WLS-TV News Promos
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Four humorous bumpers for WLS-TV News in Chicago made by famed ad man Joe Sedelmaier. The ads cheekily explain the success and origins of the news team.
Credits
Joe Sedelmaier (filmmaker); Fahey Flynn (participant); Joel Daly (participant); John Coleman (participant); Bill Frink (participant); John Drury (participant)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1970
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: The WLS-TV news team of Fahey Flynn, Joel Daly, John Coleman and Bill Frink established a highly successful new local news format derisively dubbed "happy talk" by a local television columnist. This style of local news has been widely copied. The team dominated Chicago television news ratings for more than a decade.
Sponsor: WLS-TV
Distributed by: WLS-TV
Subjects: Advertising; Chicago (Ill.); Communication; Publicity; Weather
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12567
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: The WLS-TV news team of Fahey Flynn, Joel Daly, John Coleman and Bill Frink established a highly successful new local news format derisively dubbed "happy talk" by a local television columnist. This style of local news has been widely copied. The team dominated Chicago television news ratings for more than a decade.
Sponsor: WLS-TV
Distributed by: WLS-TV
Subjects: Advertising; Chicago (Ill.); Communication; Publicity; Weather
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12567
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15