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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 5pm - "Off-Air Chatter" (Part 2, 1978)
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Here's Part 2 of a complete edition of the Eyewitness News at 5pm on WLS Channel 7. This is from a recording of the studio feed, so there are no commercials - instead we get to see some off-the-cuff moments where the anchors are waiting to go back on the air. Features John Drury, Terry Murphy, Bill Frink, Johnny Mountain, Bob Petty, Hugh Hill, and others.
This part includes Johnny Mountain and John Drury waiting to go back on the air and lightly bantering with each other.
WLS Channel 7 - Saturday Eyewitness News (Opening Segment Excerpt, 1977)
Views: 5486
Here's something really old and rare - the first 4 minutes of the opening segment to the Saturday Eyewitness News from June of 1977! Featuring Bob Petty, Johnny Mountain, and Mike Nolan on sports. Includes:
WLS-TV Chicago Animated Station ID/Movie Promo Bumper (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)
Opening to the Saturday Eyewitness News. (with voiceover by Wayne Atkinson.)
Stories include:
- First test flight of Space Shuttle orbiter dee...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Superfan Slims Down" (1980)
Views: 5037
Here's Tim Weigel's sports report and the ending of the WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 10pm. Includes stories on the Chicago Bulls "Superfan" (Jeff Platt) and his dramatic weight loss in an interview with "Big Al" Al Lerner. (I wonder if Platt was the inspiration for the SNL sketch about "The Superfans" featuring George Wendt, Chris Farley and Robert Smigel?) Other stories include Muhammed Ali stumping for President Jimmy Carter, and Mike Schmidt winning the MVP for the World Series.
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Seven's On Your Side" (Short Promo, 1981)
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Here's a short WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News "Seven's On Your Side" jingle promo sung by Florence Warner and featuring Steve Deschler, Al Lerner, Fahey Flynn, Tim Weigel and Joel Daly.
Produced by Karen Yellen Dillon. (Karen says, "I was the on-air promotion manager at WLS at the time. This was how we promoted Channel 7 when we were 5th place in the ratings and really had nothing else to say. The music...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Extra - "Goodbye, M*A*S*H" (1983)
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Here's a touching Eyewitness News Extra piece on the filming of the final M*A*S*H episode (ironically it was the one that aired the week before the 3 hour finale) - Joel Daly reporting.
By the way, the M*A*S*H finale is still the single highest-rated program in television history. 106 million people in the USA watched the finale that Monday night, with 50.15 million households or 60.2% giving it a Nielsen share of 77%. (This will likely never be topped due to the incre...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Wanda The Weather Bunny" (Commercial, 1971)
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Here's a real blast from the past - the memorable "I'm Wanda your Weather Bunny" commercial (or would you call it a promo?) for Eyewitness News at 6 and 10 on WLS Channel 7 featuring Joel Daly, Bill Frink, John Coleman, and Fahey Flynn.
Features actor Ray MacDowell playing the part of the news anchor in the globe, "H.B. Mendicott".
It's a Sedelmaier! - Joe Sedelmaier produced this, who was the man behind many famous spots including Where's the Beef and th...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Fashion Predictions for the 80s" (1980?)
Views: 1091
Here's an interesting report by Frank Mathie for Eyewitness News regarding predictions for fashions in the 1980s. The report opens with scenes from the recently released "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" which came out in December of 1979.
Features comments by Luciano Franzoni - a designer of men's clothes for Hart, Schaffner and Marx. Then we see the downtown location of Marshall Field's, and comments by Sara Lister, a VP of Fashion Merchandise. Then, we hear from William Zba...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 1, 1979)
Views: 8700
Here is Part 1 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Ending of an ABC Network promo for Family
Preview for upcoming Eyewitness News featuring Joel Daly
Promo for the Thursday, January 11th 1979 edition of AM Chicago featuring Sandi Freeman and Robb Weller
Commercial: A&P
Commercial: La Choy
WLS Eyewitness News bumper promo (voiceover by Al Parker)
Opening o...
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "The Curse Of The Evil Devil Stone" (1980)
Views: 7192
In 1975 Gilbert and Trudy Woods of 226 Hill Avenue in Glen Ellyn, IL. found a strange terra-cotta stone in their backyard - ever since then, weird things have been happening. Another "stone victim", Linda Kliest, has also experienced strange occurrences. Lights are turning on and off unexpectedly. Hepatitis. Bees are filling up houses in the middle of winter. Is the stone cursed? Chuck Goudie gives his investigative report in Part 2 of "Ghosts and Curses" on WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness New...