This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are award winning sports columnist John Schulian, WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team Kenny McReynolds, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.
![[Abbie Hoffman raw #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653863663_640-228x160.jpg)
An interview with political activist Abbie Hoffman at the Chicago Amphitheater on the 20th anniversary of 1968 Democratic National Convention. In the interview, Hoffman talks about the complicating aspects of activism, the applications used to promote and spread messages to wider audiences, and the media’s effect on American daily life.
![[Chicago Slices raw: Fish Market]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/645702026_640-228x160.jpg)
The tape features raw footage for the television show “Chicago Slices.” In this tape, videomaker Skip Blumberg visits L. Isaacson and Stein Fish Co., Inc. on Fulton Street, Chicago’s premiere fish market. Blumberg speaks with a number of customers and employees about their experiences at the market.
![[Inside Spring Training raw #16]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653884047_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for “Inside Spring Training.” This tape features footage of Bill Veeck and his White Sox management colleagues in a hotel room in Sarasota, Florida during a bout of rainy weather at spring training. Motel Fever #3.
![[Tony Kubek interviews Bill Veeck raw #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653881118_640-228x160.jpg)
This video features raw footage of Bill Veeck being interviewed by sportscaster Tony Kubek for NBC. The crew for “A View From the Bleachers” attends the poolside interview and shoots the interview process with a hand-held camera. Tape #1 of 4.
![[WTTW pledge night]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/650551496_640-228x160.jpg)
The bulk of the tape is an off-air recording of Tom Weinberg and Jack Wilson running WTTW’s pledge drive, explaining how it works and asking for donations. Operators answer phones in background. Before and after there are brief clips from several other channels.
![[The 90’s raw: Rev. Al Lawrence of Prison Fellowship – Mount Pleasant riot]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/649686919_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage shot for the award-winning series The 90’s. In Washington, DC, Reverend Al Lawrence talks about the Prison Fellowship organization and the church’s involvement in prison reform. The last two minutes of the tape features footage of Rev. Jesse Jackson on the streets of Washington, D.C. during the May 1991 Mount Pleasant riot.