38 SPOTS1980s–2001
| Year | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | WGN 'Rocker '85' Promo - Rock Video Year in Review, Wednesday 7 PM (1986)WGN Channel 9 promotes Rocker '85, a rock video year-in-review special airing Wednesday at 7 PM. | :30 |
| 1980s | WGN 'The Mother Lode' Promo - Charlton Heston Broadcast Premiere, Tuesday 7 PM (Long Version) (1986)WGN Channel 9 promotes the broadcast premiere of The Mother Lode starring Charlton Heston, Tuesday at 7 PM. | :38 |
| 1980s | WGN 'The Mother Lode' Promo - Charlton Heston, Tuesday 7 PM (Short Version) (1986)A short WGN Channel 9 promo for the movie The Mother Lode starring Charlton Heston, airing Tuesday at 7 PM. | :11 |
| 1980s | WGN War Week Promo - 'The Victors' Tomorrow Night 11:30 (1986)As War Week continues, WGN Channel 9 promotes the movie The Victors, airing tomorrow night at 11:30. | :12 |
| 1990 | WGN 'Cheers' Promo - 'The Old Sam Malone Is Back' - Weeknights 6 & 10, Beginning Tuesday (1990)The old Sam Malone is back - Cheers, now weeknights at 6 and 10, beginning Tuesday on Channel 9. Joined in progress: the first seconds were lost when the original recording was paused. | :27 |
| 1990 | WGN For Kids' Sake - 'Setbacks and Quarterbacks' - Mike Tomczak (Partial, 1990)Growing up in Chicago, he dreamed of playing for the Bears - then broke his leg in college. Success and setbacks go hand in hand. A WGN-TV For Kids' Sake spot with Bears quarterback Mike Tomczak. Joined in progress: the first seconds were lost when the original recording was paused. | :20 |
| 1990 | WGN For Kids' Sake - 'Setbacks and Quarterbacks' - Mike Tomczak's Story (1990)Growing up in Chicago, he dreamed of playing for the Bears - then broke his leg in college. Success and setbacks go hand in hand; if we could teach our kids that. A WGN-TV For Kids' Sake spot with Bears quarterback Mike Tomczak. | :30 |
| 1990 | WGN For Kids' Sake with Chicago Bear Mike Tomczak (1990)Bears quarterback Mike Tomczak for WGN-TV's For Kids' Sake. | :30 |
| 1990 | WGN Movie Promo - 'Mass Appeal' with Jack Lemmon - Thursday 7PM (1990)Jack Lemmon and Charles Durning in Mass Appeal - Thursday at 7 on Channel 9. | :30 |
| 1990 | WGN Opening Day Promo - Both Chicago Openers on One Station, Sox at 1, Cubs at 7 (1990)For the first time, both Chicago Opening Day games on the same station - the White Sox at 1 and the Cubs at 7. The rites of spring begin on WGN. | :30 |
| 1991 | WGN 'For Kids' Sake' PSA (1991)WGN-TV's ten-second reminder to take time out for your kids today. | :10 |
| 1991 | WGN 9 O'Clock News Promo 'We Know Chicago' (1991)Image promo for Chicago's very own 9 o'clock news — 'when it feels like Chicago.' | :31 |
| 1991 | WGN Promo - Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death (1991)WGN movie promo for Appointment with Death with Peter Ustinov as Poirot and Lauren Bacall. | :30 |
| 1991 | WGN Promo - Appointment with Death 10-Second Version (1991)'Passionate but poisonous' — the short cutdown promo for Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death, Sunday at 7 on WGN. | :09 |
| 1991 | WGN Promo - Charles Bronson in Murphy's Law (1991)'He makes the law' — WGN's ten-second promo for the Sunday night movie. | :10 |
| 1991 | WGN Promo - The Joan Rivers Show with Eric Bogosian (1991)Joan Rivers promo with Eric Bogosian on sex, drugs and rock and roll, plus Tommy Hilfiger summer fashions. | :30 |
| 1991 | WGN Promo - Tom Skilling Tornado Special (1991)WGN news promo for a Tom Skilling severe-weather special on Chicago-area tornadoes. | :14 |
| 1991 | WGN Promo - Tom Skilling Tornado Special Full Version (1991)The full 30-second promo for the Skilling severe-weather special — 'don't wait for those few seconds of terror.' | :30 |
| 1991 | WGN-TV Channel 9 Station ID Bumpers - April 1991 (Stereosurround)Four WGN Channel 9 in-break station IDs from one broadcast, including the Stereosurround variant, joined as a single clip. | :24 |
