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WGN Channel 9 - Laverne & Shirley & Company (Promo, 1981)

Views: 2851

Here's a promo for an upcoming airing of Laverne & Shirley & Company (the syndicated title for Laverne & Shirley) for 6:30pm on WGN Channel 9. The episode "The Dance Studio" (originally aired on the ABC Network on May 23rd 1978, with Eddie Mekka as Carmen and Garry Goodrow as Mr. Caulley) is the episode to be aired at that time, and clips are shown.

Opening and closing voiceover by Merri Dee.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 4th 1...

WLS Channel 7 - Saturday Eyewitness News (Opening Segment Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 5772

Here's something really old and rare - the first 4 minutes of the opening segment to the Saturday Eyewitness News from June of 1977! Featuring Bob Petty, Johnny Mountain, and Mike Nolan on sports. Includes:

WLS-TV Chicago Animated Station ID/Movie Promo Bumper (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)

Opening to the Saturday Eyewitness News. (with voiceover by Wayne Atkinson.)

Stories include:

- First test flight of Space Shuttle orbiter dee...

WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm - "The Freeze Of '79" (Part 3, 1979)

Views: 9428

Here is Part 3 of a complete edition of the WLS Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

Joel Daly mentions that a solution to the Catch-22 situation regarding Chicagoans being held liable for personal injury if they shovel their sidewalk, is being worked on.

John Coleman's weather report

Tim Weigel's sports - Bulls, Black Hawks, Ohio State coaching change, Papa Bear George Halas celebrates his birthday, and Weigel's "Fractured Football...

Jim Edgar - Secretary of State (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1445

Here is a commercial - not a campaign ad mind you, but just a commercial telling you how great a job Jim Edgar was doing as Secretary of State. He already won the election, so why was this necessary?

Paid for by Citizens for Jim Edgar. Endorsed by Independent Voters of Illinois.

This commercial aired on local Chicago TV between 7 and 10pm, on Sunday October 17th, 1982.

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial - "Sexist Textbooks" (1973)

Views: 3412

Here's an early editorial on WMAQ Channel 5 where the topic was sexist textbooks. Billie Jean King is brought up as a counter-example after her win in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.

Featuring Assistant Editorial Director, Abby Kagen. (sp?)

Voiceover by ??

"Girls are portrayed as meek and passive..."

This aired on local Chicago TV in 1973 (likely, September 1973).

Various Stations - "TV DX Potpourri" (1979/1980)

Views: 3733

Here are some clips from as far away as Detroit and Cleveland that were recorded in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago using a tall antenna - "TV DXing" as it was known.

As described by Wikipedia, TV DX is a term referring to the active search for distant television stations received during unusual atmospheric conditions. The term DX is an old telegraphic term meaning "long distance." TV DX aficionados would at...

Mayor Bilandic - "Keep Chicago Strong" (Political Ad, 1979)

Views: 2583

Here's a political ad for Mayor Michael Bilandic's re-election campaign featuring Mrs. Bilandic. (Chicago socialite Heather Morgan)

How'd that turn out?

Paid for by Bilandic for Mayor Campaign Committee

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, February 20th 1979.

WSNS Channel 44 - Fútbol (On-Screen Station ID, 1986)

Views: 1997

Here's an on-screen station ID for WSNS Channel 44 during a broadcast of Futbol (Soccer - not sure what match it is - World Cup?). I thought it was interesting that they're using the same station ID as long before the Spanish transition.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, June 5th 1986.

WFLD Channel 32 - Wonder Woman & Space Invaders (Promo, 1982)

Views: 2385

Here is a promo for Wonder Woman and "Into the Valley of the Space Invaders" (a rebroadcast of it which originally aired on April 26th) on WFLD Channel 32.

"It's a Robot!"

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 24th 1982.