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Here's the first half-hour of the broadcast of an edition of NBC News Overnight, anchored by Bill Schechner and Jamie Gangel (substituting for Linda Ellerbee), as presented over WMAQ Channel 5.
(A different, complete broadcast of this relatively ๏ฟผshort-lived news program can also be seen here: youtu.be/0wAOwmtZaH8 )
Includes:
Station ID / promo for "River of Jazz"
Preview of stories, followed by opening and headlines:
- Bob Hager on departures of EPA's acting administrator John Hernandez, assistant administrator John Todhunter and general counsel Robert Perry, plus their chief for Federal activities, Paul Cahill; preceded by Reagan's comments on how they left
- Reagan defends Kenneth Adelman, nominee to head arms control agency, amidst attacks from Senate; and pushes for space-based superweapons to deter nuclear threat
- Report that Reagan was wrong about Soviets manipulating nuclear freeze movement
Commercials for:
Anacin Fast Pain Relief (with Patricia Neal)
Norelco Roto-Tract Razors (with Mark Gastineau and his mother)
Porcelana fade cream for skin spots
Bantron smoking deterrent tablets
- Report from CBC's David Bassey on latest austerity measures from France's socialist government
- Reagan administration revises forecast for economic growth for rest of year; reports from Bev Chapman of KMTV Omaha on those joining or rejoining military (such as Craig Rowe (sp?), 23), and Charles Ely of KXAS in Fort Worth-Dallas on new generation of oil roughnecks in Abilene
- New Federal study says no major risk of cancer from abortion pills, as Kenley Jones reports
- Carlsbad, NM man, Daniel Lopez, arrested for shooting his lover after she served him too many green beans
- Newsreel (with RCA TK-76 camera shown), with items about Exxon overcharging, school bus crash killing nine in Uno, AR, Paris doctors' protest against Afghanistan arrest, Pentagon's replacement of Army Jeep with "Hummer," and Pope's inauguration of special holy year
Commercials for:
Meineke discount mufflers - "Meineke shatters prices!"
Crisco (with Loretta Lynn and husband Mooney)
Bon Ami polishing cleanser
Better Buick Dealers of Chicagoland/Northern Indiana - Buick Regal under $9,900
- Not Ready for Prime Time News, from Bill Blannen of KPNX in Mesa/Phoenix about men in Old West costumes "robbing" intercity buses as part of skits for coming conventioneers; Lee "Weasel" Wilson and "hostage" Albert Fritz interviewed
Commercials for:
Topol Smoker's Toothpolish
Doan's Pills analgesic
AYDS appetite suppressant (with Gloria Toth of Bridgeport, CT and Linda Parker of Schenectady, NY)
PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds
Sports (with station lower-third ID at start):
- Former football player and coach Bob Waterfield dies at age 62 (his football career encapsulated, but nothing about his 1943-68 marriage to "Full Figured Gal" Jane Russell)
- NCAA's Georgia Bulldogs looking for revenge against St. John's, but first . . .
- Scores from hockey, basketball, National Invitational Tournament and NCAA Tournament
- then they go to videotape of Bulldogs-Redmen game, followed by highlights of Memphis vs. North Carolina
- Jim Cummins reports on Kentucky-Louisville rivalry, with comments by Mike Kallay of the Louisville Times and numerous fans on both sides
Commercials for:
Susk Honda in Des Plaines
Channel 5 News - "Your Political Connection" (with Peter Nolan and Dick Kay) (voiceover by Jim Hill)
Fleetwood Construction Company (with president Alan Dennison)
West Gate Lincoln/Mercury (incomplete; recording ends midway)
This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 26th 1983 during the 1:00am to 1:33am timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's the first half-hour of the broadcast of an edition of NBC News Overnight, anchored by Bill Schechner and Jamie Gangel (substituting for Linda Ellerbee), as presented over WMAQ Channel 5.
(A different, complete broadcast of this relatively ๏ฟผshort-lived news program can also be seen here: youtu.be/0wAOwmtZaH8 )
Includes:
Station ID / promo for "River of Jazz"
Preview of stories, followed by opening and headlines:
- Bob Hager on departures of EPA's acting administrator John Hernandez, assistant administrator John Todhunter and general counsel Robert Perry, plus their chief for Federal activities, Paul Cahill; preceded by Reagan's comments on how they left
- Reagan defends Kenneth Adelman, nominee to head arms control agency, amidst attacks from Senate; and pushes for space-based superweapons to deter nuclear threat
- Report that Reagan was wrong about Soviets manipulating nuclear freeze movement
Commercials for:
Anacin Fast Pain Relief (with Patricia Neal)
Norelco Roto-Tract Razors (with Mark Gastineau and his mother)
Porcelana fade cream for skin spots
Bantron smoking deterrent tablets
- Report from CBC's David Bassey on latest austerity measures from France's socialist government
- Reagan administration revises forecast for economic growth for rest of year; reports from Bev Chapman of KMTV Omaha on those joining or rejoining military (such as Craig Rowe (sp?), 23), and Charles Ely of KXAS in Fort Worth-Dallas on new generation of oil roughnecks in Abilene
- New Federal study says no major risk of cancer from abortion pills, as Kenley Jones reports
- Carlsbad, NM man, Daniel Lopez, arrested for shooting his lover after she served him too many green beans
- Newsreel (with RCA TK-76 camera shown), with items about Exxon overcharging, school bus crash killing nine in Uno, AR, Paris doctors' protest against Afghanistan arrest, Pentagon's replacement of Army Jeep with "Hummer," and Pope's inauguration of special holy year
Commercials for:
Meineke discount mufflers - "Meineke shatters prices!"
Crisco (with Loretta Lynn and husband Mooney)
Bon Ami polishing cleanser
Better Buick Dealers of Chicagoland/Northern Indiana - Buick Regal under $9,900
- Not Ready for Prime Time News, from Bill Blannen of KPNX in Mesa/Phoenix about men in Old West costumes "robbing" intercity buses as part of skits for coming conventioneers; Lee "Weasel" Wilson and "hostage" Albert Fritz interviewed
Commercials for:
Topol Smoker's Toothpolish
Doan's Pills analgesic
AYDS appetite suppressant (with Gloria Toth of Bridgeport, CT and Linda Parker of Schenectady, NY)
PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds
Sports (with station lower-third ID at start):
- Former football player and coach Bob Waterfield dies at age 62 (his football career encapsulated, but nothing about his 1943-68 marriage to "Full Figured Gal" Jane Russell)
- NCAA's Georgia Bulldogs looking for revenge against St. John's, but first . . .
- Scores from hockey, basketball, National Invitational Tournament and NCAA Tournament
- then they go to videotape of Bulldogs-Redmen game, followed by highlights of Memphis vs. North Carolina
- Jim Cummins reports on Kentucky-Louisville rivalry, with comments by Mike Kallay of the Louisville Times and numerous fans on both sides
Commercials for:
Susk Honda in Des Plaines
Channel 5 News - "Your Political Connection" (with Peter Nolan and Dick Kay) (voiceover by Jim Hill)
Fleetwood Construction Company (with president Alan Dennison)
West Gate Lincoln/Mercury (incomplete; recording ends midway)
This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 26th 1983 during the 1:00am to 1:33am timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
