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WFLD Channel 32 - Spiderman (Commercial Break #2, 1983)

Views: 4343

Here is Commercial Break #2 from an airing of Spiderman on WFLD Channel 32. (quality is pretty poor, but it's the best we have) Includes:

WFLD Spiderman bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don)

Mousercise record offer (posted here in better quality)

WFLD Sox Vs. Indians promo (voiceover by Jim Barton)

WFLD Spiderman return bumper (voiceover by Dr. Don)

This ...

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WTTW Channel 11 - "Show Ending, Promo & Start of News" (1974)

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Here's a tiny snippet of the end of "Made in Chicago" (the predecessor to Soundstage) followed by a promo for Evening at Pops with the Carpenters (main voiceover by longtime WGBH Boston staff announcer William Pierce) (ending voiceover by Bob Longbons) and then a couple seconds of the beginning of the National Newswatch break. (voiceover by Bob Longbons)

Note: This was originally broadcast in color, but captured on this early home videotape recording in black and whi...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - The Fugitive - "Ballad For A Ghost" (Commercial Break, 1978)

Views: 1929

Here is a complete commercial break from an airing of The Fugitive on WMAQ Channel 5 (the episode was "Ballad for a Ghost"). Includes:

WBBM-FM 96 - "The Mellow Sound Of Chicago"

Welcome Chevrolet - "Monte Carlo Madness" (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Spelson Insurance Agency

Best Interiors (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

"National Foundation March of Dimes Metro. Chicago" bumper slide PSA (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
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The Amazing Pan (Commercial Offer, 1980)

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Here's a commercial offer for The Amazing Gourmet Magic Pan.

Main voiceover by Les Marshak. Ending voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 4th 1980.

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WLS Channel 7 - 30th Anniversary Special (Part 5, 1978)

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Here's Part 5 of WLS Channel 7's 30th Anniversary Special, broadcast from Chicago's Park West and hosted by Eyewitness News anchors Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly, with a little assist in this part from Battlestar Galactica star Lorne Greene.

Includes:

Fahey opening this segment with the words "From the past to the present and on to the future," as part of his and Joel's intro of Lorne Greene who presides over a sneak preview of ABC's coming seaso...

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Channel 6 (Nashville) - "A Primitive Weather Channel Christmas" (Excerpt, 1975)

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Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: a weird oddity - an excerpt from cable Channel 6 in Nashville, Tennessee (broadcasting in black and white), with what amounts to a primitive version of The Weather Channel, with readings of Wind Direction, Wind Velocity, Barometric Pressure, Temperature, Time, and Current Speed in MPH (just kidding). Plus, it includes a (literal) community bulletin board (including, at one point, a notice for town carolers). All this with a hypnotic, end...

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WGN Channel 9 - I Dream of Jeannie - "Who Are You Calling a Genie?" (Commercial Break, 1980)

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Here's a commercial break from a repeat of the I Dream of Jeannie episode "Who Are You Calling a Genie?" (originally aired on the NBC Network on November 7th 1967) on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Commercial: Starburst Fruit Chews - "A Burst of Refreshing Fruit Flavor" (including orange, lime, strawberry and lemon - "Naturally and Artificially Flavored")

Commercial: Star Wars Imperial Troop Transporter by Kenner (voiceover by Norman Rose)

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WFLD Channel 32 - Ending of Oral Roberts And You, Thought For Today & Station Sign-Off (1979)

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Here's another rarity from late 1970's Local TV land - the ending of Oral Roberts And You, followed by the Thought For Today and station sign-off for WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending moments of Oral Roberts and You, with closing credits:

Producer - Ron Smith
Associate Producer - Chris Miller
Director - Matt Connolly, Jr.
Assistant to the Producer - Peggy George
Art Director - Fred Luff
Choral(?) and Stagin...

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WNBQ Channel 5 - The Dorsey Connors Show (Part 2, 1963)

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Here's Part 2 (the final part) of an edition of The Dorsey Connors Show on WNBQ Channel 5 (which, like most shows of this period, is only available via 16mm kinescope film). Ms. Connors, who died on September 5th 2007, was a fixture on Chicago radio and television in the early years of the latter medium, with a daytime program that was along the lines of shows such as that of Lee Phillip on WBBM Channel 2. But whereas Ms. Phillip continually remade herself (and in the process, remain...