10 PM, September 30th, 1989:
Streaming
Video the Last WMAQ-TV News Broadcast from the Merchandise Mart Studios
| Curator's
note: Below you can access streaming video of most of
WMAQ-TV's last news broadcast before moving from its Merchandise
Mart studios to new facilities in the NBC Tower. You might find
it interesting to compare this broadcast with a 10pm newscast anchored
by Floyd Kalber on
February 23rd,
1967. |
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| Above:
Sportcaster Tom Shaer, anchor Art Norman and weatherman Jim Tilmon
on the WMAQ-TV news set in studio
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| Segment
1: Anchor Art Norman leads into a package
by reporter Renee Ferguson on a snag in elections for local public
school councils in the city of Chicago. Included is some brief but
vintage sound and video of the Reverend Willie Barrow of Operation
Push. |
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| Segment
2: Reporter Sharon Wright comes to the aid
of some perplexed yuppie residents of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. |
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| Segment
3: Anchor Art Norman reports that repairs to Chicago's
Dan Ryan Expressway have been completed ahead of schedule. (Current
Chicago motorists now facing several years of Ryan construction
may find this segment of interest). |
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| Segment
4: Jim Tilmon reports good weather
for the remainder of the weekend. |
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| Segment
5: Sports guy Tom Shaer recaps college football results
and reports (among many other things) that the White Sox have re-signed
Ozzie Guillen |
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| Segment
6: Includes video of a chopper depositing
a giant peacock decoration on the top of the NBC Tower and a closing
shot of the Channel 5 news weekend staff. (The gentleman on the
right holding the cake is cameraman Paul Nagaro; his wife, producer
Anna Vasser, is seated next to him). |
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