September 6, 2012: Tonight On Channel 30

 

I added 17 more ads today, from March, 1978 plus four more Random Pages gallery additions, from Peach Sections of The Blade. There's a Thursday, 3/9/78 story by Norman Dresser, about Channel 30's Festival '78 opening night success with their Grand Ole Opry programming. Next is a Thursday, 3/16/78 story, “Lou Hebert Returns Here As Anchorman,” followed by a Thursday, 3/23/78 story, “Buckeye Gets OK To Carry Ch. 62.” There are also some Friday, 3/24/78 stories by Norman Dresser including “Chs. 11, 24 Lead Ratings, Ch. 13 Continues To Decline.” Also included are items about changes in Channel 13's news personnel and the success of Channel 30's Festival '78. There's one addition to the Channel 11 News gallery, a Friday, 3/24/78 ad with Orris Tabner, Jeff Heitz and Joe Ashton, thanking viewers for 11's dominance in the ratings. By the way, station “A” was of course, WSPD-TV 13 and station “B” was WDHO-TV 24. There are two additions to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Monday, 3/27/78 ad for “Troubleshooter” Roger Weber, and a Thursday, 3/30/78 ad for new anchorman, Randy Price. I'll post more Randy Price ads on Monday. There are twelve additions to the the PBS gallery, all for channel 30 and many of them for Festival '78 programming. There's a Wednesday, 3/8/78 ad for Nova, “The Case of the Ancient Astronauts” and a Saturday, 3/11/78 ad for All-Star Swing, In Performance at Wolftrap, The Johnny Mathis Special, and Song by Song by Ira Gershwin. There's also a Monday, 3/13/78 ad for The Originals: Women in Art, “Georgia O'Keefe” and a Wednesday, 3/15/78 ad for Nova, The Green Machine” and the movie, Of Human Bondage.” Next is a Saturday, 3/18/78 ad for Big Band Bash and Great Performances, “Count Dracula,” followed by a Sunday, 3/19/78 ad for The Great American Dream Machine Revisited. There's a Tuesday, 3/21/78 ad for channel 30 shows, The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Once Upon a Classic, “Lorna Doone,” James Michener's World, “Spain: The Land and the Legend,” The Brontes and A Conversation with Howard Thurman, and FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, Library of Congress Chamber Music and International Concert Hall. Next is a Monday, 3/27/78 ad for channel 30 shows, The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Daniel Foster, M.D., “Gallbladder Disease,” Wodehouse Playhouse, “Portrait of the Disciplinarian,” Turnabout, Meeting of Minds, Royal Heritage, “Victoria, Queen and Empress” and The Dick Cavett Show, and FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, Cleveland Orchestra and Nachtmusik. There's also a Tuesday, 3/28/78 ad for channel 30 shows, The MacNieil/Lehrer Report, Once Upon a Classic, Lorna Doone," National Geographic Special, “The Incredible Machine,” Rudolf Serkin: Master Musician, Spoleto USA, and The Dick Cavett Show, and FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, Library of Congress Chamber Music, International Concert and Nachtmusik. There's a Thursday, 3/30/78 ad for Ch. 30 shows, The Macneil/Lehrer Report, Crockett's Victory Garden, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, “Catherine Howard,” The Islander, Masterpiece Theatre, “Anna Karenina” and The Dick Cavett Show, and FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, Thursday Night Opera and Nachtmusik. Next is a Friday, 3/31/78 ad for a AAA State Championship girls basketball game with Sylvania Northview High School going against Middletown, telecast made possible by a grant from Sylvania Savings Bank. And finally, another 3/31/78 ad for channel 30 shows, The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, The Ohio Journal, Washington Week in Review, Wall Street Week, Alaska Oil, Girls' AAA Basketball and The Dick Cavett Show, and FM 91.3 shows, All Things Considered and A Bach, Chopin and Haydn Birthday Celebration. There's one addition to the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Friday, 3/17/78 ad for WSPD-AM 1370, with Commodore Perry Motor Inn Vice Presdient and General Manager, Mr. Victor Giles praising WSPD's January 1978 blizzard coverage. There's also one addition to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Thursday, 3/23/78 ad for the Highland Appliance Easter Midnight Madness Sale (It Isn't On Easter And It Isn't At Midnight). April 1978 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...