May 30, 2012: First in Toledo with Mini-Cam Reports

 

I added 17 more ads today, from June, July and August, 1975, plus five more Random Pages gallery additions, all from Peach Sections of the Blade. There's a Friday, 7/11/75 “Electronic Press Box” column by Seymour Rothman, “Is Pay-TV Sports Just Around The Corner? Yes, No, And Maybe.” The rest are all by Norman Dresser. There's a Wednesday, 7/2/75 story, “Toledo Public Radio Station Is Expected On Air By Next Spring As Result Of $322,137 Grant” and three Saturday, 7/12/75 stories, “WXEZ Is Improving Music, Equipment,” “Moore Series To End on CBS After 1976” and “Morgan and Farrell Join M.A.S.H. Cast.” There's also a Thursday, 7/24/75 story, “Martin Landau In New Space Series,” about Space: 1999, and three Monday, 7/28/75 stories, “News Managing Editor Named At WTOL-TV,” about Larry Maisel, “Area Radio Station Cited for Program,” about Andrew's Raid on WBGU-FM, and “Radio Station WLQR Tripling Power Output.” There's one ad in the Channel 11 gallery, a Saturday, 8/2/75 ad for The Adams Family Singers: In Quest of Freedom. There's one more in the Channel 11 News gallery, a Thursday, 6/26/75 ad for the new mini-cam. There are two ads in the Channel 24 gallery, a Thursday, 6/26/75 ad for the Ohio Lottery Buckeye '300' and Lucky Buck drawings, and Friday, 7/15/75 ad for At the Hop, a special sponsored by Onion-1. There's also one in the ABC gallery, a Saturday, 7/26/75 ad for Tune In America, the Democratic National Telethon. There are three ads in the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Friday, 6/20/75 ad for WOHO's Spring Into Summer Weekend, a Wednesday, 7/9/75 ad for NPR's All Things Considered on WBGU-FM 88.1, and a Saturday, 7/12/75 ad for The Auction on WTUU. The other nine ads are all in the Other Vintage ads gallery, including a Wednesday, 6/18/75 ad for the Holland Strawberry Festival. There are three ads related to The Mickey Mouse Club which was then running on channel 13, a Friday, 6/21/75 ad for Mickey Mouse merchandise at the Lion Store and two ads for Mickey at Franklin Park Mall, a Monday, 7/28/75 ad and a Wednesday, 7/30/75 ad. Next is a Tuesday, 7/8/75 ad for White Hut, followed by a Tuesday, 7/29/75 ad for Ohio Bell, about Marathon Oil's use of WATS, and a Monday, 8/4/75 ad for Dyer's Chop House. There are also two Wednesday, 8/6/75 ads, the first one for Tang and the second one for Royal Crown and Diet Rite Colas. More 1975 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...