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WGN Channel 9 - "Lottery Trainwreck" (1988)

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Here's an interesting clip - the Illinois Lottery drawing on WGN Channel 9 where on this particular night, the balls did not drop into the mixing chamber for the "Cash 5" game and the winning numbers had to be selected off camera and given via an on-screen scroll about 20 minutes later, during the 7 O'Clock Movie airing of "Vertigo".

Featuring Merri Dee doing the drawing. Not sure who the voiceover is by, although it sounds a little like Joan Kohn. Also features supervision b...

WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Spooky Lottery Hijinx" (1980)

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Here's an excerpt from an episode of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9 where the news story was about a lottery fraud and scandal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that took place on Thursday, April 24th 1980, in which people tampered with and rigged the "Daily Number" game by injecting liquid into the ping-pong balls, in order to weigh them down and produce a desired outcome.

Seen selecting the balls is "senior citizen witness" Violet Lowery (not implicated in the scheme). The m...

WMAQ Channel 5 - WMAQ-TV Editorial - "Sabotaging the RTA" (1973)

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Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, lacing into the Illinois State Legislature's continued failure to come up with legislation to create a Regional Transit Authority for the Chicago area (or as Mr. Smith termed it, "acting with unprecedented irresponsibility").

In the course of the editorial, he names names including House Speaker Robert Blair and Illinois Governor Dan Walker, denounces the political partisanship ("a three-ring clown act...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Editorial 5 - "Parking Garage Sale" (1979)

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Here's an editorial by Dillon Smith, Editorial Director of WMAQ Channel 5, in which he brands Mayor Jane Byrne's proposed sale of city parking garages to interested bidders a "mistake," saying once the easy cash from a proposed sale is spent from within the next year's city budget, the garages are "gone forever," whereas if the garages weren't sold, the city would profit from them forever.

He proposes that if the parking garages aren't making enough money, the city should jus...

WSNS Channel 44 - Illinois State Lottery - Super Shot (Part 4, 1976)

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

Here's the fourth and final part of the Illinois State Lottery's Super Shot program on WSNS Channel 44. This was the Lottery's basketball-related game (the "Super Shot" signified hitting a basket). The hosts were Bob Hale and Sandie Wolsfeld. ...

WLS Channel 7 - The Hollywood Squares (Ending & Post-Show Break, 1981)

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Here is the ending to Hollywood Squares on WLS Channel 7 including a post-show commercial break. Includes:

Last second of an Illinois Office of Tourism commercial.

Ending of The Hollywood Squares featuring host Peter Marshall - including credits and Filmways logo. (Contestant prize info voiceover by Kenny Williams)

Commercial: Pontiac T1000 (the Terminator?) at Your Favorite Pontiac Dealer.

Chicagoland Auto Recyclers - A-Suburban an...

WEFM 99 - "We Plays Your Songs" (Commercial, 1980)

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Here's a commercial for former radio station WEFM 99.5 - "We" FM.

From Wikipedia:
History - 99.5 WEFM/99-"We" FM
Until 1978, 99.5 was classical WEFM. In May 1978, WEFM (after many years of litigation) was flipped to General Cinema Corporation from classical to top 40. In the mid to late 1970s, the station was essentially a top 40 station with the moniker 99-"We"-FM (WEFM). Morning shows were hosted by Dan Walker, the (Illinois) governor of Rock and Roll (former...