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Here's the complete broadcast of the 10pm edition of Channel 5 News on WMAQ Channel 5, anchored by Deborah Norville and Carol Marin (substituting for Ron Magers and Max Robinson).

A bonus will follow.

Includes:

Promo for Today (with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley)

Promo for Santa Barbara

Tonight's Lottery Numbers

Commercials for:
Lite Beer (with bodybuilder Lori Bowen and Rodney Dangerfield)
Commonwealth Edison (with purchasing agency Dick Van Derway)

Station ID / promo for The Tonight Show (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Preview of lead story (with remarks by Dr. Steven Rosenberg of the National Cancer Institute) and news open (voiceover by Jim Hill), followed by items:

- President Reagan diagnosed with colon cancer; Dr. Barry Kaufman reports, with review of speech by George Block, M.D. of Univ. of Chicago Medical Center

- First Lady Nancy Reagan attends special concert at White House, invites 422 guests (including diplomats) inside

- U.S. dollar falls in foreign markets on news, while gold rises

- Paul Hogan speaks with Harry Schultz (sp?) of Glencoe who survived disease

- Chicago firefighter Raymond Sidwell critically injured in fire on North Side at 1900 N. Keystone

- Coffin of Officer Wayne King, killed on July 12th while making arrest, carried by officers to Our Lady of Peace Church at 7815 S. Jeffery Blvd.; will be buried with full honors

- Former doctor Simise Princivak (sp?) barricades himself inside North Side medical clinic at 5012 N. Lincoln, holding officers at bay

- Frank Moore, 37, who stole a plane and threatened to crash it on July 5th, threatens to kill himself at in-laws' home in Norridge, is finally taken into custody

- Rich Samuels reports on neighborhood in Englewood setting up crime watch patrols after a rape; interviews with residents and 7th District Sgt. Curtis Bond

Sponsor billboard for Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Dodge Dealers (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Commercials for:
Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Dodge Dealers
Shell SU 2000 super unleaded gas
Illinois Office of Tourism
The Pella Window Store
Midas Economizer Muffler

- Mayor Washington in Israel over status of Chicago-based Black Hebrew cult; Dick Kay reports

- News Digest reports from nation, including Reagan administration plans to overturn abortion (calling Roe v. Wade "unworkable"), ouster of Marlin Perkins from Wild Kingdom, 40th anniversary of first atomic bomb test and Live Aid fundraising

- Uli Derickson had credit card issues on top of her TWA flight hostage ordeal

Commercials for:
Marshall Field's $2 million fur sale
Mercedes-Benz 300 series
Merrill Lynch
Bill Bolger Chevrolet - "Car-Talk" (no, not "Click and Clack", the Tappet Brothers)

John Coleman weather forecast - "Guaranteed: The Best Day of 1985!"

Jim Ruddle commentary on Reagan's recent health issues

Commercials for:
Better Buick Dealers
MCI (with Joan Rivers)
Arby's Lean Roast Beef
Admiral Party Ice Refrigerator
The Gallant Men of Olds

Warner Saunders (filling in for Mark Giangreco) with sports:

- Baseball players threaten strike on August 6th

- Mark in Minneapolis, talking with players preparing for next day's All-Star Game

After which, Deborah and Carol close newscast

Commercials for:
Lincoln Mercury Disappearance Clearance
Whitney's Yogurt
Ford Dealers discount on LTD

Station ID / "It's 10:30 and there is a curfew, do you know where your children are?" notice (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Bonus: First 26 minutes of "The Best of Carson" repeat of March 30th 1984 edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (with guests George Segal and Howie Mandel)

1st commercial break:
White Mountain Cooler
Le Menu Ham Steak dinner
Okidata personal printers
Osco option on Kodak photo prints

2nd commercial break:
Post Fruit & Fibre tropical fruit cereal
Eveready Super Heavy Duty battery
Atune shampoo, conditioner and hair spray
Schaumburg Datsun (with Tom Sondag)

3rd commercial break:
Purina Puppy Chow Chewy Morsels
Extra Strength Dexatrim
Mitchum Roll-On Anti-Perspirant
(recording ends just before last ad does)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, July 15th 1985 during the 9:58pm to 10:56pm 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!
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