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Video clips of classic Chicago television & radio moments!
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Published on Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:05
WLS-TV weatherman John Coleman was given his own weekly late night talk show called "Midnight." Here is one complete 30 minute show from January 1975, including all commercials, that featured a handful of Chicago radio stars from the AM frequency. Guesting on this particular show are Bob Sirott (then with WLS-AM), Clark Weber (then with WMAQ-AM), Chuck Schaden (then with WLTD-AM), and Sherman Kaplan (then and still with WBBM-AM). While Coleman seems to know little about radio, the radio personalities have some very interesting things to say about their industry.
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Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 20:16
With a voice-over by Program Director Jim Robertson, this is the very first
official broadcast on WTTW-TV, Channel 11 in Chicago. (The station first took to the airwaves a few months earlier.) The program first aired on December 11, 1955.
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Published on Thursday, 04 April 2013 16:38
A look at a sample movie review by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert from 1987. No shock here, the two strongly disagreed on the film "Full Metal Jacket."
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Published on Monday, 01 April 2013 12:15
With WVON-AM celebrating its 50th anniversary today, here is a recent Chicago Tribune-produced video that looks at the station's historic legacy.
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Published on Sunday, 24 March 2013 10:01
Tiny Tov was the elf-like star of WBBM-TV's 1960s Hebrew-themed children's program "The Magic Door," who lived inside of a well decorated acorn. While original videos of this show are extremely rare, here are some clips from a 25th anniversary special from the early 1980s, which feature bits of the original footage.
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Published on Thursday, 28 February 2013 18:49
Today was the final broadcast for the legendary news anchor team of Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson. Here is a look back at a television promo for WBBM-TV's newscasts from Kurtis & Jacobson's heyday in 1978.
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Published on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 13:30
A look at WLUP-FM's LoopFest 1979 from a handheld Super 8 camera...
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Published on Thursday, 08 November 2012 12:24
A brief look at WDRV-FM/97.1 The Drive's Steve Downes...
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Published on Monday, 22 October 2012 09:18
In 2006 & 2007, the WBBM-TV/CBS 2 Morning News was a fun, upbeat newscast that featured Randy Salerno, Roseanne Tellez, Ed Curran, Susan Carlson and Vince Gerasole. This video clip helps capture some of the fun moments. (Also featured are Kristyn Hartman, Bill Zwecker, and Jim Williams.) Sadly, after the tragic death of Randy Salerno in January 2008, the morning newscast on WBBM-TV never quite recovered.
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Published on Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:52
These two videos come from a WMAQ-TV/NBC 5 newscast from February 23, 1967. The first video is the opening couple of minutes, with Floyd Kalber delivering news about the terrible snowfall of the day. The second video features the last 10 minutes of the newscast, with more from news anchor Kalber, as well as commentary from Len O'Connor and weather from Harry Volkman.
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Published on Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:37
This video is the entire episode of the Chicago TV show "Brandmeier" from May 2012 (Season 2, Episode 6). In this show, Jonathon Brandmeier interviews former Chicago news anchor Robin Meade, as well as former Chicago White Sox superstar Frank Thomas and Jesse Kulla from Chicago's Forteza Fitness.
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Published on Monday, 10 September 2012 17:20
Chicago radio's Eddie & Jobo are often parodied on the WGN Morning News for their commercials pitching a local auto insurance company. Here is one of their actual local commercials for that company...
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Published on Wednesday, 01 August 2012 12:47
This video is a promotional ad for the early subscription television service OnTV, which aired locally on WSNS-TV
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Published on Sunday, 08 July 2012 16:11
In 1997, Chicago radio and television veteran Jerry G. Bishop talked with WLFD-TV "Fox Thing In The Morning" hosts Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano. Bishop had returned to Chicago to be part of a tribute at the Museum of Broadcast Communications entitled "An Evening with Jerry G. Bishop and Rich Koz: The Night of the Svengoolies" and spoke of his career in local media.
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Published on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:57
This video comes from the "Nude Hippo" television show from 2003. Nude Hippo's Tony Lossano chats with Rich Koz about Svengoolie/Son of Svengoolie and the rest of his career.
