Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a complete broadcast of an edition of TBS Newswatch (from Cable News Network) with Bill Zimmerman as transmitted via cable over Superstation WTBS. Also featuring Lou Waters and Mary Alice Williams.
Includes:
Newscast open (voiceover by Bill Tullis), and items:
- William Bonin found guilty of first-degree murder in Freeway Killer case
- California Governor Jerry Brown declares state of emergency in six Northern counties after recent floods and mud slides
- West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt leaves Washington after failing to agree with Reagan on sanctions against Moscow and Warsaw
- IRA terrorists blow up Fiat car in Dublin that attacked forensic scientist Dr. James Donovan; he is key witness in trial of two IRA militants charged in murder of Lord Mountbatten; his left leg had to be amputated
- Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini says Red Brigades captured Brig. Gen. James Dozier in retaliation for Italy deploying U.S. missiles in Sicily under NATO command; meanwhile, according to CNN's Mark Leff, one of the members of their Rome branch, Stefano Pitrela (?), was among those arrested in connection with shooting of Nicola Simone, Deputy Chief of Rome's Police Anti-Terrorist Squad; three are wanted in Verona in connection with Dozier's kidnapping
- UN Security Council to resume debate about Israel's annexation of Golan Heights
"Coming Up Next: SuperStation Funtime / The Flintstones / The Munsters / Leave It to Beaver" bumper (voiceover by ??)
Record offer for "Aerobic Dance & Exercise" from Hansen House (with Brooke Bundy)
SuperStation ID / promo for "Love Me Tender"
Promo for Winners look at William Diehl by Kevin Christopher
Start of SuperStation Funtime (audio cuts in late), with Abbott & Costello cartoon "Space Beard" [1967] (recording cuts out before cartoon ends)
"The Red Brigade's communique since the kidnapping have repeatedly demanded Italian withdrawal from Natal - er, NATO."
This aired on local Chicago TV (via cable) on Wednesday, January 6th 1982 during the 2:55pm to 3:08pm 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 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 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 a complete broadcast of an edition of TBS Newswatch (from Cable News Network) with Bill Zimmerman as transmitted via cable over Superstation WTBS. Also featuring Lou Waters and Mary Alice Williams.
Includes:
Newscast open (voiceover by Bill Tullis), and items:
- William Bonin found guilty of first-degree murder in Freeway Killer case
- California Governor Jerry Brown declares state of emergency in six Northern counties after recent floods and mud slides
- West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt leaves Washington after failing to agree with Reagan on sanctions against Moscow and Warsaw
- IRA terrorists blow up Fiat car in Dublin that attacked forensic scientist Dr. James Donovan; he is key witness in trial of two IRA militants charged in murder of Lord Mountbatten; his left leg had to be amputated
- Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini says Red Brigades captured Brig. Gen. James Dozier in retaliation for Italy deploying U.S. missiles in Sicily under NATO command; meanwhile, according to CNN's Mark Leff, one of the members of their Rome branch, Stefano Pitrela (?), was among those arrested in connection with shooting of Nicola Simone, Deputy Chief of Rome's Police Anti-Terrorist Squad; three are wanted in Verona in connection with Dozier's kidnapping
- UN Security Council to resume debate about Israel's annexation of Golan Heights
"Coming Up Next: SuperStation Funtime / The Flintstones / The Munsters / Leave It to Beaver" bumper (voiceover by ??)
Record offer for "Aerobic Dance & Exercise" from Hansen House (with Brooke Bundy)
SuperStation ID / promo for "Love Me Tender"
Promo for Winners look at William Diehl by Kevin Christopher
Start of SuperStation Funtime (audio cuts in late), with Abbott & Costello cartoon "Space Beard" [1967] (recording cuts out before cartoon ends)
"The Red Brigade's communique since the kidnapping have repeatedly demanded Italian withdrawal from Natal - er, NATO."
This aired on local Chicago TV (via cable) on Wednesday, January 6th 1982 during the 2:55pm to 3:08pm 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 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 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!
![U.S.D.A. - Farmer Brown & Harry Hound [Proteins] (PSA, 1978)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b4WyW8eHDCM/mqdefault.jpg "U.S.D.A. - Farmer Brown & Harry Hound [Proteins] (PSA, 1978)
Heres another PSA for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in their series of Farmer Brown spots (of which there were four), here joined by Harry Hound in spotlighting protein foods such as meat, fish, baked beans, eggs and peanut butter for kids to eat to keep them healthy.
(Another PSA in that series, with Fred the Horse, which explains the benefits of bread, rice and cereal, had previously been posted here: https://youtu.be/TLqSk8-EBjA)
Eat a veg-a-bread-a-milk-a-cheese-a-bean-a-meat-a-fruit!
I love you Farmer Brown...
This aired on local New York TV on Monday, September 25th 1978 during the 10:00am to 11:30am (Eastern) 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 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 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!")
![WFAA Channel 8 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - Country Daybreak (Complete Broadcast, 3/6/1979) 📺 🐓 ☀️](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bbEBeBxn9u8/mqdefault.jpg "WFAA Channel 8 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - Country Daybreak (Complete Broadcast, 3/6/1979) 📺 🐓 ☀️
Remember the Farm Report? Well, heres the complete broadcast of an edition of Country Daybreak as aired over WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. Steve Weebus(?) is your host keeping abreast of all the news on markets and farms.
