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WMAQ Channel 5 - Quark (Opening, 1978)

Views: 1804

Here is a partial WMAQ Station ID and time, followed by the opening of "Quark".

Includes brief sponsor billboard (voiceover by Arthur Gary - cut off in the middle)

This aired on local Chicago TV Friday, March 3rd 1978 at 7pm!

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Station ID" (1975)

Views: 2530

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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.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 4:30 (Promo, 1980)

Views: 3920

Here's a promo for NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 on WMAQ Channel 5. Featuring Chuck Henry, Jorie Lueloff, Russ Ewing, Dick Kay, Dr. Barry Kaufman, Terry Savage, Bonnie Haynes (?), and Jerry Taft.

Voiceover by ??

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 26th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Two Glowing Anchors" (Promos, 1980)

Views: 2440

Here are two quick bumper promos I edited together for NewsCenter5 on WMAQ Channel 5 featuring some spacey "glowing" effects on both Linda Yu and Mike Jackson. Looks very "Xanadu-esque".

These both aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 23rd 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Holiday Giving (PSA, 1975)

Views: 1534

Here's a brief WMAQ Channel 5 station ID/PSA slide for CARE Chicago, advising viewers to give to help the hungry and needy for the holidays.

Voiceover by Henry Cooke.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, December 23rd 1975 around 7:30am.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Mount St. Helens" (1980)

Views: 4195

Here are a few excerpts of a NewsCenter5 newscast on WMAQ Channel 5 on the final eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. Featuring Chuck Henry and Jerry Taft.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, May 20th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 (Bumper Promo, 1976)

Views: 2518

Here's a quick bumper promo for NewsCenter5 at 12:00 Noon on WMAQ Channel 5 with Jorie Lueloff.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 9th 1976 at 8:24am.

WMAQ Channel 5 - "V" (Bumper, 1985)

Views: 2534

Here's a bumper for "V" the series, with an onscreen station ID for WMAQ Channel 5. Notice that this one is slightly different and a little shorter than the one without the Station ID.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 8th 1985.

WMAQ Channel 5 - NBC Thursday Night At The Movies - "Almost Summer" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 3215

Here's the opening for the NBC Thursday Night at the Movies presentation of "Almost Summer" on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes a WMAQ station ID and PSA voiceover at the beginning. (by Ed Grennan)

Movie intro voiceover by Les Marshak.

This aired on local Chicago TV Thursday, May 28th 1981 at 8pm.