WMAQ Channel 5 News at 10pm (Complete Broadcast, 4/29/1984) 📺

Here now the news . . . Channel 5 News at 10pm, to be precise, from WMAQ Channel 5, anchored by Deborah Norville. (the complete broadcast, that is)

(Note: This immediately followed an airing of the film "Special Bulletin", the complete broadcast of which can be seen here:    • NBC Sunday Night at the Movies - "Spe...  )

Includes:

Promo for Knight Rider (voiceover by Danny Dark)

Preview of coming newscast

Commercials for:
American Express Card (with Ben Cross of "Chariots of Fire")
Anti-drinking PSA (with Daniel J. Travanti)
Anais Anais (Carson Pirie Scott offer ends May 5th)
Emery Worldwide 1 lb. Urgent Pouch

Station ID / promo for Our World Underwater (voiceover by Jim Hill)

News open (voiceover by Jim Hill), with items:

- Jerry Taft on coming tornado and other storms to batter area

- 1 person dead, 5 injured after tornado that hit Mannford, OK

- Otis Buchanan on Jesse Jackson's visit to Gary, IN ahead of Presidential primary

- Walter Mondale leads Gary Hart in latest polls for Tennessee primary; Hart campaigns in Texas

- President and Mrs. Reagan in Shanghai after witnessing drawing of nuclear cooperation pact; video of them visiting Xian

- Texas police investigating death of four illegal aliens struck by passing train along trestle near Kingsville

- 35 Jews arrested in Israel on charges of being part of anti-Arab terrorist group; meanwhile, 2 minutes of silence held in Jerusalem for 6 million killed in Holocaust

- Holocaust Week is commemorated in Chicago as reported by Diane Lawson; interviews with Holocaust survivors Miriam Aronowitz and Manya Birnberg, plus the latter's daughter Renee'

Commercials for:
RTA Link-Up Ticket (with chairman John Kramer)
Citizens Bank in Park Ridge
WCLR 102 FM (voiceover by Robert W. Morgan?) (man, this commercial sure lasted a long time - 3 years at least)
The Gallant Men of Olds

- Save Our Neighborhoods / Save Our City hold convention in downtown hotel to counter Mayor Washington's agenda

- Channel 5-Sun Times poll on Washington's first year in office in relation to his handling of city services

- Carol Marin special report on Washington's shortcomings and accomplishments of that first year, including interview with the mayor himself, plus political organizer Lu Palmer, Jean Mayer of the Save Our Neighborhoods Coalition, Senator Richard Newhouse, Virginia Martinez of the Latino Institute, Alderman Edward Burke (14th Ward), Alderman David Orr (49th Ward), and Frank Coakley of the Civic Federation

Commercials for:
CarX Muffler Shops
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza (voiceover by Ed Grennan?)
Mita 312 office copier
Chicagoland-Northern Indiana AMC/Jeep/Renault Dealers' Tent-Sational Spring Sale

- Dick Kay commentary, expressing surprise over Mayor Washington's planned appeal of a federal judge's hiring freeze

- Jerry with more detailed weather forecast, with tornado watch

- Earthquake hits central Italy 90 miles northeast of Rome; no deaths reported, but 100 injured, over 2,500 left homeless

- Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California started up after 15-year delay

Commercials for:
Amoco Ultimate 100% Synthetic Motor Oil
Coldwell Banker
Ford 1984 Crown Victoria

- 20-year-old Southwest Side man, Nassour Nassour (sp?) told by police his chances of recovering a $100,000 lottery ticket are good after it was taken from him at gunpoint

- Arthritis Foundation of Illinois holds first telethon to raise money for treatment and research, broadcast over WPWR Channel 60; Channel 5 news team among those fielding calls for pledges (which was why Deborah was so hoarse throughout this newscast)

- Mark Giangreco with sports highlights (White Sox vs. Red Sox, Cubs vs. Pirates, Knicks vs. Celtics, Nets vs. Bucks) and plug for Sports Sunday coming up

- First annual Trivial Pursuit championship tournament held at Hyatt Regency. Winners were Dennis and Elaine Pietrini of Clarendon Hills, IL.

And with that, Deborah closes program and plugs Sports Sunday

Weather summary shown on screen

Channel 5 News
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All Rights Reserved

Commercial: Snapper Riding Mower

Incomplete car ad (recording ends 2 seconds in)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 29th 1984 during the 9:58pm to 10:34pm timeframe.

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