(Previously, part of another edition from later in the year was posted: https://youtu.be/PxysVlJ386s )
You can also see Chicagos version of the Farm Report here: WGN Channel 9 - Top O the Morning (First 17 Minutes, 7/13/1982) (https://youtu.be/GQs-zeUwjGI)
Includes:
PSAs for:
EPA, Car Care Council and Lung Association about keeping cars tuned to reduce pollution
American Cancer Society (voiceover by William B. Williams)
Station ID / PSA for American Heart Association
FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives update list - Charles Everett Hughes added, including the crimes hes wanted for (Hughes would finally be arrested in April of 1981)
PSA for UTA - looking for answers to energy needs in Texas
Station ID / PSA for Dallas Public Library
Show open, with Steve starting off with weather forecast, then giving advice to farmers on certain crops, coastal Bermuda grass and use of dormant oil, and following items:
- Coming New World of Agriculture meeting in Fort Worth
- Showing of printout of A.M.S.-U.S.D.A. Market Report (with phone voiceover by Ronnie Steen of the Federal-State Market News Office in Ft. Worth explaining everything) before commercial break
Commercials for:
Wescott Ford (with owner Carl Wescott) - Delayed Moving Sale
H&R Block (with Henry Block)
Liquid Milogard 4L Herbicide
- Steve fields questions on when to start fertilizing your lawn
- This day is deadline for applying to Small Business Administration for drought disaster loans over 1978 crop losses
- Annual meeting of Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association to be held March 11th through 13th in Houston
- Steve previews guests Charles Rollins and Don King, who would talk about said meeting
- Meeting at 1:30pm at Bonham Livestock Auction Barn, livestock specialists to be guests
- Preview of meetings happening next day, including one at Gladys & Rubys Restaurant in DeSoto at 11:30am, before Steve closes program (Go fishin...)
Closing titles (music: Nashville Skyline Rag by Bob Dylan, which had to be modified to prevent YouTube blocking)
First few seconds of notice for Small Business Administration (about said drought losses) before recording ends (a presentation of the WFAA-TV Farm Department)
Good morning, its time for another cup of coffee...
This aired on local Dallas-Fort Worth TV early Tuesday, March 6th 1979 during the 5:58am to 6:15am 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 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 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!")
![Bozos Big Top [Detroit Bozo] - Ventriloquism (1976) 🤡](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c8tMu1Hvfz8/mqdefault.jpg "Bozos Big Top [Detroit Bozo] - Ventriloquism (1976) 🤡
Heres another example of the difference between WGNs gold standard Bozo and the others, once again from WJBK Channel 2 in Detroit, MI, with Art Cervi as The Worlds Most Famous Clown under the heading Bozos Big Top, and Larry Thompson as the magician Mr. Whoodini. As with the other installment, this came off a 2 Quad tape, so there are no commercials, PSAs, promos or (before the program start) station ID.
This edition spotlights the art of ventriloquism.
(A slightly earlier episode from the same month had been posted awhile back, seen here: https://youtu.be/JHTRd0M-nNY)
Includes:
Less than 1 second of EIA RS-189A bars, though the ~426 Hz tone lasts 4 seconds; followed by slate indicating Program #62 and recorded February 28th 1976. (Clyde indicates the Director, Clyde Salsbury)
Show open, followed by Bozo performing his Bozo Is Back theme (this was in every show)
Segment 2, with Bozo entering and directing audience applause, then Buford the parrot calls out from the counter, with Eddie Jay and Carlton the crow who makes snide remarks about Buford to Eddies disapproval, then Carlton introduces the Bozos Bugs segment (introduced with a snippet of Popcorn by Hot Butter); Bozo is with Danny, who picks #35; then another boy, Steve, selects a paper from the rotating hat, wherein Whoodini explains the prizes (a Colossal Mantis model set, GAF View-Master Bicentennial Gift Pak, the Peter Pan album Bozo and the Big Top Circus Parade, a game set from Cartel for building a worldwide-billion dollar empire, and Brunswicks Air-Hockey game from Aurora); of the nine bugs, Steve selects Your Choice, then keeps going until selecting the left one which says Stop, and he is deemed to win the air hockey game, as is home viewer Rachel Idunate of Clifford Street in Detroit
Segment 3, starting with Bozo with Eddie and Carlton discussing the subject of ventriloquism; Eddie tries to explain what its about as Carlton keeps interrupting - Eddies technical description of Carlton is a dummy rather than a puppet; he gives a lesson to Carlton on the subject; with Whoodini at their side, audience members June, Linda and Dave try their hands at handling Buford and making him talk
In Segment 4, Whoodini introduces Clancy and his buddy John Osborne (sp?); Clancy tries to see whos working Whoodinis head, as he and John explain themselves and then do a whole routine; then Bozo congratulates them as he closes the program
Ending credits:
Bozos Big Top
Starring Bozo, The Worlds Most Famous Clown
with Mr. Whoodini
Prizes Furnished by:
Gamut of Games
G. A. F.
Fundimensions (MPC)
Peter Pan Industries
Aurora
Worldwind Corp.
American Aerosol
Tasco Posters
Westab
Directed by Clyde Salsbury
An A & S Production in conjunction with Larry Harmon Pictures Corp.
Bozos Big Top
A beautiful crow.
This aired on local Detroit TV on (most likely, if the programs aired in production order) Tuesday, April 6th 1976 during the 7am to 7:30am 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 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 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!")
