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Weise's Shoes - "Christmas Starts At Weise's" (Commercial, 1976)

Views: 3781

Here's a Christmas themed commercial for Weise's Shoes.

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, December 6th 1976! (not Chicago, but close enough)

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Station ID" (1975)

Views: 2760

The transfer of this video clip made possible by your generous donations!

Here's a station ID slide and voiceover for WMAQ Channel 5. Features the curvy 5 logo that was phased out at the beginning of 1976.

Voiceover by Ed Grennan.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 24th 1975.

WBBM Channel 2 - "TV 2 Chicago" (Station ID, 1973)

Views: 2193

Here's an animated station ID for WBBM Channel 2.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 3rd 1973 at 10pm.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Le Disco - "Disco Star Wars Magic" (1978)

Views: 3711

More crazy 70's...they called the program Le Disco, but I call it "Disco Star Wars Magic"!

Severe Cheese Warning Ahead: The Village People are featured in this video!

This particular recording aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Saturday, August 19th 1978. (not Chicago, but close enough)

WREX Channel 13 - Dateline Weather (Promo, 1978)

Views: 2409

Here's a rare promo for WREX Channel 13 - Dateline Weather on Dateline Thirteen News. Featuring ??

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Rockford, IL TV on Monday, January 9th 1978 at a little before 8pm! (not Chicago, but close enough)

The Disco Body Shaper (Commercial Offer, 1978)

Views: 8794

Here's a commercial for - if I didn't see it with my own eyes I would have thought it was a joke - the Disco Body Shaper. America's Newest Fitness Sensation!

Main voiceover by Bill Silver (same guy who did the Ginsu knives ads)

This aired on local Detroit TV on Tuesday, May 9th 1978. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

WFLD Channel 32 - "New Style in Two Colors" (Station ID, 1979)

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Here's a station ID slide for WFLD Channel 32. While this is the "new style" Field-era logo set in Eremitage, the color scheme (with the channel and TV picture shape in white and call letters and city in red) is right out of station ID slides from the Kaiser Broadcasting era such as at the start of this clip from 1977.

Voiceover by Ron Beattie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, Nove...

Son of Svengoolie - Assorted Clips Compilation (Part 6)

Views: 780

Here is Part 6 of a compilation of assorted Son of Svengoolie clips. I did not make this compilation - it has been floating around the trading circles for a long time, and this is the best copy I've been able to find. It has some neat clips you will not see anywhere else.

Featuring:

Son of Svengoolie interviews Chicago Sports Broadcasting icon Chet Coppock (incomplete) (with what looks like a strange Svengoolie logo in red at the end - it's hard to read)
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WVTV Channel 18 - "One Moment Please" (1980)

Views: 3366

Here's a technical difficulty moment from an airing of Lost in Space on WVTV Channel 18 in Milwuakee. Here the film breaks or something and you see a "One Moment Please" slide with their stylized 18 logo for a few seconds before they cut to a Golden Grahams cereal commercial.

This aired on local Milwaukee TV in the Summer of 1980.