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WBBM Channel 2 - "Have Your Children Done Their Homework?" (Station ID, 1979)

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Here's a station ID slide from WBBM Channel 2 with the "Project Learning" logo and a voiceover message (by Bob Carrington) asking if your children had done their homework yet. This is followed by the "CBS Bong".

This was along the lines of such famous top-of-hour messages as this one from WNEW (now WNYW) Channel 5 in New York (future sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32) that asked (and still asks) ever...

Disco Fever By Ronco (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 3362

Here's a commercial for the album Disco Fever by Ronco.

Main voiceover by Wendell Craig. Ending voiceover by ??

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

WKBD Channel 50 - Star Trek (Bumper #3, 1977)

Views: 2400

Here's one more Star Trek bumper from one of WFLD's sister-stations - WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit. This was probably the 3rd version they ever used for their Trek airings. Notice this one has a voiceover - all the other bumpers for the episode were silent.

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Detroit TV on Sunday, June 19th 1977 during the 6pm to 7pm hour. (not Chicago TV, but still cool)

Folger's - "My Wife Can't Make Coffee" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 4668

Here's a commercial for mountain grown Folger's coffee featuring that busybody Mrs. Olson. This is bizarre on many levels.

The wife is played by Anne Lockhart (daughter of June Lockhart and best known as Lieutenant Sheba on the original Battlestar Galactica series).

What the heck is "Flaked Coffee"?

This aired on local Detroit TV on Sunday, March 19th 1978. (Not Chicago TV, but still cool!)

Pizza Hut - "Sox Placemats" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 7642

Here's a commercial for Pizza Hut with a Sox Placemat promotion that was also affliated with WFLD Metromedia 32, the Sox station at the time.

Featuring Carlton Fisk and Rich Dotson of the Chicago White Sox.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 10th 1984.

WLS Channel 7 - "Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1929-1968" (Station ID, 1981)

Views: 2060

Here's a simple station ID slide from WLS Channel 7 that also commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

Voiceover by Al Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 15th 1981 at 3pm.

WGN Channel 9 - Station Sign-On (1980)

Views: 8713

Here is a mostly complete Station Sign-On from WGN Channel 9. The National Anthem was cut.

The announcer doing the Station ID at the beginning is Carl Greyson and the voiceover for the Sign-On is Steve Hunter.

Followed by "WGN Television - 24 Hours a Day" ID with "Last Farewell" music (voiceover by Steve Hunter); which in turn is followed by part of opening titles of William Tell (a.k.a. The Adventures of William Tell), a British-produced syndicate...

The Wonderful World Of Magic - "Night Beat Magician" (1977?)

Views: 4577

Here is a segment I am jokingly calling the "Nightbeat Magician", from the program "The Wonderful World of Magic" (which starred Bill Bixby as host) that will be especially interesting to Classic Chicago TV fans.

The WGN overnight news program Nightbeat (during it's hey-day in the 70's) used as it's theme a section of the tune heard during this french magician's act - at about a minute a...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Snowblower Lineup" (Station ID, 1981)

Views: 3638

Here's a station ID and slide from WTTW Channel 11 - this one listing some of their program offerings.

Voiceover by Marty Robinson.

"Sesame Street. Nova. Chicago Week In Review. Image Union. Masterpiece Theatre. They're all here on WTTW Channel 11 Chicago."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, January 3rd 1981 @ a little before 2pm!