August 15, 2012: Report Card

 

I added 14 more ads today from June and July, 1977, plus eight more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. There are three Thursday, 6/9/77 stories by Norman Dresser, “CBS Pledges Full Slot For '60 Minutes' In Fall,” “Ratings Disappointing For 'All That Glitters'” and “Channel 100 Begins New Program Format.” Next is a Friday, 6/10/77 story, “ETV Foundation Elects 7 New Board Members,” followed by Tuesday, 6/14/77 stories, again by Norman Dresser, “Perhaps Networks Should Sell Commercials For Test Pattern” and several others including one on The Lou Gordon Tribute. There's also a Friday, 6/17/77 AP story, “Detroit TV Newswoman Quits After American Nazi Interview,” about Beverly Payne who would return to the station a few weeks later. There are two more PBS stories, a Thursday, 7/7/77 AP story, “Ground Broken At 16 PBS Sites To Get Programs Via Satellite” and a Friday, 7/8/77 story, “Chs. 30 And 57 To Begin Construction In October Of Joint Satellite Station.” And there's a Monday, 7/18/77 story, “CableSystem Offers New Pay TV Service.” about Showtime, followed by another one by Norman Dresser, a Tuesday, 7/19/77 story, “Ohio Public TV Outlets Plan Satellite News Conference.” There's one addition to the Channel 11 gallery, a Wednesday, 6/1/77 ad for An Evening of Music with the Sylvania Southview High School Symphonic Choir. There's also one in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Thursday, 6/23/77 ad for Toledo Eleven News Special ReportWhy Where Johnny Can't Read” and 1977 Indianapolis 500 Highlights. There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Saturday, 7/2/77 ad for The Price of Freedom, an Independence Day special. There's one addition to the PBS gallery, consisting of two Wednesday ads for Toledo Schools: A Report Card, a 6/1/77 ad and a 6/8/88 ad. There are four additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, three for Channel 100 Movies, a Thursday, 6/9/77 ad for “The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox,” a Thursday, 6/23/77 ad for “Dog Day Afternoon” and a Monday, 7/11/77 ad for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.” There's also a Thursday, 6/30/77 ad (Anyway You Look at It...). There are two additions to the Buckeye Channel 5 gallery, a Friday, 6/10/77 ad (Take Five) and a Tuesday, 6/21/77 ad (Five Alive), both ads for Channel 5 movies. The last three ads today are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Thursday, 6/2/77 ad for Zip'z Baseball Cap Sundaes, a Monday, 6/13/77 ad for Brondes Ford, and a Sunday, 6/26/77 ad for Tom Watkins Carpets. August and September 1977 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...