Here's the complete broadcast of an edition of Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7, anchored by John Drury and Nancy Becker (both Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly were on vacation this night).

(NOTE: A time stamp appears throughout this recording at the top left corner this was often done at the station when recording an aircheck.)

Includes:

Station ID / promo for Saturday Night Movie (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)

Mike Nolan at Chicago Stadium previews Bulls playoff game

Newscast open (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson apparently Al Parker was on vacation too), and items:

Tax filing deadline fast approaching; Maralee Beck outside main post office

Sam Donaldson reports on President Carter's press conference in which he called for antiinflation initiatives to be made by Americans

Alleged Howard Hughes Mormon will deemed a hoax by FBI

Two suspects Curtis Davis, 29, and Edward Robinson, 28 arrested in connection with double murder of two employees of South Side plumbing house

David Schnell talks with Gerald Preiser, president of New York's Federation of Rifle and Pistol Clubs, who offered $200 to store owners to defend themselves against robbers

Commercials for:
Singer sewing machines
Mazda GLC
WMAQ 670 "WMAQ Is Gonna Make Me Rich" promo
Mitchum antiperspirant pump spray

Bob Petty reports on federal judge's dismissal of $47.7 million lawsuit against Edward Hanrahan and 20 other law enforcement officials in connection with 1969 Black Panther raid

Federal Judge Joel Flaum rejects plea bargain deal for two construction company officials, Thomas Bowler and George Krug, accused of bid rigging in 1975

Criminal charges lodged against captain of Soviet trawler seized for illegally fishing within America's 200mile fishing limit

State Department to begin highlevel talks with Vietnam to discuss normalizing of relations

Emmy Awards cancelled by NBC due to nonparticipation by West Coast members

National ParentTeachers Association pressuring three networks to reduce violence in their programs by next January or else, as reported by Fred Villanueva; excerpt of Dr. William Young speaking at press conference

Commercials for:
The Working Artist Art Sale (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)
Lennox Air Conditioning & Heating
JC Penney 20% off sale on spring fresh fabrics
Spanish National Tourist Office

Hugh Hill profile of Democratic mayoral candidate Ellis Reid (who campaigns with a bear named "Bilandic")

John Coleman's weather forecast (Part 1)

Commercials for:
Revlon Flex Balsam & Protein Conditioner
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (voiceover by Richard Kiley?)
WFYR 103½ FM (with Fred Winston)
Chicagoland Solid Men of Olds

Part 2 of John's forecast

Mike Nolan, at Chicago Stadium, with sports:

Chicago Bears beat Portland in Game 2 of NBA playoffs

Jim Bouton attempts comeback with White Sox' Knoxville AAA farm club

Rest of sports handled by John:

Baseball scores, with both Cubs and Sox winning; other NBA playoff finals; NHL Stanley Cup quarterfinal scores

Back to news:

Robbery suspect trying to escape from police at 6400 South King Drive slips and falls eight stories to his death; another suspect is unable to escape

Stock market closing averages

Commercials for:
BankAmericard changing name to Visa (with Harpo Marx lookalike demonstrating; in connection with First National Bank of Chicago)
Chicagoland Job Mart in Sunday SunTimes and Monday Daily News (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson)

John Culea at opening of King Tut exhibit at Field Museum

Newscast closes, with promo for next day's edition, followed by footage of Tut exhibit as end credits roll (some of ending music had to be reversed it was ID'ed as Papyri Of Cleopatra by Leslie Bridgewater from PRS Production Music http://links.universalproductionmusic...)

Promo for Friday Night with Steve Edwards for 11:38pm (with the man himself)

First 9 seconds of political ad for Michael Bilandic for Mayor (with Senator Adlai Stevenson) (recording cuts out midway)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 15th 1977 during the 10:00pm to 10:28pm timeframe.

This is from a videotape donated to the Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of the John Drury Family collection.

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