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Santa's Village with Larry Lujack - "Just a Kid At Heart" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2452

Here's a commercial for The Three Worlds of Santa's Village in Dundee, Illinois featuring legendary radio legend Larry Lujack, the charming and delightful ol' Uncle Lar.

Superjock is wearing a #89 jersey, which likely was a subtle (?) nod to his longtime home station WLS-AM 890 ("The Big 89").

Is there something in this ad that is slightly unsettling?

This aired on local Chicag...

WJPC AM 95 With Sammy Davis, Jr. (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3322

Here's another commercial for a long-gone Chicago radio station - WJPC AM 95 (950 AM) - where Tom Joyner got his start in Chicago. (Along with LaDonna Tittle and BeBe D'Banana)

Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. doing an impression of Humphrey Bogart.

Is that Tom Joyner doing the voiceover at the end?

WJPC was apparently owned by Johnson Publishing Company, who put out Jet and Ebony magazines.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV on Su...

WYEN FM 107 - "Request Radio" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 3214

Here's a commercial for WYEN FM 107 ("Request Radio," licensed to neighboring Des Plaines - and today Spanish-language WPPN, "Amor 106.7"), featuring snippets of such tracks as "No Tell Lover" by Chicago, "Last Time I Saw Him" by Diana Ross, "Forever In Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond, and "Too Much Heaven" by the Bee Gees.

The "Request Radio" slogan referred to the station playing music requested by listeners.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, September 22...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Group W Deal" (1982)

Views: 3017

Here's an editorial on WMAQ Channel 5 with Andy Shaw about Group W's bid for the Chicago cable franchise on the Northwest side, involving Tom King - General Manager of the Merchandise Mart and James O'Keefe - a prominent Loop attorney - and how the deal may violate the law.

Editorial Director: Andy Shaw. General Manager: Monte Newman.

Also includes at the end a WMAQ-TV Station ID slide and PSA bumper with voiceover by Jim Hill.

This aired on local...

Richard J. Daley For Mayor - "Good For Chicago" (Political Ad, 1975)

Views: 2299

Here's something really cool - an original political ad for the re-election of Richard J. Daley held on Tuesday, February 25th 1975.

Boy, after recently reading "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago" by Mike Royko, I don't know if you could say he was all that good for Chicago. But it certainly was a political dynasty the likes of which we will never see aga- oops, never mind.

Paid for by The All-Chicago Citizens Committee to Re-elect Richard J. Daley, Mayor.
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WJPC 95 AM - "The Station All Your Friends Are Listening To" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1035

Here's a commercial for WJPC 95 AM, with celebrity endorsements from Michael Jackson (wearing a London police constable's hat and sporting his first nose job as would be seen on his breakthrough album Off the Wall) and his pet parrot named Ricky, Muhammad Ali, Redd Foxx (with Tom Joyner holding the microphone - and being KO'd by him), the Commodores, Soul Train host Don Cornelius, and Slappy White. Also seen with Joyner at the end are fellow WJPC air personalities Jo Jo Bell Wi...

Family Feud - "The Day After" (Ending, 1983)

Views: 2318

Here is the ending credits to an episode of Family Feud where they give a voiceover promo (by John Causier) for the upcoming ABC Theater telemovie, The Day After, about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States, which aired on Sunday, November 20th 1983.

You can see actress Lori Loughlin here, best known for her role on "Full House" - this was an episode of Family Feud called "Soap Stars and Their Real Life Families Week II".

They sur...

Mayor Jane Byrne - "This City Is Back" (Political Ad, 1983)

Views: 1915

Here's a political ad for Mayor Jane Byrne touting her success in balancing Chicago's budget, hiring more police and firemen, and instituting property tax cuts - in contrast with budget deficits facing New York City, Washington, DC and other major cities. (Alas, all these accomplishments wouldn't be enough to save her job, as before the year was out the Windy City had its first African-American mayor, Harold Washington.)

Voiceover by Alan Bleviss.

Paid for by th...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "ERA for Illinois" (1976)

Views: 885

Here's an Editorial on WMAQ Channel 5 given by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director, on the topic of the E.R.A. (Equal Rights Amendment) and the work being done to ratify it in Illinois. (preceded by a WMAQ-TV station ID slide)

Editorial Voiceovers by Henry Cooke. (thanks to Deb Segal for finally id'ing this other mystery announcer)

Also includes a slide-only bumper commercial for the John G. Shedd Aquarium (hey, is that Dory?) (voiceover by Lorry Young)