November 27, 2012: Bigger & Better Than Ever

 

I added eleven more ads today from April 1980 plus seven more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. There are two Tuesday, 4/1/80 stories by Norman Dresser, “'AM Magazine' Makes Bow As Ch. 24 Morning Show” and “About People, Events In Broadcasting World” and there are several more Thursday, 4/3/80 items about Toledo TV and radio, also by Mr. Dresser. Next is a Saturday, 4/12/80 story by Seymour Rothman, “Watch Out Networks, Here Comes The Cable!” followed by a Tuesday, 4/15/80 “About People, Events In Broadcasting World,” again by Dresser. There's also a Wednesday, 4/16/80 story, “Cable Ruling To Add Channels For Toledo” and two more by Norman Dresser, a Thursday, 4/17/80 story, “Channel 30's 12th Annual Buy-In Opens Action Friday For Nine Nights” and a Friday, 4/18/80 story, “Toledo Writer Bill Blinn Boosts Hometown In ABC Movie.” Again, there are no ads today for channels 11 and 13 and just one for channel 24, an addition to the Channel 24 News gallery. It's a Wednesday, 4/16/80 ad, another one for Ed Knowles' Money Talk on 24 Eyewitness News. There are five additions to the PBS gallery, all for channel 30. There's a Wednesday, 4/2/80 ad for Great Performances, “J.S. Bach: St. John Passion” and a Wednesday, 4/9/80 ad for part two of The Shakespeare Plays, “Henry IV.” The other three are for the 1980 Channel 30 Buy-In, a Thursday, 4/17/80 ad (Bigger & Better Than Ever), a Friday, 4/18/80 ad (Watch, Bid, Buy) and a Saturday, 4/19/80 ad (Bid Early, Bid High). I'll be adding several more Buy-In ads next time, as well. There's one addition to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Friday, 4/18/80 ad for a free preview of Showtime. There are three additions to the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Wednesday, 4/9/80 ad for The $1000 Pay-Off on WSPD, a Friday, 4/11/80 ad for The Great Gildersleeve on WGTE-FM, and a Saturday, 4/12/80 ad for “Your Favorite Songs” on WMHE-FM. Today's last addition is to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Tuesday, 4/15/80 full-page ad for Sohio, “Sohio's profits have a lot of work to do.” More April 1980 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...