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WFLD Channel 32 - Son Of Svengoolie - Saturday Night Fright (Promo, 1982)

Views: 3951

Here's a promo for Saturday Night Fright - a two-movie Son of Svengoolie Halloween special. Featuring Pat Callahan from the radio station Q101 FM.

Movies shown that night were "The Mummy" and "House of Horrors".

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 30th 1982.

WGN Radio 720 - "Bob Collins' Low Budget" (Commercial, 1981)

Views: 1445

Here's a commercial for WGN Radio 720 AM in which their afternoon drive personality, Bob Collins, complains about the threadbare props he's being forced to use for this commercial (with an RCA 77DX microphone thrown in for good measure), while bemoaning how the station's other personalities (such as Wally Phillips, Roy Leonard and Bill Berg) get better setups for theirs. (Collins moved into the 2pm-6pm slot in June 1981.) Features the animated "We've Got Chicago Talking" at the end.
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WMAQ Channel 5 - "Memory" (1984)

Views: 3621

Here's a video montage (missing beginning part) that WMAQ Channel 5 used as part of their sign-off apparently for a few years. It features the song "Memory" from the musical "Cats", and showcases Chicagoland senior citizens and various aspects in their lives. Kind of a strange thing to show during sign-off. I mean, for what purpose was this made? Other than to make you realize that your life is going by as you watch TV at 3 in the morning before the station signs-off? ;-)

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Kaiser Broadcasting - "Doing Things in a Big Way" (Promotional Sales Film) (Part 1, 1968)

Views: 5920

This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 1 of a neat promotional sales film from Kaiser Broadcasting Company which owned WFLD Channel 32 from 1973 to 1977. This 1968 film, dealt with the company's pre-WFLD early years in operation; at the time of this promo film, Kaiser owned sta...

WFLD Channel 32 - Ending of Oral Roberts And You, Thought For Today & Station Sign-Off (1979)

Views: 4582

Here's another rarity from late 1970's Local TV land - the ending of Oral Roberts And You, followed by the Thought For Today and station sign-off for WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Ending moments of Oral Roberts and You, with closing credits:

Producer - Ron Smith
Associate Producer - Chris Miller
Director - Matt Connolly, Jr.
Assistant to the Producer - Peggy George
Art Director - Fred Luff
Choral(?) and Stagin...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Red, White & Blue with Bob Hope (Promos & Station ID, 1976)

Views: 1596

Here's a series of promos by comic legend Bob Hope as aired on WMAQ Channel 5, for NBC's Red, White & Blue special celebrating the Fourth of July, coverage of Chicago area celebrations of Independence Day at 5pm, and Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular at 7:30pm with guests Sammy Davis Jr., Donny & Marie Osmond, The Captain & Tennille, and Debbie Reynolds.

The promos - designated PR-1039 - are in :30 second (TAKE 1) and short station ID (TAKE 2) form...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 959

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Here's Part 3 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Jorie Lueloff, Bill Kurtis, Brian Boyer, Rose Economou, Gary Ride(sp?), Wanda Wells, Jim Hatfield, Scott Craig and Charles Olin. A lower-third station ID is shown at the start of this clip.

Mr. Kurtis and producers Mr. Boyer and Ms. Economou won in ...

WLAK FM 94 - "The Place to Relax" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3973

Here's a commercial for the "beautiful" music of WLAK - The Lake FM 94 - "The Place to Relax", which played a lot of instrumental easy-listening songs.

This station is now known as WLIT-FM (93.9 "My FM"). Each November and December, they torture Chicagoans with non-stop holiday music.

Featuring actor Patrick O'Neal (who starred in my favorite Columbo episode in 1978, "Make Me A Perfect Murder") (O'Neal also did this same type of ad (and with the same slog...

WSNS Channel 44 - Monster Rally Movie - "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (On-Screen ID #1, 1980)

Views: 1419

Here's one of the few glimpses yet found of a show that a lot of people remember and have requested footage of - Monster Rally Movie! This aired on WSNS Channel 44 and reportedly had it's own host - a mysterious figure in a creepy costume. Here we get to see the WSNS on-screen station ID during a scene of the weird 1973 movie aired that night, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, July 4th 1980.