WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat (Complete Broadcast, 3/10/1982) 📺

Here's a complete edition of Night Beat with Marty McNeeley on WGN Channel 9.

Includes:

Animated 'Superman' station ID

Night Beat open and news:

- CIA goes public with evidence of Soviet meddling in Central America, reported by Drew Scott

- Washington Post reports Reagan approves funding for covert operations in Nicaragua

- Ford Rowan report on movement on Capitol Hill to limit military aid to El Salvador

- ABC news crew including Geraldo Rivera released by Guatemalan police

Commercials for:

Nationwide Auto Loans
Essence magazine

More news:

- 19-year-old Bernadette Beal (sp?) found stabbed to death in elevator in housing project where she lived

- Chicago police to issue composite sketch of suspect in sexual assault of 18-year-old woman on northbound Ravenswood CTA train, as reported by Don Harris

- Cook County police investigating strangulation of Detroit woman, Denise Carter, found in room of Holiday Inn O'Hare Kennedy in Rosemont

- Two workers injured by explosion as they were working on site around 3111 North California

- Major crimes in Chicago down in first two months of 1982 compared to prior year, with only auto theft up

Commercials for:

Chicagoland Auto Recyclers
Franks Department Store
Calumet Meat Company

News continues:

- Reagan takes his budget plan to Capitol Hill, as reported by John Aubuchon

- Senate to vote on whether to censure Harrison Williams for his ABSCAM conviction, but expulsion is more likely

- Chemical tank explodes at Allied Chemical plant in Philadelphia; at least 13 hurt including firefighter and a commuter on highway

- Nearly 2 tons of cocaine in boxes marked "Blue Jeans" seized in Miami

Commercials for:

Nationwide Auto Loans
Shutan Camera - sale on Canon AE-1
WIND Talkradio 56 - with Clark Weber

News resumes:

- Chicago native John Belushi buried around Martha's Vineyard after funeral attended by family and friends; reports say he was victim of drug abuse

- Illinois Department of Human Rights rules that Carson Pirie Scott and Marshall Field's were "slack" in realizing women's rights; as Larry Roderick reports, women were charged more for slacks than men

- Elizabeth Brackett report on start-up of daily edition of heretofore weekly Spanish-language Chicago paper El Manana

- University of Illinois' Anatomy Museum restoring stained-glass windows depicting anatomy and medicine that were originally made in 1930's, as detailed by Robert Jordan

- Illinois Lottery Daily Game and Pick Four Game numbers

Commercials for:

Welcome Chevrolet

- Reports that Al McGuire is interested in job with Chicago Bulls - which segues to report on Bulls' victory over Seattle, and other NBA and college basketball scores

- Class A and Double A baseball action, with plug for upcoming WGN telecast

- Exhibition baseball scores, with interview with Oakland A's manager Billy Martin

Commercials for:

Century Supply
Richies - sale on leather jackets
Suitery

Weather forecast for Chicago area and newscast close, with ending credits:

Night Beat with Marty McNeeley
Produced by Forrest Respess
Directed by Steven Novak

Night Beat
(C) 1982 WGN Continental Broadcasting Corporation

Rebuttal from Jay B. Ross, Chicago attorney, on merit selection of judges

Commercials for:

Nationwide Auto Loans
Vaseline Intensive Care
Cat's Auto Parts

Animated 'Superman' station ID

First few seconds of The Late Movie open (with theme song: "I Want To Thank You (Very Much) by Bob James)

This aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, March 10th 1982 during the 2:00am to 2:31am timeframe.

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