Welcome To The Museum of Classic Chicago Television A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (MCCTv) is an online museum designed for the age of the Internet.
Our Mission: To further the acquisition, preservation, exhibition, education, and nostalgic enjoyment of Classic Chicago Television broadcasts.
Check out the Screening Room for over 3000 classic clips and commercials spanning roughly the past 40 years. You can also learn about the history of Chicago TV as well as sharing memories with others by visiting our forums and posting comments.
We reached our goal! Thanks to the 23 people (or so) that donated for this specific fundraiser. (that works out to be only $21 per person averaged out - even though some donated 5 times that - see, it doesn't taken much if everyone can chip in something!)
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) we just got in about 14 more 2" reels to transfer,... so we're going to need, uh...significantly more money. (In case you don't know, 2" Quad videotape is very expensive to transfer - the only option is sending it out to someone who specializes in it)
If anyone was planning on donating but hasn't yet, please still do. We are going to need it, that's for sure!
As you know, this museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit which relies soley on donations. Funds have dwindled lately, and we need about $500 for expenses related to transferring a number of 2" quad videotapes containing some rare and old WCIU-TV programming, such as the Kiddie-A-Go-Go clip from 1969 you saw recently.
If everyone that visited this site daily (based on the number of hits) donated a dollar, we would reach our goal. I know this is not realistic, but I am asking those of you who CAN donate something, to please do, to the best of your financial ability. Since this is a specifc fundraiser, we are using ChipIn.com to keep track of progress toward our goal. Please click on the ChipIn! button on the widget on the main page in order to donate via PayPal through ChipIn.com (no personal information is released to ChipIn other than the amount you donate)
To those of you who CAN afford more, let me take a page from NPR's pledge drives - is FuzzyMemories worth a dollar a day to you? Then how about considering making a $365 donation? Just a thought. (only if you can afford it)
Thank you for the help. More money = more tapes and more memories we are able to save and enjoy. :-)
Hmm...ok, so she likely didn't do any Digests on Friday? Can we assume she was off on Saturdays? Then maybe her last appearance on air was Thursday the 20th.
According to the two biographies of Savitch, her contract called for her to do "Digests" three nights a week as well as daytime news updates for affiliated stations. One biography mentions Savitch going to the opera on Friday the 21st. Linda Ellerbee and Bill Schechner would have been preparing for "Overnight," and would have been available to do "Digests."
From what I seem to recall, besides the "Digests," Ms. Savitch was also handling hosting duties for the PBS series "Frontline" (which, after her death, would be hosted for the next few years by Judy Woodruff). As for if she did other "Digests" after this prior to her death, I suppose the best way to find out is if others who taped off the air (either from WMAQ or other NBC stations) when she was on had the presence of mind to keep such "Digests." However, if others handled anchoring in the days afterward (as such anchoring was done on a rotating basis), then this could well have been Jessica's last hurrah.
W.B. - I thought you might be the one to ask - any way to find out when Jessica Savitch's last on-air appearance occurred? Do we know or is there a way to find out her schedule of NBC News Digests during this last week of her life? Was she appearing on-air at any other time during this period?
