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WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "More on The Death of John Lennon" (1980)
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Here's another report on the murder of John Lennon from Night Beat on WGN Channel 9, with Jack Taylor anchoring. Features reports by Independent Network News' Tim Malloy and Frank Casey in New York (they worked at WGN's sister station in that city, WPIX Channel 11, at the time; it was there that the nationally-syndicated INN originated), and a local report from WGN's own Elizabeth Brackett. Also featured in clips within the two reports from the INN feed are James...
WLS Channel 7 - The Day After (Commercial Break #4, 1983)
Views: 2301
Here is Commercial Break #4 during The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. No sponsor wanted to buy ad time after the bombs were dropped, so this was the last break until the end of the movie. A full hour and 19 minutes with no commercial breaks or interruptions of any kind! Includes:
Commodore Computers - Zortek
Extra Strength Dexatrim
Dollar ...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Well Informed, Well" (Promo, 1980)
Views: 2607
Here is a promo for the NewsCenter5 team - Jim Ruddle, Chuck Henry, Mike Jackson, Linda Yu, Jerry Taft, Peter Nolan, and Russ Ewing.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 29th 1980.
WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 4, 1989)
Views: 1398
Here's Part 4 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.
This part features Steve Rashid and the Pork Pie Orchestra performing "Unchain My Heart," Mark Giangreco, Joan Esposito, Mark Schaefer, and Brian Roland.
Mr. Schaefer won in the "Entertainment - Single Program" category for Schaefer's Place: The First Anniversary Show on WBBM Channel 2, and Mr. Roland won in the "Entertainment Program - Series" category for S...
FYI - "Good News After Turning 40" (1983)
Views: 2057
Here is another of the daytime interstitial features that ABC ran during the early eighties between Daytime Soaps - FYI - For Your Information - hosted by Mr. Barney Miller himself, Hal Linden.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 18th 1983.
WBBM Channel 2 - First Edition (News Segment, 9/25/81)
Views: 1070
Here's the first nearly eight minutes of another edition of the overnight First Edition news summary on WBBM Channel 2. The "anchor" on this broadcast is Jerry Harper. Includes:
Station ID / promo for Match Game for weekdays at 3:30pm (voiceover by Bob Carrington)
Opening for First Edition, with Jerry going straight to the news items of the day:
- Excerpts shown from President Reagan's televised speech, in which he calls for ...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 (Partial Promo, 1979)
Views: 3952
Here is a partial promo for NewsCenter 5 at 11:30am on WMAQ Channel 5 with Jorie Lueloff.
This aired on local Chicago TV in 1979.
WLS Channel 7 - The 4:30 Eyewitness News (Part 1, 1983)
Views: 4572
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...
WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "Clock Excerpts #4" (1975)
Views: 4543
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Here's the good news - someone recorded The Ray Rayner Show at various times in the early seventies! Now the bad news - they only recorded the cartoons, and cut out nearly everything else. :-( I bring you the only snippets left - a few excerpts of the clock that they would show the time on, and in some cases, the chalkboard with the date, weather, and sports scores. Some might wonder why...