Results for: ' WBBM Channel 2'
WBBM Channel 2 - Partial Commercial Break (1976)
Here's a partial commercial break as aired on WBBM Channel 2 - what show it was during or at the end of, we do not know. Includes:
Tail end of Bicentennial Minute with Darren McGavin (formerly of Kolchak: The Night Stalker) (ending voiceover by Ernie Anderson, with sponsor billboard for Shell gasoline)
CBS "Eye" ID (voiceover by Don Robertson)
Commercial: Kentucky Fried Chicken - with voiceover (by Jerry Harper) offering lunch speci...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News - "Nosferatu" (Ending & Break, 1979)
Here's a partial review of the new version of "Nosferatu" by Gene Siskel on The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2, followed by the end of the news, and a post-show commercial break. Includes:
Partial Review of "Nosferatu" (1979) by Gene Siskel including a look at the original version
Commercial: Sears Bank and Trust with Bobby Hull
Commercial: FM 100 - The Music Station - "Mystery Songs Contest"
Commercial: Wool - from The Wo...
WBBM Channel 2 - The CBS Morning News - "Those New-Fangled CDs" (1984)
Here is an interesting piece from The CBS Morning News from when Compact Discs were relatively new, by Betty (or Betsy) Ashton, Consumer Editor of WCBS-TV New York. Introducing the story and speaking to her afterwards is Phyllis George.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, October 30th 1984.
Inside Out - The Magic Of TV (Part 1, 1981)
Here's Part 1 of a neat WBBM special, ostensibly for kids but which everyone can enjoy and learn something from - Inside Out - The Magic of TV. Reviews some of the basic tools of a television station including Chroma Key, TelePrompTer, CG, Editing Consoles, Electronic Still Store, and more.
Includes lots of behind-the-scenes footage in WBBM-TV's studios, newsroom, mini-cam vans, and production facilities. Features cameos by lots of famous Channel 2 people including Bill Kurti...
WBBM Channel 2 - CBS News Special Report - John Lennon: The Dream Is Over (Part 3, 1980)
Here's Part 3 of John Lennon: The Dream is Over - a CBS Network news special hosted by Charles Osgood that aired immediately after The 10 O'Clock News on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:
Jonathan Schwartz of WNEW Radio commenting on Lennon.
Albert Goldman, rock music critic (and later controversial Lennon biographer)
Jack Douglas - John Lennon's producer who was working with him in the studio just a short time before he was killed.
This air...
WBBM Channel 2 - CBS Special Movie Presentation - "A Christmas Without Snow" (Opening & Break, 1980)
Here's the opening and first break from the CBS Special Movie Presentation of "A Christmas Without Snow" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:
WBBM News bumper promo with Bill Kurtis - "John Lennon, a focus report at 10."
Opening of the CBS Special Movie Presentation of "A Christmas Without Snow" (Television Premiere) (voiceover by ??)
Commercial: Sears - "Twas a Night Before Christmas, and in the Sears store..."
Forever" (1979)"> Watch Later
WBBM Channel 2 - "Thunderstorms Forever" (1979)
Here is the opening to a rebroadcast of the made-for-tv movie "Forever" starring Stephanie Zimbalist of Remington Steele fame. This is interesting for a number of reasons, but mainly because it features a WBBM Channel 2 weather-crawl warning of thunderstorms for some Wisconsin counties. (How nice of a Chicago station to let them know!)
Hard to believe Stephanie Zimbalist was 21-22 when this movie was filmed.
"From Channel 2 News...The National Weather Service h...