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  [1968 Year End Special from WBBM Newsradio 78]

  Uncategorized

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Audio only.

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  [Radio Faces raw: Harry + Spike #3]

  Chicago, Radio Faces

  Harry and Spike, the hosts of a late night show on WMVP, interview several people on their show including Steve Maltay and Bob Halbrook, the coach of the UIC Flames

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  [ESPN coverage of Eddie Gaedel anniversary]

  Chicago, Sports

  ESPN news report celebrating the 35th anniversary of Eddie Gaedel’s entrance into the world of baseball. Bill Veeck put the little person to bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951. There are interviews with people involved, including two of the players from that game between the Browns and the Tigers. The report concludes with a commemoration of Veeck’s life, as he had just passed away in January of that year. Included are clips from the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”

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  [Two Joe Cummings interviews from 1969]

  Uncategorized

  Two reports by Joe Cummings for WBBM Newsradio 78 (AM 780) in 1969.  Audio only.

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  Harry + Spike #4

  Radio Faces

  Footage of the Harry and Spike radio broadcast from WMVP. Continuation of previous tapes.

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  [Bill Veeck on books]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  John Callaway and Bill Veeck sit at 57th Street Beach in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and discuss book recommendations for summer reading. However, most of the segment is taken up by listing the books displayed in the windows of prominent bookstores, and Veeck gets little time to share his thoughts.

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  [The News Channel demo]

  Chicago

  A demo for a show called “The News Channel” with reporter Joe Cummings. There are two segments on this tape:

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  [Radio Faces raw: Ed Vrdolyak + Ty Wansley on WJJD #1]

  Chicago Politics, Radio Faces

  An excerpt of the live broadcast of Alderman Edward Vrdolyak’s political radio talk show on WJJD 1160 AM.