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. The following excerpts were recorded on Saturday, December 29th 1979. Portion of commercial offer for Time-Life's The Old West book series (different phone number and address) WKBD Channel 50 (Detroit) - Tarzan Movie - "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" bumper WTVS Channel 56 (Detroit) - Partial slide promo for Legacy of Genius - The Story of Thomas Alva Edison WUHQ Channel 41 (Battle Creek / Kalamazoo) - partial Station ID Slide WISE Channel 33 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - NewsCenter33 partial promo and CHiPs slide WFFT Channel 55 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - "Makin' TV fun again!" partial promo for "That's Hollywood - Sundays at 6pm" WKBD Channel 50 (Detroit) - Pistons Vs. Atlanta - "Tonight at 7:30" partial promo Your old newspapers are worth money! end of "Super Girls" commercial offer (in Michigan) WUAB Channel 43 (Cleveland) - end of Superhost commercial return bumper going into The Three Stooges (Superhost was played by Martin J. Sullivan) WGPR 107.5 FM commercial - "Bruce Harper 2pm-7pm Saturdays" end of Roy Clark Guitar Book commercial offer WUAB Channel 43 (Cleveland) - M*A*S*H promo - "Weeknights at 7:00pm" WKBD Channel 50 (Detroit) - Tarzan Movie bumper with Bill Kennedy voiceover (?) advertising movie coming up next - "Desire in the Dust" with guest host Dean Miller (?) "This is Field Communications in Detroit" bumper (voiceover by Darwin Gillette) Quick flash of WKBD Channel 50 (Detroit) - Creature Feature - "The Last Woman on Earth" - "Today at 3:30" bumper slide WGPR Channel 62 (Detroit) partial station ID slide WOUB Channel 20 (Athens, Ohio) - Bowery Boys slide Partial Rollerwall commercial offer End of Lustreware commercial offer (Detroit) WOUB Channel 20 (Athens, Ohio) - Bowery Boys slide end of WKBD Channel 50 (Detroit) promo for L.A.T.E.R - "The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts" - "Premieres January 7 [1980] at 11pm" WKBD Channel 50 (Detroit) - Bill Kennedy - "Desire in the Dust" bumper slide WUAB Channel 43 (Cleveland) - Gilligan's Island partial promo - "Weekdays at 5:30pm" WLIO Channel 35 (Lima, Ohio) - "The Bob Newhart Show" promo slide - "Weekdays at 5:30pm" (voiceover by ??) Excerpt of the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "The Patter of Little Feet" (re-run) from April 7th 1980. The following excerpts were recorded on August 5th 1980 around 4:49 AM (based on the sports scores) WXYZ Channel 7 (Detroit) Action News - Sports and Weather slides (and voiceover by ??) WXYZ Channel 7 (Detroit) - partial sign-off with beginning of National Anthem (voiceover by ??) Another WKRP excerpt (must have been recorded over the older material) Little bit of commercial offer from HRB Corp. for The Complete Medical Exam Book by Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D. (seen in it's entirety within this commercial break) Little excerpt of New Zoo Revue Excerpt of Davey & Golliath - "I'm sorry...c'mon" Bars and tone from WIFR Channel 23 Freeport/Rockford - "Testing" End of earlier seen commercial offer from HRB Corp. for The Complete Medical Exam Book by Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D. More bars and tone from WIFR Channel 23 Freeport/Rockford - "Testing" Color bars and music from "WTVO NBC Television Channel 17 Rockford, Illinois" Ending of Bonanza promo from WSNS Channel 44 Chicago (had to be before July 1980) (voiceover by Mal Wyman) Beginning couple seconds of WSNS Monster Movie opening (had to be before July 1980) Part of the ending credits from What's Up Tiger Lily? Ending of a Rod Grams news promo from WIFR Channel 23 (Freeport/Rockford) Beginning seconds of the cold open to The Stockard Channing Show with Ron Silver (probably aired after WKRP) (must have been recorded over the older material) End of report by Mary Conway on WIFR Channel 23 (Freeport/Rockford) Daniel Schorr giving a partial opening to the Presidential Debate of Tuesday, October 28th 1980, giving way to a shot of First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Featuring Howard K. Smith and Barbara Walters on the panel. About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical purposes. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, and to view more of the 4,000+ (and counting) video clips available for viewing in our online archive, please visit us at: http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?contentload=donate

• published: 12 Jan 2014
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