The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) | WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 4pm (Complete Broadcast, 3/12/1986) 📺 @FuzzyMemoriesTV | Uploaded 7 months ago | Updated 2 minutes ago
Here's an edition of Eyewitness News at 4pm, anchored by Linda Yu and Joel Daly.

(NOTE: This aired immediately following Jeopardy! which can be viewed in its entirety here: youtu.be/v4PgXsuuZGk)

Includes:

Preview of newscast

Commercials for:
Dodge Car & Truck
ChemLawn (with Jim Delfino, head groundskeeper of Candlestick Park in San Francisco)

Station ID/promo for The Oprah Winfrey Show (with Oprah)

News open (voiceover by Al Parker), and these stories:

- Natural gas explosion at former Frank Kent Cadillac in Fort Worth, TX; at least 11 injured (at the time of broadcast)

- Broward County, FL medical examiner given permission by government to observe autopsies of victims of space shuttle Challenger

- Talks to end TWA flight attendants' strike in recess; union negotiator Victoria Frankovich explains why

- Condemned killer Charles Bass put to death in Huntsville, TX; state attorney general Jim Mattox speaks about case; Roger DeGarmo given stay of execution

- U.S. Senate starts experimental gavel-to-gavel coverage of proceedings on radio as reported by Patricia Sagon

Commercials for:
Vaseline Intensive Care lotion
Amtrak (sung by Richie Havens)
Al Piemonte Nissan
Illinois State Lottery - Lotto
Oil Express - "Greased Lightning!"

Jerry Taft weather

- Art Petracque on gang including former Chicago policemen involved in drug dealing and robberies

Commercials for:
Sears Living Room Collection
MCI Dial One (with Burt Lancaster)
Pontiac Sunbird
Pepperidge Farm distinctive cookies
Quick Gel Super Glue (with Winston Churchill impersonator)

- Andrew Leckey on finding a financial planner; talks with investor Julie Hatcher

Commercials for:
Anacin 3
Regina Steemer
Waste Management, Inc.
Kellogg's Special K
Bulls/United Airlines promo for United Cerebral Palsy (with Orlando Woolridge)

- Russ Ewing on drug raid that nabbed over 100 gang members; Gang Crimes Unit Cmdr. Edward Pleines and Cook County State's Atty. Richard M. Daley speak

- Bob Petty on Lincoln Park lagoon dealing with problem of dead fish, about which Dr. William Beecher explains

- Hugh Hill on close of Alderman Vito Marzullo's career

- John Drury with preview of 5pm edition

Commercials for:
Ford Mustang
Florida Gold Orange Juice

Tim Weigel on sports (baseball Spring Training)

Commercials for:
Chevrolet Caprice Classic
Marshall Field's (with Michael Doulton promoting fine English china)
Group W Cable of Chicago (with Donald O'Connor)
Saxon sale on Eclipse paint

- Gary Deeb on press conference with Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams promoting upcoming HBO Comic Relief special to raise money for homeless; plus, WFLD Channel 32 paying twice as much to air White Sox games this season

Commercials for:
Pepperidge Farm Raisin Bread
La-Z-Boy Sleep Center (with Bob the "unemployed sheep")
Canada - "The World Next Door"
Maaco

- Brooklyn, NY-based Marianne and Arthur Bonneau and neighbor Estelle Williams hold press conference after winning $1 million in New York State Lottery

- Vernon Jarrett on coming Aldermanic election, and how four Hispanics came to get a shot at a seat on the City Council; spotlights story of steelworker Morris Ketchum

Jerry returns with another forecast

Commercials for:
Al Piemonte Chevrolet - Grand Opening Sale
MCI (with Burt Lancaster)
Turismo de Mexico - "Feel the Warmth of Mexico"
Hyatt Legal Services (with Joel Hyatt)
Promo for St. Patrick's Day Parade

Spotlight on Truman College art exhibit showcasing Depression-era artists; Buddy Black interviews WPA artists Frances Badger and William Carter about their trials, tribulations and careers (snippet of Dave Brubeck version of "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" had to be futzed with for copyright reasons)

Linda and Joel close their newscast, as John and Joan Esposito preview stories of coming Eyewitness News at 5pm (with Tim Weigel and Andy Avalos; voiceover by Al Parker)

Commercial: Coronet towels and tissues (with Rosemary Clooney; recording ends just before commercial does)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 12th 1986 during the 3:58pm to 4:56pm timeframe.

This is from a videotape donated to the Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of the Dr. William Matviuw collection.

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