Here’s audio from a June 21st, 1969 commercial break aired on CBS affiliate WJBK-TV (Channel 2) in Detroit, Michigan:
This particular commercial break aired on Saturday, June 21st, 1969. It aired following The Jackie Gleason Show (7:30-8:30PM ET) and before My Three Sons (8:30-9PM ET). Included are a CBS network ID, a local promotional spot for WJBK-TV news, three commercials, and a local station ID for WJBK-TV, branded as TV2.
Here’s a transcript:
[Network ID] “This is CBS.”
[WJBK-TV News Promo] “Rafael Viera, accused murderer of patrolman Michael Czapski, appeared at perhaps an unprecedented news conference here in the courtroom of Judge Evans today. The full story at 11 o’clock.”
[Breast O’ Chicken Commercial] “You’ll enjoy more golden fun days with Breast O’ Chicken, the California Tuna.”
[Pfeiffer’s Beer Commercial] “Catch Pfeiffer fever at your Pfeiffer dealers. Brewed to quench a Detroit thirst.”
[Suprema Spaghetti Sauce Commercial] “Cara mia. Hungry, huh? We know a great Italian place. A spaghetti sauce that you’ll embrace. A great new taste lights up your face. Suprema Spaghetti Sauce. It’s new.”
[Station ID] “TV2 Detroit.”
This audio comes from a collection of reel-to-reel audio tapes used to record network and local TV programs between 1967 and 1972.
About This Recording
Source: Reel-to-reel audio tape
Date: Saturday, June 21st, 1969
Network: CBS
Station: WJBK-TV (Channel 2, Detroit)
That spaghetti sauce commercial is priceless. BTW, the melody is from “Hernando’s Hideaway”, a big hit in the pre-rock era.
I believe it’s from the musical “The Pajama Game.”
In the immortal words of Ed McMahon, you are correct, sir!