April 18, 2012: Two Generations of Brubeck

 

I added 16 more ads today, from March and April, 1974 plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. There are two Thursday, 3/21/74 stories by Norman Dresser, "Ch. 11 To Start Public Affairs Series," about the premiere of Eleven at Large, and a story about Channel 24 carrying high school basketball tournament games from Columbus. Next are two Monday, 4/1/74 stories, again by Dresser, "WJR's Studio Band, In Existence Since 1928, To Be Heard For Last Time On Friday Program," about Jimmy Clark retiring, and "Hans Schippel Named Ch. 11 Film Director." There's also a Thursday, 4/4/74 story, "Buckeye Cablevision Wins National Honor For Public Programs." There's just one ad in the Channel 11 gallery, a Monday, 3/4/74 ad for "The Court Jester" on The Big Show (Danny Kaye). There's also one in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Friday, 3/22/74 ad for the premiere of Eleven at Large, "Crime and the Cops." There's one in the Channel 13 gallery, a Friday, 3/22/74 ad for NBC's "The Red Pony" on Bell System Family Theatre (Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Clint Howard). There's one in the Channel 24 gallery, a Saturday, 4/6/74 ad for their Telethon for Cerbral Palsy. There are four channel 30 ads in the PBS gallery, including a 3/5/74 ad for Washington Straight Talk, Washington Week in Review and Washington Connection, and a Saturday, 3/9/74 ad for Washington Connection, Washington Straight Talk, and Washington Week in Review. There's also a Monday, 4/1/74 ad for Special of the Week "Mystery of the Maya," and a Thursday, 4/4/74 ad for Two Generations of Brubeck, a special with Dave Brubeck and his sons, and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, from the Sports Arena. There are three in the Buckeye Cablevision gallery, including a Wednesday, 3/6/74 notice to Buckeye Cablevision subscribers, listing theire new phone numbers. Next is a Thursday, 3/28/74 ad for Channel 100's taped coverage of the 3/26/74 George Foreman-Ken Norton Fight, in which Foreman knocked-out Norton in Round 2. There's also a Wednesday, 4/10/74 ad for more movies on Channel 100. There's also one in the Buckeye Cablevision Channel 5 gallery, a Monday, 3/18/74 ad for five movies, "The Last Hurrah," "Notorious Lady," "Harlem Globetrotters," "Two Rode Together" and "Virgin Spring." There are two ads in the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Monday, 3/25/74 ad for a WTOD sponsored concert with Donna Fargo, Hank Snow and Johnny Paycheck, at the Masonic Auditorium, and a Wednesday, 4/10/74 ad for a contest on WLQR-FM 101.5. There are two more in the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Friday, 3/1/74 ad for the 18th Annual Auto-Rama at the Sports Arena (Anson Williams, Peter Marshall), and a Tuesday, 3/19/74 ad for the White Tower Restaurant. More 1974 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...