, 1971)

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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the January 2012 2" Quad Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 5 (the final part) of the early edition of The Sunday News on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bob Wallace. Also featuring Don Ramsell. Includes:

Bob reading or introducing the following items:

- ABC...

72 Hits of the '50's with Jeff Conaway (Record Offer, 1978)

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Here's a record offer commercial for a four-record LP compilation, headlined as 72 Hits of the '50's, with Jeff Conaway from the Broadway production of Grease (before he appeared in the 1978 movie version, and way before landing a supporting role in the TV series Taxi) and Elaine Petricoff. (currently on the faculty of AMDA College)

This set - actually titled The First Authentic 1950's Rock &...