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KSTP Channel 5 - Eyewitness News Update With Ron Magers (1979)

Views: 3488

Here's something neat - a pre-WMAQ Ron Magers news update. I didn't know that he worked in Minnesota, but there it is - he worked at KSTP-TV, the ABC (formerly NBC) affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul from 1974 to 1981.

This aired on local Minneapolis - Saint Paul TV on Monday, May 7th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie at Noon - "Six of a Kind" (Tiny Ending Excerpt, 1979)

Views: 1301

Here's a tiny excerpt of another long-lost WFLD movie show bumper, during the ending of a presentation of "Six of a Kind" - the Movie at Noon.

Thanks to Phantom (Chris Tufts) for researching this.

This aired on local Chicago TV roughly sometime in the latter half of 1979.

Woolworth - "Dollar Days" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 2496

Here's a commercial for Woolworth stores advertising their "Dollar Days" with a lady in a carnival barker type getup. Also makes note of Woolworth's 100th Anniversary at the end of the ad (1879-1979).

My Mom used to call Woolworth's a "dime store". The one we specifically used to go to was in Cermak Plaza in Berwyn and a few doors down was "Murphy's" - another dimestore-type place. Anyone remember them?

"Beat inflation, folks!"

This aired on local...

WGN Channel 9 - "Rodan" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 2750

Here is the opening few minutes of the movie "Rodan" on WGN Channel 9, presented as an untitled movie show.

Commercial break is cut out unfortunately (with just a snippet mentioning "Olympia Dodge"), but it does include another vintage WGN Station ID at the beginning - anyone know the voiceover announcer?

I left the first few minutes of the movie before the tape ran out, just for the heck of it. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, Januar...

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Sh-Bombs" (1979)

Views: 1866

Here's an early segment from Son of Sven - "Sh-Bombs" - from episode number 3 featuring the movie "Son of Dracula". (This was Break Number 1)

Directed by Joe Oher.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 30th 1979. (Recorded on Thursday, June 28th 1979!)

WFYR 103 And A Half FM - "Variety" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1611

Here's a quick commercial for the radio station WFYR 103 and a Half FM (103.5).

Voiceover by Dave Martin.

"Variety makes our music better."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 4th 1979.

Lobot, Ugnaught, Lando & Bespin Han Solo By Kenner (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1800

Here's a commercial for the Lobot, Ugnaught, Lando Calrissian, and Bespin Han Solo action figures from the Star Wars Empire Strikes Back collection, by Kenner.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 23rd 1981. (1980 Copyright - Lucasfilm Ltd.)

WFLD Channel 32 - Movie 32 - "Topper Takes A Trip" (Missing Scene, 1971)

Views: 2018

Here's something weird - maybe the technical folks can tell us what happened here. During the opening of the Movie 32 presentation of "Topper Takes a Trip" on WFLD Channel 32 we see the credits stop and suddenly replaced by a number slide with "1596" written in grease pencil, then it goes to black, and then the credits resume.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 28th 1971.

WGN Channel 9 - Season's Greetings - "I Am A Fine Musician" (1979)

Views: 2223

Here is the other Season's Greetings message from "The WGN Family" featuring the cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show that would run during commercial breaks around the holidays. This one has them singing "I Am a Fine Musician". This originated from the third-season episode "The Alan Brady Show Presents" which first aired on the CBS Network on December 18th 1963.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 25th 1979.