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WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - "Coming This Fall" (Promo, 1978)

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Here's an early promo for WFLD Channel 32's Super Cartoon Sunrise.

Featured cartoon series shown in this "Coming This Fall" promo are Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry, Popeye (the 1933-57 theatrical cartoons), and Fred Flintstone & Friends (a syndicated package of 1970s episodes, not to be confused with the original Flintstones series which was still being run by WGN Channel 9 at this point).

We see, from a brief shot at the star...

WFLD Channel 32 - Afternoon Fun - "Mighty Mouse" (Jingle Bumper, 1981?)

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Here's a neat WFLD Channel 32 Afternoon Fun bumper for Mighty Mouse featuring their memorable jingle - "In Chicago, the Kids Choice is - Channel 32!". This came from a studio tape.

Previous to this we had only seen a tiny snippet of this bumper (although it does appear that in this one a different clip of the Mighty Mouse cartoon was used)

Artwork by Cathy Mustari. (That's right - the...

WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour (Partial Break #2, 1979?)

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Here's a partial commercial break for the Super Cartoon Sunrise Popeye Hour on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending of the Popeye short "The Mighty Navy"

WFLD Super Cartoon Sunrise - Popeye Hour bumper with theme song snippet (a jazzy, funky, disco-fied, Hammond B3 organ-heavy instrumental arrangement (with a bank of trumpets at the end) of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here". (anyone know where it came from or who played on it?)

Commercial: Micronauts ...

KWHY Channel 22 - SelecTV - "WHY Sign-Off?" (1982?)

Views: 3686

Here's a station sign-off for KWHY Channel 22 in Los Angeles - the SelecTV station in the area for the time.

Not sure when this aired exactly - anyone know? The movie preceeding the sign-off was "The Hills Have Eyes".

WFLD Channel 32 - Lunchtime Fun - Underdog (Opening, 1981)

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Here's the opening to Lunchtime Fun featuring Underdog on WFLD Channel 32. This was followed by The Great Space Coaster in this lineup. You can see the graphics were updated to a "lunchtable" from the earlier 1980 version. These graphics would be used for the next 2 or 3 years.

Voiceover by Dr. Don.

This aired on local Chicago TV Tuesday, August 25th 1981.

WFLD Channel 32 - Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple (Break #4, 1984)

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Here is commercial break #4 for the presentation of "Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City" on WFLD Metromedia Channel 32's Afternoon Fun program. This dates to October 1984. (Since this wasn't normally part of the Afternoon Fun lineup, it must have been a special shown around Halloween) (Color fades out in some parts) Includes:

Strawberry Shortcake bumper (And now these messages)

Star Wars Ewok dolls

Bristle Buddies by Playskool

B...

CBS Late Movie Special Presentation - "The Super Fight" (Promo, 1979)

Views: 1155

Here's a promo for "The Super Fight" - a Special Presentation on the CBS Late Movie airing Friday, February 23rd 1979.

Voiceover by Norm Stevens.

"Rocky Marciano Vs. Muhammad Ali"

This promo aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Oh Jeez - Look At The Time..." (Sign-Off, 1988)

Views: 4123

Here is a really brief station sign-off from WFLD Channel 32. We see the ending of a Ma & Pa Kettle movie (Ma & Pa Kettle at Home, based on the cast), Latenight 32 ending (with the circa 1984 Metromedia-era logo), the Fox 32 logo animation, and a quick cut to color bars with date and time. No national anthem or anything - must have been too late. zzzzzzz

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 22nd 1988 @ about 5:10am!

WFLD Channel 32 - News/Sports Wrap With Chet Coppock (Tiny Excerpt, 1972?)

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Here's a very small excerpt of the very tail end of a News/Sports Wrap (try one, they're delicious) with Chet Coppock that aired on WFLD Channel 32. At the time, Mr. Coppock was one of the station's staff announcers (as was Del Clark), as well as sportscaster; only in his early 20's at the time, he went on to a long career in sports broadcasting, and is regarded as one of the fathers of spo...