WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Day Report With Merri Dee (Partial, 1978)

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8 жыл бұрын

Here's the beginning of an edition of the Mid-Day Report with Merri Dee on WGN Channel 9. Includes:
Mid-Day Report bumper with (C) 1978, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.
Merri Dee reads the following stories:
Senate begins debate on the Natural Gas price deregulation bill, which aims to phase out all price controls by 1985
House is likely to finish work on the Carter Administration's Civil Service Reform Bill
Acoustical experts reported to the House Assassination's committee today that it's likely 4 bullets were fired during the assassination of President Kennedy, which runs counter to the Warren Commission report
(recording cuts out)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 11th 1978.
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@MMAfighter38113 8 жыл бұрын

I can't hear her voice without thinking of WGN from the 80s. Same with Ernie Anderson & ABC.

@525Lines 8 жыл бұрын

Oh, that voice. No replacing it.

@vintagetvandexciting 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Merri Dee

@danielmorse4213 2 жыл бұрын

News, well spoken. Clear as a bell and no voice acting fir drama.

@JohnHolton 8 жыл бұрын

I recall that WGN did a short news broadcast before Cubs games... was this on before or after Bozo?

@FuzzyMemoriesTV 8 жыл бұрын

Right after Bozo; a few minutes before 1pm.

@danielmorse4213 2 жыл бұрын

We listened to her at lunch and then a Cubs game.

@brownr749 2 жыл бұрын

I drove a cab part time a long time ago, maybe 15years ago and I picked her up downtown and took her to 1550 LSD. Somehow, she started talking about how BLACKS committing all of this crime is only providing entertainment. I was polite and professional...didn't say much, and I only remember her as the person on TV who gave out the winning lottery numbers....I reached her destination, she paid but didn't tip...I couldn't believe it...than, once she left, I looked in the back seat and saw she left something, like a little black box... I pulled over to reach for it...and I was thinking, 'I usually try to return things left in the cab, but not this time...if its something of value, its my tip." It turned out to be some type of plague...an award of some nature with her name on it. I decide to go back to the high rise of where I dropped her off to return it. A black security guard was sitting at the front desk, I explain to him, what happened and she left something I want to return..he took it and I said, 'I couldn't believe this woman didn't tip,' he immediately said, "Hey brother, that's the way she is ...I understand. She's like that.' Now that she’s passed away, I started reading her bio..and came across how she survived a shooting and before I finished reading her history, I guess the shooter was probably a black man. I now think it had something to do without her not tipping and she resented black men because of what she went through…she might’ve need some type of therapy to get over her trauma.