Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a (mostly) complete broadcast (missing opening 2 minutes or so, and then about 7 minutes prior to sports report missing - see below) of the 4:30 and 5:00pm editions of Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.
Includes:
Recording comes in midway into report from Diane Lawson in Schaumburg about ordeal of young 2-year-old girl, Diane Rodberg, whose parents, Marty and Pat, are struggling to pay for her treatment for leukemia, and facing foreclosure; contact info for a fund is given out
Other items:
- Chicago police investigating shooting of Lafronda Perkins, 2-1/2, at Cabrini Green housing project
- Vivian Rosenberg reports on potential treatment for bedwetting (a.k.a. enuresis), and the case of 2-year-old Flynice Gray (sp?) who was killed by her mother for wetting the bed. Other bedwetters are named, which I'm sure they appreciated - Cheri Leavitt and Craig Lee.
- Edmondson, IL Police Chief R.J. Berthow (sp?) has solution to burglary problem: Give arresting officers a paid day off
Commercials for:
WCFL 1000
American Tourister "dynamite" sale on suitcases
Static Guard (with Marion Ross of Happy Days fame)
Homemakers (with Shelley Long)
- President Reagan meeting with nation's governors on budget, Nancy meeting with their wives
- John Jenrette's estranged wife Rita speaks of scandal in nation's capital; he has no comment on her recent Playboy pictorial
- Thousands of women appear at Northbrook Court to meet General Hospital's Anthony Geary, as Chuck Goudie reports (full AM Chicago show seen here: youtu.be/9-xvA_wJTww)
Commercials for:
"Evita" - at the Shubert Theatre
Hills Bros coffee
Sasson jeans (with four members of New York Rangers including Phil Esposito)
First Federal of Chicago
- Four Canadians about to embark on 2-month walk from Alberta to North Pole
- Bill Campbell of WTSP Channel 10 in Tampa Bay reports from Land O'Lakes, FL the building of a nudist colony, Paradise Lakes
- Steve Deshler weather report
- People in China's Yunnan province believe speaking in a loud voice near lake will produce rain
Commercials for:
Minolta EP-310 copier (with Joe Piscopo)
Glidden Spred Satin paint
Pontiac Cash Bonus on Firebird, Phoenix or Grand Prix
ON TV
- Rosemarie Gulley reports on RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) giveaway of books to inner-city children at Bond School
- Part 1 of Pat Collins' report "The Scream Machine: Horror from Hollywood (posted separately here: youtu.be/JBizogpY_kY)
Commercials for:
Thomas' English Muffins (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Anbesol antiseptic anesthetic and Anbesol Gel
Dean Foods cottage cheese
Promo for Carol Bogart investigation "Don't Talk to Strangers" at 10pm (voiceover by Gary Gears)
- 200 right-wing army officers seize control of Spanish Parliament
- Confrontation between South East Side residents and Health Department, including more Spanish-speaking doctors and nurses
- Bob Petty report on protest by parents outside Board of Ed HQ over control of Eli Whitney Elementary School, joined by Mollison Elementary School parents
- Wall Street closing numbers
Commercials for:
Gloria Marshall weight loss program (with Milton Berle)
Texas Instruments (with Bill Cosby)
Delta Airlines - "Buy and Fly"
- Consumer reporter Karen Kalish on magazine ads for jewelry
Commercials for:
Bearcat Scanner Radio (with Don Adams)
"Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (theatrical trailer)
Fireside used car toys
70-calorie Olympia Gold light beer
- Kansas City cabbie drives couple all the way to Chicago
- Hugh Hill profile "Chicago People: Morry Roth" (posted separately here: youtu.be/p65U9KMKskU)
- Joel repeats contact info for fund for leukemia victim Diane Rodberg from early in broadcast
Recording then cuts (about 7 minutes, 5 seconds missing, based on what was recorded over this portion) to tail end of Al Lerner sports report, followed by weather, Jay Levine's preview of 6pm newscast, and Fahey and Joel leading into . . .
Opening two minutes of ABC World News Tonight (posted separately here: youtu.be/WpUDUS8DdPo)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 23rd 1981 within the 4:30pm to 5:32pm 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 a (mostly) complete broadcast (missing opening 2 minutes or so, and then about 7 minutes prior to sports report missing - see below) of the 4:30 and 5:00pm editions of Eyewitness News on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly.
