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Ray Hara's King Datsun (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 1137

Here's a commercial for Ray Hara's King Datsun (later known as King Nissan). Located at 740 Busse Highway in Park Ridge.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, May 19th 1980.

WSNS Channel 44 - All Night Movies - "Magical Mystery Tour" (Commercial Break #4, 1980)

Views: 2332

Here's Commercial Break #4 from the Saturday All Night Movies presentation of "Magical Mystery Tour" on WSNS TV-44. Includes:

Channel 44 Saturday All Night Movies "Owl" Logo bumper

Country Music Magazine commercial offer

Dinah! & Friends promo (Mal Wyman voiceover at end)

The Gong Show promo (different one than we've seen before) (Don Ferris voiceover at end)

Channel 44 Movie "Film Reels" card - The Beatles - Magical M...

WPWR Channel 60 - "The Beatles Cartoon" (Commercial Break #2, 1984?)

Views: 2279

Here is one more commercial break for the Beatles cartoon on WPWR Channel 60 - The Other Missing Break! (I remember why I didn't post this one originally now - because it's not complete) Includes:

The ending of a promo for The Addams Family

Mickey Mouse Splashdance record offer (Main voiceover by Mark Elliot, ending voiceover by Jack Reynolds)

Channel 60 Beatles bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV most likely in 1984.

WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat With Jack Taylor (Preview, 1980)

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Here is a preview for the upcoming episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 from 1980. Begins with the ending of WGN Television Presents - "The Maltese Falcon". Jack Taylor previews the following stories:

- Mount St. Helens destruction becoming more visible

- Miami's racial uprising takes 16 lives and injured 400

- Mayor Byrne says she will not oppose the school board

- Chicago White Sox continue their red-hot 1st place streak
...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Sign-On, "Meditations" & Opening of "The Health Field" (1982)

Views: 4603

Here is a station sign-on for WMAQ Channel 5 and the opening of "The Health Field" (which also aired on WSNS Channel 44 at various times) Includes:

16 seconds of Color Bars and tone.

WMAQ-TV Chicago 5 logo and silence for about a minute, 15 seconds.

Black for about 45 seconds. (Exciting, eh?)

WMAQ-TV Chicago 5 logo (brighter?) and Station Sign-On voiceover, "Good Morning. This is WMAQ-TV Channel 5 NBC Television in Chicago, welcom...

WBBM Channel 2 - The CBS Morning News - "Paul McCartney's Empire" (1984)

Views: 1676

Here is an interview and story with Paul McCartney by Pat Collins, from The CBS Morning News with Phyllis George and Bill Kurtis (who would later work again at WBBM Channel 2).

It tells how Paul McCartney turned his fortune made with the Beatles into a financial empire from Copyright ownership. Too bad he gave some advice to Michael Jackson, who wound up outbidding him for Northern Songs (ATV), and gained control of most of the Beatles' catalog. And thus, a Sun Chips commerci...

WTTW Channel 11 - Soundstage (Opening, 1977)

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Here is another neat little glimpse into what WTTW Channel 11 was like in the 70's - The opening for "Soundstage" from 1977, featuring Martin Mull. Includes:

End of a promo for Nova - "Across the Silence Barrier" (Don Ferris voice over at end)

Commonwealth Edison funding grant notice (Don Ferris voice over? Or is that someone else? Sounds a bit different.)

Cool ID slide with "This is 11 WTTW Public Television for Chicago" (Don Ferris voice over)...

WGN Channel 9 - "Thanksgiving Greetings" (Bumper, 1979)

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Here is a Thanksgiving Greetings bumper slide from WGN Channel 9.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! 8-)

Voiceover by Mr. Bozo The Clown himself - Bob Bell.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, November 22nd 1979 at 6:30am.

Courtesy Home Center (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 3245

Here is a commercial for the defunct, pre-Home-Depot home-improvement chain. Did they have stores outside of the Chicagoland area?

Ahh...so many memories of going to the one next to Forest Park Mall with my Dad as a kid, looking for a wooden shim or some kind of junk, and being incredibly bored. :-)

This aired on local Chicago TV in October of 1984.