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7up - "America's Turning 7up" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 4004

Here's a commercial for 7up soda featuring some baseball stars - the Cubs' Bruce Sutter, the Phillies' Mike Schmidt, and the Pirates' Dave Parker.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, July 12th 1980.

WBKB Channel 7 - Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks" (Part 1, 1964)

Views: 4005

Here's Part 1 of Midwest Sports Special - "Inside the World of Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks," as aired on WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. The host of this in-depth look at the team was Frank Sweeney. This was transferred from the original film, and thus has no commercials.

This part begins with the old-style academy leader which counted by feet rather than frames (as opposed to the more common SMPTE Universal film leader). The program itself begins with some shots of ...

WSNS Channel 44 - White Sox Baseball - "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" (8-18-1980)

Views: 3610

Harry Caray once again leads the fans at Comiskey during the "Seventh Inning Stretch", singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

From White Sox Vs. Indians (Game 2).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, August 18th 1980.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Meditations, Station Sign-Off, & SSB (1981)

Views: 5816

Here's the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Bumper promo for Entertainment Tonight at 4:00pm on Channel 5 (voiceover by ??)

Meditations delivered by Rev. John F. Fahey, St. Clement Church - Produced in Cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago - WMAQ-TV Public Affairs - Pre-recorded - (C) National Broadcasting Company Inc., 1981 All Rights Reserved (The Charles Addams New Yorker cover that Reverend ...

Aronson Furniture (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 2264

Here's a commercial for Aronson Furniture.

Voiceover by Linn Burton (of Bert Weinman Ford fame).

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 2nd 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - "Merry Christmas" (1979)

Views: 2480

Here's a rare WFLD Channel 32 "Merry Christmas" montage, with clips from All in the Family, Happy Days, and M*A*S*H, and some Chicago street scenes. Featuring the song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams.

This aired on local Chicago TV in December 1979.

Various (Nashville Stations) - "A Flippin' Country Christmas"(1975)

Views: 1117

Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: channel flipping through the dial on Nashville, Tennessee TV (via cable TV) on Christmas Day 1975. Features programming seen on ABC affiliate WNGE (now WKRN) Channel 2, NBC affiliate WSM (now WSMV) Channel 4, CBS affiliate WTVF Channel 5, and PBS affiliate WDCN (now WNPT) Channel 8, at least one or two as yet unidentified stations, plus cable Channel 6 (public access / public notices).

Includes:

Channel 2