Includes:
Recording comes in midway into report from Diane Lawson in Schaumburg about ordeal of young 2-year-old girl, Diane Rodberg, whose parents, Marty and Pat, are struggling to pay for her treatment for leukemia, and facing foreclosure; contact info for a fund is given out
Other items:
- Chicago police investigating shooting of Lafronda Perkins, 2-1/2, at Cabrini Green housing project
- Vivian Rosenberg reports on potential treatment for bedwetting (a.k.a. enuresis), and the case of 2-year-old Flynice Gray (sp?) who was killed by her mother for wetting the bed. Other bedwetters are named, which I'm sure they appreciated - Cheri Leavitt and Craig Lee.
- Edmondson, IL Police Chief R.J. Berthow (sp?) has solution to burglary problem: Give arresting officers a paid day off
Commercials for:
WCFL 1000
American Tourister "dynamite" sale on suitcases
Static Guard (with Marion Ross of Happy Days fame)
Homemakers (with Shelley Long)
- President Reagan meeting with nation's governors on budget, Nancy meeting with their wives
- John Jenrette's estranged wife Rita speaks of scandal in nation's capital; he has no comment on her recent Playboy pictorial
- Thousands of women appear at Northbrook Court to meet General Hospital's Anthony Geary, as Chuck Goudie reports (full AM Chicago show seen here: youtu.be/9-xvA_wJTww)
Commercials for:
"Evita" - at the Shubert Theatre
Hills Bros coffee
Sasson jeans (with four members of New York Rangers including Phil Esposito)
First Federal of Chicago
- Four Canadians about to embark on 2-month walk from Alberta to North Pole
- Bill Campbell of WTSP Channel 10 in Tampa Bay reports from Land O'Lakes, FL the building of a nudist colony, Paradise Lakes
- Steve Deshler weather report
- People in China's Yunnan province believe speaking in a loud voice near lake will produce rain
Commercials for:
Minolta EP-310 copier (with Joe Piscopo)
Glidden Spred Satin paint
Pontiac Cash Bonus on Firebird, Phoenix or Grand Prix
ON TV
- Rosemarie Gulley reports on RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) giveaway of books to inner-city children at Bond School
- Part 1 of Pat Collins' report "The Scream Machine: Horror from Hollywood (posted separately here: youtu.be/JBizogpY_kY)
Commercials for:
Thomas' English Muffins (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Anbesol antiseptic anesthetic and Anbesol Gel
Dean Foods cottage cheese
Promo for Carol Bogart investigation "Don't Talk to Strangers" at 10pm (voiceover by Gary Gears)
- 200 right-wing army officers seize control of Spanish Parliament
- Confrontation between South East Side residents and Health Department, including more Spanish-speaking doctors and nurses
- Bob Petty report on protest by parents outside Board of Ed HQ over control of Eli Whitney Elementary School, joined by Mollison Elementary School parents
- Wall Street closing numbers
Commercials for:
Gloria Marshall weight loss program (with Milton Berle)
Texas Instruments (with Bill Cosby)
Delta Airlines - "Buy and Fly"
- Consumer reporter Karen Kalish on magazine ads for jewelry
Commercials for:
Bearcat Scanner Radio (with Don Adams)
"Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (theatrical trailer)
Fireside used car toys
70-calorie Olympia Gold light beer
- Kansas City cabbie drives couple all the way to Chicago
- Hugh Hill profile "Chicago People: Morry Roth" (posted separately here: youtu.be/p65U9KMKskU)
- Joel repeats contact info for fund for leukemia victim Diane Rodberg from early in broadcast
Recording then cuts (about 7 minutes, 5 seconds missing, based on what was recorded over this portion) to tail end of Al Lerner sports report, followed by weather, Jay Levine's preview of 6pm newscast, and Fahey and Joel leading into . . .
Opening two minutes of ABC World News Tonight (posted separately here: youtu.be/WpUDUS8DdPo)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, February 23rd 1981 within the 4:30pm to 5:32pm 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!
![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!")
