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WJYS Channel 62 - Home Shopping Club (1993)
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Here's some footage from WJYS Channel 62 and their Home Shopping Club. Would this also be considered a sign-on? Their doesn't seem to be any edits in the video but that's how it looks - with static, and then that Video Magic credit before it smoothly transitions into a promo. Any idea?
If anyone is clamoring for more of this footage I could post a few more parts.
Based on what the lady says in the promo near the beginning, this likely aired on local Chicago TV...
WSNS Channel 44 - "Your White Sox Station" (Station ID Slides, 1975)
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Here's a station ID for WSNS Channel 44 advertising itself as "your White Sox network sports station," accompanied by two Sox-related ID slides - the second of which is of pitcher Terry Forster (#51), who played with the Sox from 1971 to 1976.
Voiceover by Mal Wyman.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, June 17th 1975 at 7:45pm.
WTTG Channel 5 - Panorama - News at Noon (Ending Segment, 1978)
Views: 6816
Here's the ending moments of the Panorama - News at Noon on WTTG Channel 5 in Washington, DC. The main anchor was Pat Mitchell (now the president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media), and the "Total Communication News" (for the deaf or hard of hearing) was delivered in a combination of speaking and sign language by Jim (?) Son Of Svengoolie - "Star Trek" (1979)
Views: 654 Here's an early segment from Son of Sven - "Star Trek". I don't understand what happened at the end - it's like it got cut off. Was there supposed to be some other joke or a "To Be Continued..." sign? I wonder if this is an unfinished take of the sketch.
No shouting a la Garrett Morris on the early "Weekend Update" segments of Saturday Night Live, alas. It is a nice companion to
Not sure what episode this was from but based on the fact that Star Trek: The Motion Picture came out in 1979, I figure it's an early one.
This aired on local Chicago TV on a Saturday in the latter half of 1979.
The Don Ferris "Sampler" (1977-1991)
Views: 3759
Here's a compilation I created of some of the fine work of Don Ferris, announcer emeritus for WSNS TV-44 and WTTW Channel 11. I am going to present this to him today when we meet for the first time! (more on that later) Includes:
Fan-made Museum of Classic Chicago Television "Station ID" (Created by (and voiceover by) Roger Berton with audio edit by Rick Klein)
Ending excerpt of the WSNS Channel 44 Saturday All Night Movies presentation of Magical Myste...
WSNS Channel 44 - Fútbol (On-Screen Station ID, 1986)
Views: 1807
Here's an on-screen station ID for WSNS Channel 44 during a broadcast of Futbol (Soccer - not sure what match it is - World Cup?). I thought it was interesting that they're using the same station ID as long before the Spanish transition.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, June 5th 1986.
Continental Bank - "Signs" (Commercial, 1978)
Views: 734
Here's a commercial for Continental Bank, with a sign maker flanked by many signs advertising Continental's Automatic Banking Card and 24-hour Automatic Banking Center services. Features the animated mascot "Connie the Kangaroo" at the end.
"You'll never be more than a few minutes away from your money, or...my signs."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 7th 1978.
KMIR Channels 6 & 36 - Station ID (1986)
Views: 2252
Not from Chicago, but still of interest - here's a station ID for KMIR Channels 6 and 36 in Palm Springs, California, affiliated then as now with NBC. (Channel 36 is the main channel, Channel 6 was its cable TV dial position; the '6' ID remained part of their logo up until the end of 2013.)
Voiceover by ??
"Your NBC station, serving all the communities of the magnificent desert empire."
This aired on local Palm Springs TV on Tuesday, June 2...
WTTW Channel 11 - "Station ID Kids' 2 Pack" (1983)
Views: 1867
Here are a couple kid-themed Station IDs for WTTW Channel 11.
These both aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 18th 1983.