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Contributors Roll of Honor

Since the MCCTv's founding in 2007, many broadcast industry professionals, both in front of and behind the camera, have generously donated material to our archive. We wanted to pay special tribute to them here. They include:

Jack Taylor (WGN-TV)
Mike Leiderman (WMAQ-TV and WFLD-TV)
Al Lerner (WLS-TV and WSNS-TV)
Linda Lerner (WBBM-TV)
Britta Fayette (WMAQ-TV)
Barry Bernson (WMAQ-TV)
Steve Edwards (WLS-TV)
Terry Anzur (WBBM-TV)
Rick Kotrba (WTTW-TV)
Mary Ann Childers (WLS-TV)
Mike Torchia (WLS-TV and WSNS-TV)
Ben Hollis (WTTW-TV)
Ron Weiner (WGN-TV)
Charles Zenkus (WSNS-TV)
Marty Robinson (WTTW-TV)
Lori Savitch (sister of Jessica Savitch)
Jim Ruddle (WMAQ-TV)
Robb Weller (WLS-TV)
Jorie Lueloff (WMAQ-TV)
The Family of Tim Weigel - Jenniffer And Rafer Weigel (WLS-TV)
Kenneth Montone (WBBM-TV)
Garry Willis (WSNS-TV)
Neal Sabin (WCIU-TV and WPWR-TV)
Norman Mark (WMAQ-TV)
Deb Segal (WBBM-TV)
Steve Hart (WSNS-TV)
Howard Malis (WLS-TV)
Cathy Mustari (WFLD-TV)
Jack Mulqueen (WCIU-TV)
Val Bettin (WTTW-TV)
Russ Ewing (WMAQ-TV and WLS-TV)
Pete Marino (WGN-TV)
Sheldon Cooper (WGN-TV)
Jim Martin (Puppeteer on The Great Space Coaster)
Drew Leach (WCIU-TV)
Tim Morris (WFLD-TV)
Marjorie Fox (WMAQ-TV)
Carol Sapienza (WLS-TV)
Kurt Mendelsohn (WSNS-TV)
Don Shannon (WFLD-TV)
Brian VanderBroucke (WSNS-TV)
Bob Kastigar (WGN-TV)
Dilllon Smith (WMAQ-TV)
Joe Oher (WFLD-TV and WSNS-TV)
Gary Peterson (WLS-TV)
Dave Dillman (WFLD-TV and WTTW-TV)
The Family of Ron Hunter (WMAQ-TV)
Rick Garofalo (WGN-TV)
Karen Yellen Dillon (WLS-TV)
Jeff Lupetin (WFLD-TV)
Frank Chambers, Jr. (WCIU-TV and WFLD-TV)
Mike Prendergast (WGN-TV)
Don Ferris (WTTW-TV and WSNS-TV)
Tom Weinberg (Mediaburn.org and WTTW-TV)
Libby Collins (WCIU-TV)

and many more...

Additional Contributors

Many others have contributed their time, money, expertise, or those all-important home-recorded videotapes that we love so much. Here, in tribute, are the names of some of our most valued and appreciated contributors.

Dr. Elaine Pavelka, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Morton College Rick L. Pollack (source of the incredible 'Bucktown' Collection) Mike Fayette (The Mike and Britta Fayette Collection) Daniel McAvoy Randy Dry Greg Dambek Matthew Shimkus Jeff Martin Duane Kucera Henry Ruh Geoff Lucas Rich Szablewski Dennis Polkow Mia Bass Alan and Laurel Freeman Matt Lazaro Paul Lindblad Walt Marcis Mike & Jessica Brown Bob DeBartolo Marty Zivin Rich Koz Lorelei Shark Jesse Skeen Kenneth Tazelaar Suzanne Cosgrove Christopher Anton Ridgewood High School Greg Hilbrich Matthew Poff Joe Lynn Sloane Carrico Ben Minnotte Ron Kordick Scott Greig Guy Spiller Bob Gassel Amy Merrick John Schultz Tom Ferraro Michael Lans Bowie Poag Jason Gough Chris Hadley Jerome Kowalewski Gary Zielinski John Grochowski Andrew Leonard Al Borowski Kevin Burk Keith Smith Dave Lennie John Bidstrup Bruce Esquibel Kent Daluga Joseph Bartodziej Dave Morey Morris Krumhorn Michael Moore Glenn "Mickey" Raye Tony Letrich Jim Bernal Dr. Frank Allen Philpot Alan Babbitt Rick Brozak Ken Watson Bob Friedlander Heather Bricker Roy Cox Jonathan Dietch Mark Ream Jack Demus Ray D. Glasser Eric Hultgren Don R. Denton Mike Boyce Donald Briggs Larry Roberts, Jr. Bob Craig Tim Fairbank June Marshall David J. Quinn John Lyle, Jr. Richard Sackley Michael Fennessy Tony Portnoy Kasey Ignarski Nancy F. Travisano Mark Liptak John Bialas Susan Giancola Heather Gross Dave Morrison Mark Dereng Ken Ehrlich Steve Jajkowski Larry Einhorn Frank Carr Matthew Webb John Kula Jim Piscitelli Jason Katzwinkel George Jen Jared Brame Gina Grano Michael Benisek Duanne Walton Jim Talbot Phil Satterley Larry Charet Karl Klockars Gene Christianson Linda Frost (Linda Concoby) Dean Monti Tanya Bujanski Rob Walker The Lipschutz Family

The Search Goes On

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is constantly searching out vintage material on old videotapes saved in basements or attics, or sold at flea markets, garage sales, estate sales and everywhere in between. Some of it would be completely lost to history if it were not for our efforts. The local TV stations have, for the most part, regrettably done a poor job at preserving their history. Tapes were very expensive 25-30 years ago and there also was a lack of vision on the importance of preserving this material back then. If the material does not exist on a studio master tape, what is to be done? Do we simply disregard the thousands of off-air recordings that still exist holding precious "lost" material? We believe this would be a tragic mistake.

There are many examples of Chicago TV shows which, out of the decades of episodes (in some cases) that were produced, only a handful of them have survived in station's archives or in other museums. Therefore, in many cases, the last hope for finding additional material lies in the hands of collectors who search out and find homemade, off-air recordings. Any "lost" episodes of a show that may turn up over time often come from collectors and preservationists who specifically search for these things. There are many instances where found material was later donated to the Copyright holder in order for them to use it commercially. (The British program Doctor Who, for example) Therefore, a site such as this serves a very useful purpose in helping to promote, locate, and preserve rare historical material.

Please contact us with any questions or comments.

We have many hundreds of hours of vintage Chicago broadcasts, and get new additions every month. Still, there are many gaps of shows, certain years, and channels - so we are always looking for more. See below for how you can help in the fight to preserve Classic Chicago Television before it is lost forever...

- Rick Klein
Chief Curator and Founder
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
www.FuzzyMemories.TV