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Rock of Ages 10th Anniversary Tribute (1979)
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Here is a video tribute to the long-running WCIU Channel 26 program "Rock of Ages" in honor of its 10th Anniversary. Features still pictures, clips and music from the program's history.
"Rock of Ages was a gospel music show hosted by Isabel Joseph Johnson. Isabel also hosted a similarly named show on Sunday mornings on WVON-AM. Both shows featured local talent from churches all around Chicago. Rock of Ages, it it's original format, was a live 90 minute show with the firs...
WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! (Part 6, 1979)
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Here's Part 6 (the final part) of the controversial Academy Award-winning documentary Scared Straight! (hosted and narrated by Peter Falk) as aired on WFLD Channel 32. This was from an "encore presentation." Includes:
Scared Straight! zooming title bumper, with shot of a cell door with inmate inside closing
Inside the room where the three-hour session took place, Falk (employing some of the same mannerisms he used in his portrayal of Lieutenant Co...
WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 7, 1964)
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Here's Part 7 of Pulse, the evening newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida, which featured Jim Ruddle as St. Petersburg anchor and Hugh Smith as Tampa anchor. This rare edition was transferred from the original 2" quad tape. This part features sports director "Salty" Sol Fleischman and national anchor / news director Ray Dantzler. Includes:
"Salty" Sol on the following items:
- More on the 10 millionth barrel of beer rolled out b...
Various (Nashville Stations) - "A Flippin' Country Christmas"(1975)
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Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: channel flipping through the dial on Nashville, Tennessee TV (via cable TV) on Christmas Day 1975. Features programming seen on ABC affiliate WNGE (now WKRN) Channel 2, NBC affiliate WSM (now WSMV) Channel 4, CBS affiliate WTVF Channel 5, and PBS affiliate WDCN (now WNPT) Channel 8, at least one or two as yet unidentified stations, plus cable Channel 6 (public access / public notices).
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Channel 2
WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 2, 1964)
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Here's Part 2 of Pulse, the nightly newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida. This rare edition was transferred from the original 2" quad tape. Featuring Hugh Smith in Tampa, and future Chicago TV news anchor Jim Ruddle in St. Petersburg. Includes:
Hugh Smith, in Tampa, reading the following items:
- Governor-elect Haydon Burns hoping that State Legislature won't have to deal with reapportionment until after its regular session; he...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Real People (Part 2, 1980)
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Here's Part 2 of an episode of the prototypical "reality show" Real People on WMAQ Channel 5.
This segment starts off with Skip Stephenson giving the microphone to an audience member who says "And we'll be right back," although they just came back.
Next, co-hosts Byron Allen and Sarah Purcell review typographical errors of various TV listings from TV Guide and other publications, including one for Inside the NFL (submitted by Gail Boyd {sp?...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 5, 1978)
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Here's Part 5 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features Johnny Morris, Hector Perez, Jim Tilmon, Ruth Graham, Warner Saunders, Frank Jackson, John Coughlin and Lee Phillip, archive footage of Frank Reynolds, Irv Kupcinet, Dorothy Vredenburgh, Jerry Colonna, Howard K. Smith, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and phot...
WFMT 98.7 FM - "The Big Snow" (Excerpts, 1967)
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50 Years Ago Today!!!
Here's a rare radio aircheck from "Chicago's Fine Arts Station," WFMT 98.7 FM, on the morning of the infamous Blizzard of '67. This features Jim Unrath, Marty Robinson (one of the main off-camera announcers, and on-air personalities during pledge drives, for WTTW Channel 11 for many years), and Norm Pellegrini. Includes:
Jim Unrath starting off this clip by signing on the station - and mentioning this was to have been the 211th anni...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Real People (Part 3, 1980)
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Here's Part 3 (the final part) of an episode of the prototypical "reality show" Real People on WMAQ Channel 5.
In this segment, hosts (from L - R) Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Sarah Purcell and John Barbour sum up rhyming "thoughts to think about," with John musing about Three Mile Island's nuclear waste, Byron waxing philosophic about Gerald Ford's aborted 1980 Presidential run, Sarah ruminating on credit card charges, and Skip giving the lowdown on housing prices. Wi...