Here's a complete broadcast of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9, anchored by Marty McNeeley, with commentary by Len O'Connor.
All local voiceovers by Jerry Golden.
Includes:
Final seconds of "Irma La Douce" [1963]
Marty previews upcoming Night Beat
Commercials for:
Bounce fabric softener
Yoplait yogurt
Duracell batteries
Burger King - "The Best Darn Burger" (featuring Patrick Swayze)
WGN Television presents title sequence, with promo for next night's feature "Moon of the Wolf"
Commercials for:
Dubonnet aperitif wine (with Pia Zadora)
Olympia Dodge
Kraft Light n' Lively American flavored cheese
PSA for Cancer Prevention Center
'Last Farewell' Station ID
Night Beat open, with "Gadabout" theme (full version here: • WGN Night Beat Theme M... )
First news items:
- Muriel Clair reports on fire at Montgomery Ward warehouse in suburban Bensenville; employee Irene Dial is interviewed
- Fire and explosion at oil reserve in southwestern Louisiana; report from Joe Giardina of WDSU Channel 6 in New Orleans
Commercials for:
Tide laundry detergent - "The Challenge"
Bounty designer towels (with Nancy Walker as Rosie)
Shutan Camera Company
More news:
- Secretary of State Vance in Saudi Arabia to win support for Camp David accords
- 25,000 died in previous Saturday's earthquake in Tabas, Iran; only 1,800 survived
- Larry Roderick on GOP contingent flying to Illinois with tax cut sales pitch
- More testimony at House Assassinations Committee hearing on JFK assassination, from surviving Warren Commission members including former President Ford
- House passes budget that trims $20 billion from deficit
- Average income of Americans this last year was $7,019, up 9.6% from prior year
Commercials for:
Sondag Datsun
Lincoln Carpet - "The $169 Challenge" (with Al Parker)
- Muriel Clair report from Des Plaines on concrete shortage and its effect on Chicago area construction; features Steve Warnke of Meyer Material Co.
- UMTA promises $137 million in federal grants to RTA, CTA and city of Chicago
- Michael Bakalis accuses Governor Thompson of covering up possible crimes in connection with tax proposition drive
- Mayor Bilandic to intervene in nearly month-old Chicago city college teachers' strike; Norman Swenson of Cook County College Teacher's Union speaks on matter
- Striking teachers in Marquardt School District 15 ordered back to work
- Don Harris reports on new boss at Metropolitan Sanitary District, Hugh McMillan
Commercials for:
Olympia Dodge
Tide laundry detergent
SportMart
- Len O'Connor commentary on dispute between firemen's union and city
- Joann Williams on major inventions of 1977 on display at Museum of Science & Industry
Commercials for:
Era laundry detergent
Promo for upcoming issue of The Star (Burt Reynolds on cover)
Bounty designer towels (another ad)
Sports, including: Cubs loss to Pirates in 14 innings, 3-2, and other baseball scores; results of Delaware, OH Little Brown Jug horse race; and conviction of Mark Gerard in horse switching scandal at Belmont Park
Commercial: Tower Oldsmobile
Weather forecast, followed by Marty closing program and ending credits:
Night Beat - (C) 1978 WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.
With Marty McNeeley
Commentary by Len O'Connor
Produced by Forrest Respess
Directed by Barbara Luce
This Has Been a Presentation of WGN Television News
Portions of the preceding program have been mechanically reproduced
WGN Editorial, with Merri Dee (opening and closing voiceover by Len Johnson), on plan by city council to create elected school board and what it would mean for Chicago
Commercials for:
Downy laundry detergent
Posh Puffs
'Last Farewell' Station ID (from this point on is posted separately here: • WGN Channel 9 - Creatu... )
Creature Features opening titles, previewing "Murders in the Rue Morgue" [1932] (title listed singular 'Murder'; volume turned way down to avoid RU-vid copyright blockage - use your headphones)
Commercials for:
Nelson Brothers Furniture, Bedding & Appliances Happy Days Sale (voiceover by Al Parker) (recording ends before ad does)
This aired on local Chicago TV early Friday, September 22nd 1978 during the 1:10am to 1:50am 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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