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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Seven's On Your Side" (Short Promo, 1981)
Views: 5305
Here's a short WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News "Seven's On Your Side" jingle promo sung by Florence Warner and featuring Steve Deschler, Al Lerner, Fahey Flynn, Tim Weigel and Joel Daly.
Produced by Karen Yellen Dillon. (Karen says, "I was the on-air promotion manager at WLS at the time. This was how we promoted Channel 7 when we were 5th place in the ratings and really had nothing else to say. The music...
WLS Channel 7 - Saturday Eyewitness News (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1977)
Views: 3844
Here's the preview for the WLS Channel 7 Saturday Eyewitness News at 10pm featuring Bob Petty, followed by the pre-show Commercial Break. Includes:
Preview of Saturday Eyewitness News with Bob Petty - with stories including the first test flight of the Space Shuttle, charges made that J. Edgar Hoover spied on Americans for years, and flags flying at half-mast - in the public interest - at the Field Museum. Plus - the Father's Day weather outlook.
Commercial: Am...
WLS Channel 7 - ABC News Special Report - "Carter Cabinet Changes" (1979)
Views: 4139
Here's an ABC News Special Report that interrupted the opening moments of a repeat of the Laverne & Shirley episode "Playing Hooky" (originally aired January 11th 1977 - Episode #2.13 of the series) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Opening credits of episode, with notice that it was filmed before a studio audience, followed by first moments of establishing first scene
ABC News Special Report bumper slide (voiceover by ??)
Anchor Ch...
WREX Channel 13 - Dateline Weather (Promo, 1978)
Views: 2430
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)
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News Extra - "Goodbye, M*A*S*H" (1983)
Views: 1824
Here's a touching Eyewitness News Extra piece on the filming of the final M*A*S*H episode (ironically it was the one that aired the week before the 3 hour finale) - Joel Daly reporting.
By the way, the M*A*S*H finale is still the single highest-rated program in television history. 106 million people in the USA watched the finale that Monday night, with 50.15 million households or 60.2% giving it a Nielsen share of 77%. (This will likely never be topped due to the incre...
Harry Porterfield's Someone You Should Know (Promo, 1979)
Views: 3054
Here's a promo for Harry Porterfield's "Someone You Should Know" segments on WBBM Channel 2, every Tuesday and Thursday night, during the Channel 2 News at Six.
This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th 1979.
WBBM Channel 2 - The CBS Morning News - "Paul McCartney's Empire" (1984)
Views: 1674
Here is an interview and story with Paul McCartney by Pat Collins, from The CBS Morning News with Phyllis George and Bill Kurtis (who would later work again at WBBM Channel 2).
It tells how Paul McCartney turned his fortune made with the Beatles into a financial empire from Copyright ownership. Too bad he gave some advice to Michael Jackson, who wound up outbidding him for Northern Songs (ATV), and gained control of most of the Beatles' catalog. And thus, a Sun Chips commerci...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 with Lynne Scott (Bumper Promo, 1978)
Views: 2403
Here's a station ID bumper / promo for the 10pm edition of NewsCenter5, with anchor Lynne Scott previewing news of a plane crash near Meigs Field where at least one person was killed.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 5th 1978.
WBBM Channel 2 - "Magikist Wedding Proposal" (1985?)
Views: 4671
Here's a (mostly complete) news story from WBBM Channel 2 regarding one man's wedding proposal by use of Magikist sign.
Features Bob Wallace reporting, groom-to be Andy Parker and bride-to-be Dianne Flowers, Magikist, Inc. President Will Gage, Bill Kurtis and Don Craig.
Not sure when this aired exactly, but I believe it was in 1985.