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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Update with John Drury (1979)
Views: 2117
Here's an Eyewitness News Update with John Drury, previewing the following items to air on the 5 pm newscast:
- State government reaction to the recent "Target 7" series on the neglect of handicapped children
- Nine special reports from chief City Hall consultant Ken Sain
- Hugh Hill with a special Eyewitness political report
- Walt Lyons and a groundhog
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 2nd 1979.
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Update with Terry Murphy (1979)
Views: 2403
Here's an Eyewitness News Update with Terry Murphy, previewing the following items to air on the 5 pm newscast:
- Gov. James Thompson acting on "Target 7's" recent "Hidden Children" series on neglected handicapped children
- Two women found slain in Merrillville, IN townhouse
- "Sunshine Sniper" Ronald Hoffman found unfit to stand trial
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 2nd 1979.
WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News at Six - "Dracula on the Radio" (1976)
Views: 1998
Here's an excerpt of an edition of Channel 2 News at Six on WBBM Channel 2, anchored by Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson.
This clip starts off with Walter introducing a report by Bob Wallace about a new radio production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" by the All-Media Dramatic Workshop (known after 1978 as the National Radio Theater; they disbanded in 1987).
The program aired on WFMT 98.7 FM the next evening (Tuesday, October 19th) at 10:30pm and again on Thursd...
WGN Channel 9 - NewsNine - "Dart Gun Fun" (Excerpt, 1977)
Views: 4736
Here's an excerpt of an edition of NewsNine on WGN Channel 9, anchored by Jack Taylor. Also featuring Frank Rios, with brief appearances by Harry Volkman and Jack Brickhouse(?). Includes:
Jack introduces a piece by Frank Rios about toys that could be considered dangerous for children - and Rios finds that the toy he's holding (a dart gun) is dangerous for him - something which takes several takes for him to find out. Jack then signals the end of the filmed piece by sp...
WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 1, 1983)
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Here's Part 1 of the 4:30 Eyewitness News with Mary Ann Childers and Tim Weigel. Includes:
- Students at Crown Elementary sickened by apparent food poisoning. Reporting live from Saint Anthony's hospital is Jim Avila. Features an update from nurse Lucretia Bankston. Bill Nigut reports from (Saul?) Crown Elementary School (Crown Magnet School) and speaks with district superintendent Dr. Preston Bryant. (Technical Difficulties moment also occurs)
- Bertha Cole...
WTTW Channel 11 - The Callaway-Ruddle Report (Opening, 1976)
Views: 1942
Here's another "end of tape" find - the first minute or so of The Callaway-Ruddle Report on WTTW Channel 11, anchored by John Callaway (formerly of WBBM Channel 2, soon to be a Channel 11 mainstay) and Jim Ruddle (formerly of WGN Channel 9, later to go to WMAQ Channel 5), and featuring arts critic Johanna Steinmetz. Includes:
Station ID slide with a crowd of children peering from behind a gated fence (voiceover by Don Ferris)
Cold open, with previews of f...
WIIC Channel 11 - 6:30 News Roundup With Len Johnson (1962)
Views: 8156
Exactly 56 years ago today (at 6:30 PM)!
Here's an incredible find - usually anything this old, if I am lucky to find it, is on a 16mm kinescope (remember, in 1962 Quad tape itself was only 6 years old). And even though it's from a Pittsburgh station, it has a very strong Chicago connection, as it is anchored by Len Johnson, whose voice (if not face) will no doubt be very recognizable to people who watched WGN in the 60s, 70s, and very early 80s. He was one of the ub...
WTTG Channel 5 - Panorama - News at Noon (Ending Segment, 1978)
Views: 6935
Here's the ending moments of the Panorama - News at Noon on WTTG Channel 5 in Washington, DC. The main anchor was Pat Mitchell (now the president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media), and the "Total Communication News" (for the deaf or hard of hearing) was delivered in a combination of speaking and sign language by Jim (?) WGN Channel 9 - Len Johnson and the News (Part 1, 1965)
Views: 6972 Here's Part 1 of an incredibly rare find - an edition of Len Johnson and the News on WGN Channel 9 from 1965! This was a forerunner to their overnight Night Beat newscast that ran from the late-sixties well into the 1980s.
No shouting a la Garrett Morris on the early "Weekend Update" segments of Saturday Night Live, alas. It is a nice companion to
You'll notice that this was during that awkward transition phase from black-and-white to color with most of the broadcast appearing in black-and-white, but then interspersed by random color commercials and a few color slides.
Thi...
