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WGN Channel 9 - Weather Break with Tom Skilling (1980)

Views: 6148

Here's another weather break on WGN Channel 9 featuring meteorologist (or do you say Weather Man?) Tom Skilling.

(C) 1980, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 7th 1980.

WCLR 102 FM - "Chicago's Choice Is Clear" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 2573

Here's a commercial for the radio station WCLR 102 FM (101.9). Today this station is known as WTMX - "The Mix."

Featuring Tony Mockus, Jr. as the weightlifter, and Art Fox as the toll booth operator.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, June 10th 1984.

WXRT 93 FM - "Give My Friend Terri A Listen" (Commercial, 1984)

Views: 3223

Here's another commercial for radio station WXRT 93.1 FM - this one promoting weekday mornings with Terri Hemmert from 6am to 10am.

Background music at the beginning is I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan fame).

"Chicago's Finest Rock"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July 10th 1984.

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

Views: 2281

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...

WJPC The New 95 AM - "Win a Superstar Supercar" (Commercial, 1982)

Views: 1982

Here's a brief commercial for "The New 95" WJPC's "Superstar Supercar" contest, where one could be yours if you write the station call letters near your phone. Contest good through March 17th 1983.

Can someone name the DJs in this spot? Isn't that LaDonna Tittle?

This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, November 15th 1982.

WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Northbrook Court Mall" (Bumper Promo, 1981)

Views: 2329

Here's a quick bumper promo for when AM Chicago with Robb Weller was doing a show at Northbrook Court mall. The guest that day was baby doctor Dr. Lendon Smith.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, February 25th 1981 at about 2:05am.

WCIU Channel 26 - Fue Sin Querer (Promo, 1985?)

Views: 1904

Here's a promo for the WCIU Channel 26 Spanish show Fue Sin Querer.

Not sure when this aired exactly, but probably 1985.

Fox Valley Center - "Antique Showcase" (Commercial, 1983)

Views: 2273

Here's a goofy commercial for the Fox Valley Center mall (now known as Westfield) in Aurora, Illinois. That week featuring "Antique Showcase - Thursday through Sunday".

"Where the good times hide..." (??)

This commercial aired on local Chicago television on Wednesday, February 2nd 1983.

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

Views: 2290

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...