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Video clips of classic Chicago television & radio moments!
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Published on Thursday, 22 December 2011 09:47
From the WGN Morning News from December 2007, here is a comedic look at the "dos & don'ts" of company holiday parties. This video clip stars Jeff Hoover & Mike Toomey from WGN-TV, along with famed Chicago comedy writer/performer (Second City, Saturday Night Live, Police Academy) Tim Kazurinski.
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Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 08:55
Originally airing on Chicago TV in December 1953 on "Garfield Goose and Friends" (then on WBBM-TV, before it moved to WGN-TV), here is the winter favorite, "Suzy Snowflake."
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Published on Thursday, 24 November 2011 10:15
What was on TV 31 years ago today? The Detroit Lions hosted the Chicago Bears and were favored to win the game. The Bears had other plans though. It became one of the most exciting Thanksgiving Day football games in NFL history.
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Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 12:44
Today is the 24th anniversary of Chicago's most famous incident of air piracy, the so-called "Max Headroom Incident." On November 22nd, 1987 some video pirates using microwave technology, were able to knock off WGN-TV from the air for about 25 seconds and then WTTW-TV later that night for about 90 seconds. In place of the station's regular transmissions, a pirate wearing a Max Headroom mask took over. The video pirates were never caught. This site will have a full-blown, in-depth look at the infamous pirates next year for the 25th anniversary. For now, here is a YouTube video of the WTTW-TV portion of the night, with some of "Max Headroom's" garbled words translated. (Although the video owner got a few words wrong.) The second video is four Chicago TV news reports on the incident from the following night.
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Published on Friday, 11 November 2011 15:07
Former Chicago radio & TV sports talker "Jim Shorts" (Kevin Matthews) interviews pretend Cubs/Sox broadcaster "Harry" (Jim Volkman) in this video clip. The video is made up from various shows of Keven Matthews' mid-90s cable television show "Cavalcade of Sports For You."
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Published on Monday, 31 October 2011 08:55
Just in time for Halloween, here is a rare commercial for WGN-TV's "Creature Features" from 1973.
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Published on Friday, 28 October 2011 15:01
Here is a Halloween treat with three videos from the WGN Morning News over the last few years. They all feature "Greg Smith, the Reluctant Vampire," who in reality is WGN-TV contributor and top Chicago stand-up comedian Mike Toomey. Sink your fangs into these gems...
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Published on Monday, 17 October 2011 16:04
Another classic Chicago TV commercial, this one again with the lovely Lorelei Shark, the Loop's first, and still greatest, spokes-model. Also featured on this commercial from 1980 are then-WLUP-FM DJs Steve Dahl, Garry Meier, Bruce Carey, Mitch Michaels, and Sky Daniels.
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Published on Thursday, 06 October 2011 11:43
In this fun video from 2000, Melissa Foreman, who was hosting the morning show on 92Kiss-FM (a tri-cast on WKIE-FM, WKIF-FM, and WDEK-FM), gave a quick tour of the Big City Radio-owned radio studios for 92Kiss-FM and WXXY-FM/The 80s Channel. The video also features Doug Stieg and Matt Palumbo, with Tony Lossanno doing the running camera work.
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Published on Saturday, 01 October 2011 11:13
Here is a look at a WMAQ-TV newscast from 25 years ago this very day. It features news anchors Ron Magers and Deborah Norville, along with a meteorologist John Coleman, political editor Dick Kay, reporters Art Norman, Ray Suarez, Ysabel Duraon, and more.
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Published on Monday, 19 September 2011 13:47
Here are a few commercials that aired on WGBO-TV for the former Melrose Park amusement park Kiddieland. The first comes from 1990, the rest come from 1993.
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Published on Thursday, 08 September 2011 23:24
Here is a TV commercial from 1982 to promote Steve Dahl & Garry Meier's radio show on WLS-FM. It is a parody of the old "Leave It To Beaver" show called "Leave It To Stever." (The video quality is not the best, unfortunately.)
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Published on Friday, 02 September 2011 13:36
For so many years on local Chicago television, a carpet & upholstery cleaning company called Boushelle would advertise, using the catchy jingle of their phone number, "Hudson 3-2-700!" to stick in the minds of viewers. Here is a classic commercial from January 1993.
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Published on Friday, 26 August 2011 15:35
Just under 10 years ago, legendary Chicago DJ Herb Kent paid a visit to the WGN Morning News set to promote his upcoming live show "Old School Memories II: The Herb Kent Story." He showed (or tried anyway) to show the news anchors (Larry Potash and Rosanne Tellez) how to do some steppin'. Here is how it went down...
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Published on Thursday, 18 August 2011 12:35
This video is the opening portion of an NBC 5 10:00pm newscast from February 4th, 1983 -- a couple of weeks before a historic mayoral primary election and the day Karen Carpenter passed away. The news anchors were Ron Magers and Linda Yu (both of which are now with WLS-TV). Classic commercials, including one for FM 100, are included.
