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ON TV - "Can't Stop The Music" (On-Screen ID, 1981)

Views: 1640

Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "Can't Stop The Music".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 16th 1981.

WTTW Channel 11 - Inside Educational Television (Part 2, 1960)

Views: 1118

Here's a rare glimpse at some early history of WTTW Channel 11 - an installment of their locally produced "Inside Educational Television" program.

It is hosted by WTTW's "Director of Development", Ed Morris - who famously later went on to become the General Manager of WSNS Channel 44!

Joined by Ed is Duane M. Weiss, WTTW's Director of Engineering at the time (who was actually with the station all the way back to before its official inception).

In...

WFLD Channel 32 - Fernwood 2 Night (Ending #1, 1977)

Views: 2018

Here's a small but juicy rarity - the ending credits for the first airing of Fernwood 2 Night on WFLD Channel 32 - back in the Kaiser Broadcasting era!

You can hear 32's staff announcer tell you that "All That Glitters" (a short-lived Norman Lear series) was next, as well as a tiny snippet of an old WFLD station ID.

I think the announcer may be 32's Bud Kelly - who was the main staff announcer until Ron Beattie took over a year or so later. It certainly doesn't ...

The Family And Other Living Things (Ending Excerpt, 1978)

Views: 2461

Here's the last few minutes and ending of an obscure special called "The Family and Other Living Things" created by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (The Mormons). Features Elinor Donahue, Bill Bixby, Ronnie Graham, Ruth Buzzi, Bill Daily, the Lennon Sisters, Donny, Marie, Jimmy and the rest of the Osmond Brothers, Gary Burghoff, Melissa Sue Anderson, Marcia Wallace and possibly some others we haven't ID'ed yet.

"Isn't it great when people communicate?"
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WLS Channel 7 - Kennedy And Company - "WLS Deejays" (1972)

Views: 7295

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

Here's a rare segment from the morning show Kennedy and Company on WLS Channel 7, hosted by the late Bob Kennedy. This was the predecessor to AM Chicago (which was begun after Kennedy's death in 1974), and is considered in some corners to be an ancestor to the recently-ended The Oprah Winfrey Show.

This segment was devoted to the disc jockeys of WLS Musicradio 8...

WTVO Channel 17 - "Things We Did Last Summer" (Ending & Break, 1978)

Views: 5288

Here is the ending of a Saturday Night Live special, "Things We Did Last Summer" along with the final commercial break on WTVO Channel 17. Includes:

Ending of "Things We Did Last Summer".

Commercial: Appletree Stereo Components Records & Tapes - at Edgebrook Center in Rockford, or 1022 West Lincoln in DeKalb.

Commercial: Bill Hembrough Fiat - 717 West State.

Commercial Pabst Extra Light beer.

Commercial: Crossroads Ga...

Fisher-Price Fire Station (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1176

Here's a commercial for the Fisher Price Play Family Fire Station.

This aired on local Chicago TV the morning of Tuesday, December 9th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Mission: Impossible - "Break!" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 3253

Here's another cool find - the opening to Mission: Impossible on WFLD Channel 32 from back in the Kaiser Broadcasting days! Includes an almost complete station ID at the beginning (voiceover by Bud Kelly) that features a black and red color scheme - different than the black and blue one we saw on another WFLD Kaiser ID.

The episode on this night was "Break!"

You can hear the ending of the t...

WTTW Channel 11 - "Taxi Driver" (Station ID, 1984)

Views: 2277

Here's a station ID for WTTW Channel 11 featuring a guy driving an old Checker taxi cab.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, September 23rd 1984.