| 2000 | 'Dawson's Creek' New Season Promo - 'Some Choices Change Lives' - Begins Tomorrow on The WB (2000)Some choices change lives - the new season of Dawson's Creek begins tomorrow, Wednesday night, on the WB. | :30 |
| 2000 | 'Gilmore Girls' Series Premiere Promo - 'I Am Not Measuring My Boobs' - Thursday on The WB (2000)Lorelai Gilmore is determined not to become her mother - the series premiere of Gilmore Girls, Thursday on the WB. | :30 |
| 2000 | 'Nikki' Series Premiere Promo - Nikki Cox in Vegas - Sunday on The WB (2000)Vegas - and you're moving too fast. The series premiere of Nikki, this Sunday on the WB. | :30 |
| 2000 | The Jenny Jones Show Promo - 'Are They Dressing Too Sexy to Be Called Mom?' (2000)Are they dressing too sexy to be called Mom? Friday on The Jenny Jones Show. | :10 |
| 2000 | The WB 'Angel' Promo - 1950s Hollywood, a Hotel Full of Tortured Souls (WGN, 2000)1950s Hollywood - an entire hotel full of tortured souls. An all-new Angel, tonight on the WB's New Tuesday. | :20 |
| 2000 | The WB's 'New Tuesday' Open - All-New Buffy, Then an 'Angel' Event (WGN, 2000)Welcome to an all-new New Tuesday on the WB - USA Today calls Buffy one of television's best ever - then an all-new Angel event. | :35 |
| 2000 | WB 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Promo - Dawn Arrives, 'Tonight at 7 on WGN' (2000)Now there's a force that can send her world crashing - her sister. 'I'm telling Mom you slayed in front of me.' A special all-new Buffy tonight at 7 on WGN. | :20 |
| 2000 | WB 'Charmed' Season Premiere Promo - Barenaked Ladies - Thursday 8PM on WGN (2000)The Charmed season premiere, with Barenaked Ladies - Thursday at 8 on WGN. | :20 |
| 2000 | WGN '7th Heaven' Promo - 'We Have Decided to Adopt George' (2000)'We have decided to adopt George' - 7th Heaven tomorrow at 4 on WGN. | :15 |
| 2000 | WGN 'Bulls at San Antonio' Tonight at 7 Promo (15s, Dec 9, 2000)The Chicago Bulls at the San Antonio Spurs, tonight at 7 on WGN. | :15 |
| 2000 | WGN 'Street Smarts' Promo - Monday at 11 (15s, 2000)Street Smarts, the man-on-the-street quiz show - Monday at 11 on WGN. | :15 |
| 2000 | WGN 'The Drew Carey Show' Promo - Ladies' Night, Tonight 6:30 (2000)Ladies' night at the bar - The Drew Carey Show tonight at 6:30 on WGN. | :15 |
| 2000 | WGN / The WB 'Nikki' Promo - 'Critics Love Nikki' - Sundays at 8 (20s, 2000)Critics love Nikki - 'the most charismatic couple on television' (Los Angeles Times). Sundays at 8 on WGN. | :20 |
| 2000 | WGN Morning News Promo - Kids' Halloween Fashion Show, Kevin Sorbo on 'Andromeda' (2000)Tomorrow on the WGN Morning News, 6 to 9 AM: a kids' Halloween costume fashion show, and Kevin Sorbo on his new series Andromeda. | :10 |
| 2000 | WGN News Investigates Promo - 'Can Cops Commandeer Your Car?' - Steve Sanders (15s, 2000)Can cops commandeer your car? A WGN News investigation with Steve Sanders, tonight at 9. | :15 |
| 2000 | WGN News Investigates Promo - 'Cops Took His Truck' - Steve Sanders (10s, 2000)He says cops took his truck and his civil rights for a ride - Steve Sanders with an exclusive investigation tonight on WGN News at 9. | :10 |
| 2000 | WGN Sox vs. Mariners ALDS Game 1 Promo (10s, 2000)Sox versus Mariners, Game 1 - the American League Division Series this afternoon on WGN. The 10-second cut. | :10 |
| 2000 | WGN Sox vs. Mariners ALDS Game 1 Promo - Big Hurt, A-Rod - 'Today at 3' (15s, 2000)Sox versus Mariners, Game 1 of 5 - Frank Thomas and Alex Rodriguez, the American League Division Series today at 3 on WGN. | :15 |
| 2001 | WGN Chicago Cubs 2001 Season Promo - Ernie Banks, Opening Day April 2nd (2001)WGN promotes the 2001 Chicago Cubs, 53 years on WGN, with Ernie Banks's 500th and Opening Day on April 2nd. WGN not on YouTube yet | :30 |