Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a mostly complete broadcast of an edition of Today in Chicago on WMAQ Channel 5, from Jorie Lueloff's run as host (following the likes of Norman Mark).
Includes:
Station ID / promo for MoneyWatch with Mike Jackson on Channel 5 News at 4:30pm
Show opening titles (theme song: "Touchdown" by Bob James), and Jorie starting off with preview of this edition, and then talking coupons with Angie Urbano and Sharon Uhlemann of Rebate Ramble, giving advice to those who are novices in using them, and speaking of refunding
Promo for Channel 5 News - spotlighting Linda Yu (voiceover by Danny Dark)
Commercials for:
Armstrong Solarian tiles - at Century Tile Supply Company
Town House TV & Appliances - "Price Smash"
Fleetwood Construction Company (with president Alan Dennison)
Segment 2: Jorie speaks with Sam Sillitti, service manager of Shamrock Oldsmobile in Downers Grove, and Denny Ankrum, mechanic and owner of Auto Clinic in River Forest, on how to keep your car in tip-top shape before going on a trip or a vacation, and whether to take it to an auto repair shop or "do it yourself"
Commercials for:
Aarco-American, Inc. Insurance - ES9-4677 (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Promo for MoneyWatch with Mike Jackson on Channel 5 News at 4:30pm
Cross-promotion of Channel 5 News and NBC Nightly News with Roger Mudd, Jim Ruddle and Carol Marin
Solo detergent/fabric softener
Segment 3: Jorie resumes talk with Sam and Denny on tips for maintaining various systems in your car
PSA's from:
Operation Able, a network of non-profit employment centers for older workers, and the Public Service Communications Center of Chicago - "Experience Works"
Chicago area Boy Scouts and Owasippe summer camp
Commercials for:
White Fence Farm (voiceover by Mal Bellairs) (posted separately (with slightly different voiceover) here: youtu.be/anxH2vXT7AA)
Town House TV & Appliances - "Price Smash"
Promo for Channel 5 News sports coverage with Chet Coppock (voiceover by Jim Hill)
Promo for The People's Court (with Doug Llewellyn) and Entertainment Tonight (with Ron Hendren) - (recording ends midway through)
This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, May 18th 1983 during the 1:30am to 1:54am 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 of an edition of Today in Chicago on WMAQ Channel 5, from Jorie Lueloff's run as host (following the likes of Norman Mark).
Includes:
Station ID / promo for MoneyWatch with Mike Jackson on Channel 5 News at 4:30pm
Show opening titles (theme song: "Touchdown" by Bob James), and Jorie starting off with preview of this edition, and then talking coupons with Angie Urbano and Sharon Uhlemann of Rebate Ramble, giving advice to those who are novices in using them, and speaking of refunding
Promo for Channel 5 News - spotlighting Linda Yu (voiceover by Danny Dark)
Commercials for:
Armstrong Solarian tiles - at Century Tile Supply Company
Town House TV & Appliances - "Price Smash"
Fleetwood Construction Company (with president Alan Dennison)
Segment 2: Jorie speaks with Sam Sillitti, service manager of Shamrock Oldsmobile in Downers Grove, and Denny Ankrum, mechanic and owner of Auto Clinic in River Forest, on how to keep your car in tip-top shape before going on a trip or a vacation, and whether to take it to an auto repair shop or "do it yourself"
Commercials for:
Aarco-American, Inc. Insurance - ES9-4677 (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Promo for MoneyWatch with Mike Jackson on Channel 5 News at 4:30pm
Cross-promotion of Channel 5 News and NBC Nightly News with Roger Mudd, Jim Ruddle and Carol Marin
Solo detergent/fabric softener
Segment 3: Jorie resumes talk with Sam and Denny on tips for maintaining various systems in your car
PSA's from:
Operation Able, a network of non-profit employment centers for older workers, and the Public Service Communications Center of Chicago - "Experience Works"
Chicago area Boy Scouts and Owasippe summer camp
Commercials for:
White Fence Farm (voiceover by Mal Bellairs) (posted separately (with slightly different voiceover) here: youtu.be/anxH2vXT7AA)
Town House TV & Appliances - "Price Smash"
Promo for Channel 5 News sports coverage with Chet Coppock (voiceover by Jim Hill)
Promo for The People's Court (with Doug Llewellyn) and Entertainment Tonight (with Ron Hendren) - (recording ends midway through)
This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, May 18th 1983 during the 1:30am to 1:54am 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!
