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WTTW Channel 11 - Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler - "When The Earth Is Farthest From The Sun" (1987)

Views: 4643

Here's a segment of Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler as aired on WTTW Channel 11, in honor of Jack, who passed away at the age of 72 this past Friday. Also includes two WTTW Station IDs before and after the segment. This one was from the week of Monday, June 29th through Sunday, July 5th 1987.

"Keep Looking Up!"

Opening and closing voiceover by Big Wilson.

Theme music: "Arabesque No. 1" by Tomita (from his 1974 album Snowflakes Are Dancing)....

SelecTV - "Short Subject, Previews & IDs" (1981?)

Views: 4313

Here is some footage from Milwaukee's version of ON TV and Spectrum - SelecTV. It aired over WCGV Channel 24. Includes:

Short Subject opening (I edited the short out because it ran 20 minutes)

"Next" SelecTV bumper followed by preview for "Stone Cold Dead"

"Coming Soon" SelecTV bumper followed by preview for "Bruce Lee Film Festival"

SelecTV station ID for WCGV-TV Channel 24 Milwaukee

Brief Intermission - Please Stand...

WKBS Channel 48 - Prayer For Today & Station Sign-Off (1983)

Views: 8279

Here is a Prayer For Today and station sign-off from WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, in February 1983. Notable due to WKBS being a sister station of WFLD; they were both owned by Field Communications.

Prayer For Today given by Reverend John McFadden of the Archdiocese the Philidelphia and is Copyright 1981.

National Anthem played by the Stanford University Band and arranged by Dr. Arthur P. Barnes. Photography by the Sierra Club. (Copyright 1972 or 1973?)

WBBM Channel 2 - Partial Anthem, Sign-Off, & Bars (1978)

Views: 9909

Here's a clip that's pretty rare - Includes the ending of the National Anthem (recording starts late for some reason), the Station Sign-Off (with voiceover by Jerry Harper), about 24 seconds of black, and then color bars on WBBM Channel 2. Watch during the color bars for a on-screen ID and voiceover. (different announcer)

Also includes a cool "color-lightning" station ID animation before the color bars. (Voiceover by?)

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1978. ...

WLS Channel 7 - Sunday Night Movie - "The Burglars" (Opening, 1980)

Views: 2225

Here's the opening to the Sunday Night Movie presentation of "The Burglars" on WLS Channel 7. We can see it uses the same swirling-star motif as used on the 3:30 Movie and Late Night Movie shows of the period.

Previous to this we had only seen a small snip...

WFLD Channel 32 - Ending of Oral Roberts And You, Thought For Today & Station Sign-Off (1979)

Views: 4371

Here's another rarity from late 1970's Local TV land - the ending of Oral Roberts And You, followed by the Thought For Today and station sign-off for WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending moments of Oral Roberts and You, with closing credits:

Producer - Ron Smith
Associate Producer - Chris Miller
Director - Matt Connolly, Jr.
Assistant to the Producer - Peggy George
Art Director - Fred Luff
Choral(?) and Stagin...

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

Views: 2379

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)

Andre Champagne & Cold Duck - "Greet The Season" (Commercial, 1976)

Views: 4474

Here's an even earlier variation of the Christmas Andre Champagne commercial - this one also including Cold Duck for your sparkling holiday drinking. Differs a bit from the 1979 and 1983 commercials.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, December 6th 1976! (not Chicago, but close enough)

Field Communications - "Old Style Chicago" - A FuzzyMemories Re-Creation (Station ID, 1978)

Views: 1816

Here is a (slight) re-creation of the vintage Chicago Field Communications ID (pre-1979) from before they came out with their animated one. I believe this was the original Field ID style. Note the weird electronic music.

I used the original video of the ID from the San Francisco version, which was recorded in 1978, along with the audio from