WMAQ Channel 5 - Today in Chicago with Norman Mark - "Future of Chicago with Pierre De Vise" (1979)

Описание: Here's an edition of Today in Chicago with Norman Mark on WMAQ Channel 5. The guest is Pierre De Vise (1925-2004), population expert and Professor of the Chicago Circle campus at the University of Illinois (a.k.a. "Dr. Gloom" as bestowed on him by the Chicago Tribune), in another in a series about the future of Chicago.

This was from (a dub of?) the original master tape, and thus has no commercials or news break.

Includes:

CG slate with ~650 Hz tone, reading:

Today In Chicago
P 1725
Recorded 1/7/79
Playback 1/9/79
Segment 1

Today in Chicago opening titles

Norman starts off by wishing former President Richard Nixon a happy birthday, then reading about an event to be held by the Education Network for Older Adults this day at the Cultural Center of the Chicago Public Library from 1:00pm to 4:30pm, before setting up the premise for this edition, to look at Chicago area population trends, and then signaling for a break.

Today In Chicago Continues..... bumper (to strains of "Chicago" by Frank Sinatra)

CG slate siignalling Segment 2

Norman holds up a study, "Population Projections: Chicago City and Suburban Ring, 1970-2000," in his introduction of Pierre who contributed to it. Mr. De Vise starts off by predicting a rise in Chicago area population of 1 million, lower than most predictions; but says Chicago's population loss will be less than other predictions. Other aspects in this segment include possible economic growth with lesser population, increase in 25-44 and 45-64 age groups vs. decline in those 18 or younger, projected rise in Latino population (by 168%!) and blacks (by about 40%), but forecasting a decline in white population ("white flight") for this decade only; prospects for racial integration in coming 30-year period, and his proclamation that "the ghettos will destroy themselves," before this segment ends.

Today in Chicago Continues..... bumper (with Ol' Blue Eyes reappearing)

CG slate signalling Segment 3

Here, discussions range from income differences between various groups (and Pierre's study of income gaps between Chicagoans and suburban residents, which widened from 1950 to 1970 to 1975-77), the effects of the Bilandic Loan (he contradicted a First Federal Savings & Loan study, and specified the situation around the Lakefront vs. other parts of the city), and developments such as at Dearborn Square. With that, Norman signals for a news break

CG slate signalling Segment 4

In this last segment, Norman and Pierre discuss what kind of town Chicago will be in the year 2000; Pierre essentially says it will be "considerably different" from the Chicago of 1979, with fewer people, less density, half-white and half-black, increasingly separated by income; he believes it will be cleaner and "much improved," and cites current problems as due to overcrowding; he also sees a softening of the suburban housing market and demographic shift, and more centralization among blacks in city. With that, Norman closes the program to invite viewers to contribute their predictions and shows the address to send it (don't bother now, WMAQ has since moved out of Merchandise Mart ;-) ), and previews next day's edition which will look at the future of education with Chicago Schools Superintendent Joseph Hannon, before promoting upcoming Today.

Ending titles (with Sinatra's "Chicago" again),
Today In Chicago
Pre-recorded

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 9th 1979 during the 6:30am to 7:00am timeframe. (taped in studio on Sunday, January 7th 1979)

This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The Mike and Britta Fayette Collection.

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