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WJPC The New 95 AM - "Win a Superstar Supercar" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1982

Here's a brief commercial for "The New 95" WJPC's "Superstar Supercar" contest, where one could be yours if you write the station call letters near your phone. Contest good through March 17th 1983.

Can someone name the DJs in this spot? Isn't that LaDonna Tittle?

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, November 15th 1982.

WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose And Friends (Break & Ending, 1975)

Views: 3398

Here's a first - the first off-air recording of Garfield Goose and Friends that has ever been found (to my knowledge). Considering the program went off the air in 1976, this is not entirely surprising. (Some apparently erroneous TV listings had it showing again for short periods around 1982, but those have never been shown to be accurate)

This recording was ostensibly made for The Morning Movie presentation of "Sorry, Wrong Number" but luckily for us they started tapin...

WGN Channel 9 - WGN Presents - "A Guide For The Married Man" (On-Screen ID, 1980)

Views: 3279

Here's an on-screen Station ID for WGN Channel 9 during a showing of "A Guide for the Married Man".

This aired on local Chicago TV on early Saturday, September 20th 1980.

WDIV Channel 4 - News 4 Detroit (Part 3, 1979)

Views: 4099

Here's the third segment for News 4 Detroit and the third commercial break, on WDIV Channel 4. Includes:

Roger Weber lost the Turkey Trot at Wayne State University. His bird "Secreturkeyit 2" turned out to be a turkey.

Al Ackerman with Sports. Jim Brandstatter reports on the Pistons. Also includes Ackerman's Accurate Assessments, and coverage of Lou Whitaker's wedding.

Daily Lottery given on-screen as 6-6-4 (later corrected)

Comm...

WXRT 93 FM - "Chicago's Fine Rock Station" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3211

Here's the earliest WXRT commercial I've yet found - it features "Monty Python"-style animations of the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Muddy Waters, Bruce Springsteen, and Blondie, and others. The opening drum beat is from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's reprise.

"The More You Listen, The More You Hear"

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 28th 1980.

WLAK FM 94 - "FM 94 Is WLAK" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 2242

Here's a brief commercial for WLAK FM 94, Chicago's 24-hour-a-day beautiful music station, with shots of Interstate 94, a woman weighing herself at 94 pounds, a taxicab door closing with "94" emblazoned on it, a radio dial being tuned to "94," and a car driving up with its license plate reading "FM 94."

Voiceover by ??

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 4th 1977 during the 10:30pm to 11pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Battlestar Galactica" (On-Screen ID, 1985?)

Views: 1170

Here's a clip from an airing of Battlestar Galactica with the WFLD Channel 32 on-screen station ID. I think this one dates from 1985 or 1986.

WIND News Talk 56 - "Staying On The Ball" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2316

Here's a commercial for radio station WIND News Talk 56. (AM 560).

They mention Earl Finckle doing weather, Jim Durham with sports, Gary Lee on traffic, and "Chicago Ed" Eddie Schwartz.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 3rd 1980 at a little before 10pm.

WGN Channel 9 - Family Classics - "The War Of The Worlds" (On-Screen ID, 1978)

Views: 1568

Here is an on-screen station ID during the Family Classics With Frazier Thomas presentation of "War of the Worlds" on WGN Channel 9.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, November 19th 1978.