WGN-TV Channel 9, Chicago IL Sign-on and SSB from 24 April 1982

WGN-TV Channel 9, Chicago IL
Sermonette, Sign-On and SSB
from Saturday, 24 April 1982

TV SIGN-OFFS
FOR STATES:

A thru E

F thru K

L thru O

P thru W

Audio Clips of TV
Sign-offs

U.S. TV Station
Analog Farewells

Miscellaneous
Video Clips

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A twelve-minute sample of Chicago's Channel 9 recorded around 5 AM local time one spring Saturday morning in 1982. Numerous WGN-TV program promos, commercials and PSA's are seen in this video. The highlights include:

WGN-TV's morning sermonette, Five Minutes To Live By, delivered by Father Ronald Turcich, Principal of St. Rita Elementary School in Chicago.

The WGN-TV sign-on, which uses a 1960s-vintage station logo and image of the John Hancock Building. The brief announcement is rendered by the late Bob Bell, who was WGN-TV's original Bozo the Clown (1961-84).

The National Anthem, played by an unidentified band outside WGN's Continental Broadcast Center at 2501 West Bradley Place.

The NAB Television Code Seal of Good Practice (1965 version) and copyright statement, also voiced over by Bob Bell

The first several minutes of The Westerners, a syndicated show consisting of several long-forgotten late-1950s and early-1960s Western series bundled into one. Keenan Wynn is host, and Hedy Lamarr stars in this particular episode, entitled "Proud Woman".

WEBMASTER'S NOTE: This clip appears here courtesy of The Museum of Classic Chicago Television, a.k.a. FuzzyMemories.tv. FuzzyMemories is a site devoted to the study, acquisition, preservation, exhibition and nostalgic enjoyment of Chicagoland television.