WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 7, 1980)

Here's the seventh and final part of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Videos by Billy Burnette - "Memphis, Tennessee's ripe proud rock 'n' roll legacy" (Burnette, along with Rick Vito, later joined Fleetwood Mac following Lindsey Buckingham's departure from the band in 1987):

- "Don't Say No"

- "In Just a Heartbeat" (both from his 1980 self-titled LP Billy Burnette, Columbia JC 36792) - note the vintage RCA TK-11 camera at the start of this video

Commercial: WMET 95 1/2 FM - "The Chicago Radio Station That's Gonna Blow You Away" (shorter version of commercial shown during first commercial break)

Commercial: Channel 5 Health Fair '80 - "Every Body Benefits" (voiceover by Ed Grennan) (music: "Dancer" by Gino Soccio)

Commercial: Connie Shoes (one more time) - at Hawthorn Center, Watertower, Woodfield Mall, Yorktown Center and Harlem Irving Plaza (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Miller Brothers Lumber Company - at 4918 West Lawrence, Chicago (voiceover by ??)

Promo for Family Feud, weeknights at 6:30pm (voiceover by ??)

Closing credits with sponsor billboard (brought to you by Murjani):

Creative Consultants: Arthur Santucci, Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell, Ezra Cook, Reflections XX11

Theme Music by: Riot - Rockworld Copyright 1979 Bandora Music Pub.

Post Production Facilities: NET Television Inc.

Videotape Editor: Peter J. Curtin

Films Furnished by: Warner Bros. Records, Capitol Records, Arista Records, Chrysalis Records, Epic Records, C.B.S. Records

Show voiceover by Joey Ryan (tape cuts off as he was announcing his surname)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, October 5th 1980.

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