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WKQX 101 FM - "By The Ear" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1992

Here's a commercial for WKQX 101 FM - "Chicago 101" (now Q101).

You can hear a little snippet of Joel Sebastian, one of their DJs, at the beginning.

Were those the famous "NBC jingle" tones at the end?

"We're out to catch Chicago by the ear."

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, August 7th 1979.

Jewel Food Stores - "Steaks & Apples" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2449

Here is another commercial for Jewel - this one still utilizing the old-style logo.
Based on this commercial shown about 6 weeks later, we can likely conclude that this is when they officially changed it.

Voiceover by Joe Slattery.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 29th 1980.

Mr. Coffee with Joe DiMaggio - "The Delicious Way to Say Merry Christmas" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1527

Here's a Christmas themed version of one of the classic Mr. Coffee commercials featuring baseball hall-of-famer Joe DiMaggio.

They didn't call him Joltin' Joe for nothin' ya know...

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 23rd 1977 during the 7:00pm to 8:00pm timeframe.

WBBS Channel 60 - Lucha Libre (Promo, 1985)

Views: 4148

Here's a promo in Spanish for Lucha Libre (wrestling). Sundays at 12am.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 9th 1985.

WCFL AM 1000 - "Counting The Days" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 3444

Here's another commercial for WCFL AM 1000, this time featuring "Deborah" (Deborah Shelton, then a few years away from appearing in Brian DePalma's film "Body Double" and co-starring in Dallas as Mandy Winger, one of J.R.'s many lovers) who has moderate to severe crazy-eyes syndrome.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 16th 1982.

Empire Carpets - Son of Svengoolie (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 3558

Here is an Empire Carpets commercial from 1984 starring the hilarious talents of Mr. Rich Koz in which he portrays:

Son of Svengoolie
A baseball umpire
Darth Vader
Chico Marx
Harpo Marx
Groucho Marx
Karl Malden

Bubble Fudge With Johnny Bench (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3204

Here's a commercial for Bubble Fudge soft bubble gum from Super Bazooka - featuring Johnny Bench and his nephew Timmy.

Music composed by Michael Small.

"Even if you can't blow bubbles - fudge it."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 14th 1979.

FM 100 - "Flower Power" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 1524

Here's another commercial for WLOO 100.3 FM, the radio station FM 100 - The Music Station.

Features an instrumental version of the Joe Cocker Song "(Love Lift Us) Up Where We Belong"

"Beautiful Music - Above the Noise."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, May 27th 1984.

WIND Talk Radio 56 - "Wake Up With Me" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2358

Here's a commercial for local station WIND Talk Radio 56 (AM 560) featuring Clark Weber.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 9th 1983.