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WMAQ Channel 5 - The Big Event - "TV Guide: The First 25 Years" (Open, 1979)

Views: 3159

Here is the opening to The Big Event on WMAQ Channel 5 - TV Guide: The First 25 Years. Also includes a station ID slide at the beginning with a program announcement.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 21st 1979.

WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Bride of Frankenstein" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 1205

Here's the opening moments of the Son of Svengoolie presentation of the 1935 film "Bride of Frankenstein" on WFLD Channel 32. (The recording came in a few seconds into the intro.) This was Episode #203 of the series, according to Chicago EpGuides.com.

This was a transitory period for 32, as Metromedia, Inc. had just recently assumed control of the station; however, WFLD at this point still maintai...

WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "The Bye-Bye Show" - "One Last Cartoon" (Part 6, 1981)

Views: 2559

Here is Part 6 of the final episode of The Ray Rayner Show as shown on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

"Kids in Chicago Having a Good Time" Ray Rayner bumper (Merri Dee voiceover)

Date, Weather, and Sports report shown

Beginning of a cartoon.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.

The Science Fiction Film Awards - "Shat Scat" (Part 7, 1978)

Views: 8660

Part 7, featuring the immortal, unforgettable rendition of "Rocket Man" by William Shatner.

Also features Karen Black, Bernie Taupin, Richard Benjamin, and Paula Prentiss.

And - a WGN Channel 9 on-screen ID!

(Unfortunately gets cut off before this segment is complete)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 20th 1978.

WFLD Channel 32 - It Takes A Thief - "Situation Red" (Open & Bumper Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 2282

Here's another rare 32 Kaiser bumper! Includes:

Opening to It Takes a Thief (just because the visuals are cool and the music is full of swingin'-60s-spy-groove goodness)

Partial Kaiser-era 32 bumper for It Takes A Thief

Opening title with episode name, "Situation Red"

"Let me get this straight...you want me to steal?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, August 13th 1977 during the 1...

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Dick & Doug" (Part 2, 1976)

Views: 1430

Here's Part 2 of an interview segment from AM Chicago on WLS Channel 7, in which host Steve Edwards interviews the legendary morning drive team of Dick (Sainte) and Doug (Dahlgren) - "Dick and Doug", who were fired from WCFL AM 1000 on March 12th 1976 midway through their air shift, after talking too much about that station's change in format from Top 40 to beautiful music (they had been explicitly forbidden to do so by WCFL's general manager, Lew Witz). In this part, they speak of va...

WFLD Channel 32 - Oak Park Village Mall (Commercial #2, 1976)

Views: 1698

Here's another short 10 second spot for the Oak Park Village Mall. Remember this? When they blocked off Lake Street and created an outdoor "mall" much in the way they did with State Street?

This was produced at WFLD Channel 32 during the Kaiser Broadcasting Company days, and was directed by Don Shannon. It was recorded on 6-30-76.

"...a beautiful place to shop"

This likely aired on local Chicago TV in July of 1976.

WFLD Channel 32 - Oak Park Village Mall (Commercial #1, 1976)

Views: 2433

Here's a short 10 second spot for the Oak Park Village Mall. Remember this? When they blocked off Lake Street and created an outdoor "mall" much in the way they did with State Street?

This was produced at WFLD Channel 32 during the Kaiser Broadcasting Company days, and was directed by Don Shannon. It was recorded on 6-30-76.

"...a beautiful place to shop"

This likely aired on local Chicago TV in July of 1976.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Jack Benny Show (Break #1, 1974?)

Views: 2292

Finally - some WFLD stuff from the same batch that isn't from March 1971. ;-) Here is Break #1 from The Jack Benny Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Men Who Flirt With Death - Public Service Annoucement from the American Cancer Society

Can anyone with access to the old TV guides find a listing for The Jack Benny Show on WFLD? Also, refresh my memory - when was Kaiser Broadcasting in control of WFLD? I know it ended in September of 1977, but not when they be...