WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat (Complete Broadcast, 1/31/1983) 📺

Here, from an original 1" Type C master videotape, is a complete broadcast of Night Beat on WGN Channel 9. The anchor is Jack Taylor, and features reports from Eric Shawn, John Aubuchon, Steve Sanders, Larry Roderick and John Drury.
Includes:
WGN-TV Chicago "Globe Circle 9" animated ID
Night Beat opening titles
Jack reports on and/or introduces following:
- Start of nationwide independent truckers' strike (report by Eric Shawn, interviews with ITA Representative John Baker, Charles Brown, and Ed Mette of Johnston, RI)
- Reagan to submit $848 billion budget to Capitol Hill on Monday (report by John Aubuchon; interviews with Sen. Pete Domenici [R-NM] and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski [R-IL])
- Steve Sanders reports on Rostenkowski blasting Mayor Byrne and endorsing her opponent, State's Attorney Richard M. Daley; another opponent, Congressman Harold Washington, also makes a speech
- Byrne, meanwhile, gains endorsement of Cook County Clerk Stanley Kusper
Jack previews coming stories, followed by bumper
Commercial: Yes Sir! Senator - Barney's Market Club - 741 West Randolph. (first few seconds minus video) with John Johnson of the Bears, Reggie Fleming the Gentleman Hockey Player and others (ending voiceover by Floyd Brown)
Commercial: American Family Insurance (ending voiceover by Jack Taylor)
Commercial: Shutan Camera (featuring Minolta X-700)
More stories:
- Larry Roderick report on state budget cuts' impact on parents and on future of School for Exceptional Children (interview with parent Rev. Robert McClure)
- Stage legislators plan investigation into fare theft at CTA
- California residents have respite from recent Pacific storms (clips of damage in Marin County are shown)
- Vice President Bush begins 7-nation tour of Europe, starting at Bonn
Bumper
Commercial offer: Genuine Diamond Center
More news:
- Archbishop Joseph Bernardin travels to Rome in preparation for being elevated to Cardinal; John Drury speaks with him at Vatican City, with a travelogue of St. Peter's Basilica
Jack previews Super Bowl XVII before next break
Record offer for "Roger Whittaker: All Time Heart-Touching Favorites" (voiceover by Fred Foy) (ending voiceover by Gene Edwards)
Jack recounts Washington Redskins victory over Miami Dolphins, 27-17, in Super Bowl XVII (with pertinent highlights); followed by Chicago Blackhawks beating New York Rangers 5-4, Notre Dame's loss to UCLA, 59-53, Boston Celtics' beating L.A. Lakers 110-95, and Phoenix Open golf and Avon Cut Tennis Tournament highlights
Jack previews weather before next break
Commercial: Talro Insurance Agency (with football player Roland Harper)
Commercial: Nelson Brothers - "No Need to Wait" (voiceover by Al Parker)
Jack gives Chicago's weather forecast for next three days and current temperature readings, and comments how Miamians who watch WGN on cable have better weather, before saying goodnight
Ending credits:
Nightbeat with Jack Taylor
Producer - Carol Watson
Sports Producer - Harry Gold
Director - Steven Novak
Technical Director - Monica Barnett
Audio - Nicholas Mercado
Studio Camera - Mark Borenstein
Electronic Graphics - Rosa Negrete
Video Tape - Percy Wharton, Vorce McIntosh
Master Control - Bob Currier, Rodney White
Projectionist - Joe Felger
Stagehand - Fred Hoffman
Nightbeat
(C) 1983 WGN Continental Broadcasting Company
Incomplete promo for DePaul University basketball with Coach Meyer before tape runs out
This aired on local Chicago TV early Monday, January 31st 1983 during the 2:00am to 2:30am timeframe.
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[@WeatherNowTimmins]

Cool closing news theme music. One news anchor, for news, weather and sports.

[@MTP666]

great time capsule.

[@monicaw5036]

And how many years later, here we are again

[@SagittariusQueen1980]

Steve Sanders is still at WGN, so is Tom Skilling.

[@marquishoward3529]

Steve Sanders retired from WGN in February 2020, but Tom Skilling is still there

[@CrowTRobot-ni7zu]

Cool. I have a recording of WGN from around this time. January 7, 1983 to be specific. They were showing “Fahrenheit 451” that night.

[@MediaWest]

nothing beats night beat with len o'connor, all tanked up, screaming about those hippies. it was much watch tv with belushi and others while we were high. still miss all the cubs games on wgn. jack brickhouse, hey hey!

[@lambda2857]

Ah, the good old days, how I miss them! I like the old theme of Night Beat better.

[@raydemos1181]

All harold washington would think about is popeye's fried chicken and Mcdonalds , what a character

[@scasey1960]

Great to see the birth of neo liberalism. If you have school loans with high interest rates, it was Reagan who made it happen.

[@siemenstraffic]

Thanks for the upload.. Do you by any chance have news clip from the Illinois State Toll price hike in 1985? My dad was interviewed at the O'Hare Oasis by NBC Chicago and he was on the 10' o clock news.

[@ricklasse]

It was during this Mayoral race that Richard Daley was recorded as saying that what the city needed was a “whet mayor”. The audio-only recording sounded like he said “white mayor”...he eventually fizzled out of the race.

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

"whet mayor", like a "whet nurse"?

[@ricklasse]

no one really knew what he meant...I’m not sure he knew either.

[@markbock8048]

i wonder if any of these places r still in business

[@luisreyes1963]

Back in the 80's, WGN used to get their news from INN (Independent News Network).Now they get it mostly from CNN. Barney's Market Club restaurant is now the Haymarket Pub & Brewery.

[@RustyMuck]

Luis Reyes well, INN was a Tribune operation mostly through WPIX (the originating station) and WGN; INN's Washington DC bureau remained in operation by Tribune proper until it was shuttered in the wake of Tribune's 2009 bankruptcy

[@mk202]

Roger Whittaker!! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@michaelewing6522]

Before Micah Materre and Joe Donlan

[@norellpolk]

I hated when they used this opening theme

[@suescrew05]

Larry Roderick looks like dr. Spock from Star Trek.

[@MsCassieCrowe]

Many things have certainly changed yet so much stays the same year after year. Same ole bs, different background

[@norellpolk1626]

Bring back the original opening theme.the globe theme opening sucks

[@sillygoose635]

don't, and no it doesn't

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I miss it!