WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 10pm (Complete Broadcast, 12/19/1992) 📺

Here's the complete (re) broadcast of the 10pm edition of Eyewitness News with John Drury and Mary Ann Childers on WLS Channel 7. (That this is a repeat is frequently emphasized in a lower-third super at the start of every segment.)
Includes:
ABC ID (voiceover by Bill Rice)
Commercials for:
The Time Well (consignment shop)
Andriana Furs
Jeffery M. Leving, Attorney-at-Law (dealing in child custody cases and father's rights), with plug at end for Thorek Hospital & Medical Center
Station ID
Newscast open, followed by anchors' intro and stories:
- 4 people hurt in high-speed car chase (stolen Chevy Caprice colliding with red Oldsmobile Cutlass) at Cicero and Foster, as reported by Charles Thomas; interview with witness Maggie Selaga
- Phillip Agnew, 38, survives kidnapping; was locked in trunk of his car for 22 hours, after being robbed at gunpoint at Amoco station at Chicago and Orleans
- Tapes show how much mob boss Sam Carlisi, according to feds, is a threat to society
- GM may have cheated on safety tests of pre-1988 pickup trucks, according to investigators; comments from GM spokesman Bill O'Neill and Brian O'Neill of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- U.S. Marine general in charge of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia estimates fewer troops needed than previously thought; Mark Stirling of UNICEF and ABC News' Ned Warwick speak of situation there
- U.S. warns Iraq not to attack Kurds in northern Iraq
- Special prosecutor being appointed to investigate White House aides allegedly searching President-elect Clinton's passport files
- FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000 over Howard Stern
Preview of next stories and Steve Deshler previews weather forecast
Commercials for:
Michigan Winter Travel Guide
F.I.M.'s After Christmas Before sale
Armstong's Diamond Centers - 50% off
The Money Store - with Phil Rizzuto
More news:
- Chicago retailers having really merry Christmas sales-wise, as reported by Janet Davies; featured are shopper Mary John, Dick Donat of Marshall Field's, and retail sales analyst John Landschulz
- Dionne fur stores in Oak RIdge and Niles ordered by judge to close for 72 hours after falsely claiming to go out of business
- Stateway Gardens Field House home to kids turning to rapping
Commercials:
Promo for Measure of Success
Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd.
Bambino's - at Brookfield and La Grange
Forest Hospital Crisis Line
Frank's West Side Auto Parts
Back to the news:
- James Ward reviews ex-Bear Walter Payton's restaurants
- Steve Deshler with weather forecast
Illinois Lottery and Indiana Lottery numbers given before break
Commercials for:
Nelson Brothers - 75 pieces for $1,999
The Smart Clapper
Victory Auto Wreckers
King Nissan Dodge - with president Ray Hara
Jim Rose (filling in for Tim Weigel) with sports, starting with DePaul beating NW Illinois 90-83, Jerry Tarkanian fired as San Antonio Spurs head coach, NBA and NHL scores, Detroit Lions' quest for revenge against Bears in upcoming meet (Lions runningback Barry Sanders and safety William White speak), Craig Hodges excluded from 3-point shootout in upcoming All-Star break by NBA, and Cubs signings (with comments by GM Larry Himes)
With that, John and Mary Ann close this edition
Commercials for:
Wholesale Furniture Warehouse
Paul Hall Community Center
F.I.M.'s After Christmas Before sale (repeat)
Andriana Furs
The Flower Bucket
976-WAKE phone service
Station ID
Opening for The Late Movie (same opening, but different theme, as used starting around this time and for next several years by sister station WABC Channel 7 in New York), followed by first few seconds of opening titles of film "The Little Minister" [1934]
This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, December 19th 1992. (Repeat of 10pm newscast of Friday, December 18th 1992.)
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[@e3erockstar08]

Andrianna Furs. Legendary commercial.

[@GQguy24]

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I love love love watching these old Chicago news broadcasts! Especially (for me personally) the ones from the early 1990’s which were by far the best years of my childhood. Watching these teleports me right back to those amazing years of my life.

[@onesoundfoundation]

90s Chicago Tv nostalgia with commercials...I love these!! I'm going to donate!

[@gameshowguy2000]

1:35 With the music that made WLS famous, News Series 2000 (Plus)!

[@gdsnuff]

I miss that era!

[@nathancoleman7235]

I dream about it everyday you've got loving company

[@AQuestionofCharacter]

The classic Andrianna Furs song.

[@mixon270]

What's crazy is that they still use that same jingle in that commercial

[@nathancoleman7235]

I saw your comment and I was about to say myself that does bring back memories the Adriana first jingle!

[@nathancoleman7235]

​@@mixon270was that what they were supposed to do man?(I see you are a brother like me from your picture)

[@mixon270]

John Drury and Mary Ann Childers

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

RIP John Drury and James Ward. I've watched WLS ABC news since the late 80s, and I can remember so many anchors. I can remember FIM stores too, our local one's facade is still standing but other stores have done business there since.

[@Davey7358]

OMG the segment with Walter Payton made me smile. The cheesiness of America's Bar lol. Times have changed for sure.

[@Latrodectus_vv_]

These are fascinating. Like going back in time. Thank you for posting these.

[@jaychild78]

You are going back in time.

[@gameshowguy2000]

11:33 Yep, last weekend of Christmas shopping, as the big day fell on a Friday.

[@ken_danerdiest1]

This was about a day after I moved to the Southwest side from the apartment on Garfield Boulevard after 5 years. True story.

[@nathancoleman7235]

That Adriana furs commercial and especially the jingle really bring back memories! I can see that even some earlier commenters refered to it.

[@Agent-xn1hr]

Mary Ann Childers was so beautiful

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

She still is. 😎

[@worthyofdeath]

Yes

[@miker2591]

The quick little “RAP MUSIC” segment was cool! I think I saw DJ Deeon on the tables.

[@525Lines]

Can we get some early Leah Hope?

[@HereForTheComments]

40 degrees on December 19th? For some reason I remember the 90s being a lot snowier.

[@davidgamez5497]

0:34 Andriana Furs 14:49 Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd 15:59 Frank's West Side Auto Parts 30:03 Andriana Furs (again)

[@windhammer1237]

I remember these commercials.

[@lucascoxthewheeloffortunef6949]

This newscast was the day Mark Goodson, the creator of The Price Is Right, passed away.

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

You can really tell this was from about 12:30AM. Some of those local commercials, yeesh. I always watched Eyewitness News back then and don't remember Gambino's or Wholesale Furniture Warehouse.

[@orlandocfi]

Wow Victory Auto Wreckers commercial…blast from the past I wasn’t expecting!

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Yep, I was 16 years old on the 18th of this month that year. Technically speaking when this was originally broadcast. And at the end of that commercial where they had a little list of stores the main store was in. One particular store is Woodmar Mall from Hammond In. It is long gone now.

[@garryjohnson9918]

Steve Deshler-whatever happened to him because I remember he went to WBBM-TV, then, he disappeared

[@brianarbenz1329]

Mary Ann Childers -- she's from my home city of Louisville, and worked as an anchorwoman at WAVE-TV here in the mid-1970s, just after a stint working at a Chicago station. I had wondered where she went after leaving WAVE. So it was back to Chicago. Good deal.

[@thehouserocker]

29 years ago!! wow!

[@timjackson6311]

What happened with Steve Deshler ?

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

Is FIM still around? Probably their prices are cheaper than American Sale.

[@Scorpio_Ten24]

They’re all closed, they closed up after Marshall Fields did in (2006)

[@softrockrules]

I would like to see the car chase

[@peterfoscoe3176]

The late night movie!!! Holy moly!!!

[@slams777]

Miss these days tears😢

[@jonrmartin]

I like how the F-word somehow made it into a live broadcast via a pre-recorded segment 14:04

[@roberthansen2008]

I would have lived in Chicago since about early January sometime in 1992. I've always been a channel 7 News watcher. So back then things were a lot different. He didn't have but two area codes in 1992-312 and 708.

[@gr8sword97]

guys I think I have a crush on mary ann

[@worthyofdeath]

Me too

[@rafaelrazzo8614]

Flashback, many memories.

[@roberthansen2008]

I love those commercials. Just think back then we didn't have all of the monopolies that we do now. We actually had independent businesses back then in 1992.

[@LizaLavolta]

this era was pure

[@eydie57]

I wonder if that consignment shop is still in business.

[@troynov1965]

I was thinking the same thing

[@ludmillaroman]

the one on Lincoln? it's now a novelty store called rotofugi...different type of toy store, has been there about 10 years or so.

[@habibisworld2767]

Am i hearing things? Did the rap guys say "f--k" at the end of their song about the cold

[@wingloading]

Two dollar wake up call in 1992? Must have been a bull market then.

[@jimsaldana2302]

Mary Ann Childers was incredibly beautiful. ❤️

[@djyoungk]

My granma only watched wgn because of the bulls cubs and lotto

[@djyoungk]

I just made 6 when this happened

[@raydemos1181]

Way to much makeup Mary, I like you without any, you don't need it

[@fataudra7579]

23:21