February 19, 2013: Reach for the Stars

 

I added 13 more ads today from October 1981, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions, from Peach Sections of The Blade, including three Thursday, 10/1/81 items by Norman Dresser, about CNN2 (Headline News), WVOI-FM, and Port Clinton's WOSE-FM. Next is a Saturday, 10/3/81 story by Seymour Rothman, “Deregulation, Demore, And Demmerier.” about the ever-changing world of sports on TV. There's also a Thursday, 10/8/81 story by Dresser, “CableSystem Offers New CBS Service,” and also includes items on channel 11's Roots of Toledo Week, low-power TV in Lima, WGTE-FM, and Rona Barret on NBC. There are four additions to the Channel 11 gallery, all for the new fall season, including a Sunday, 11/4/81 ad for 60 Minutes, Archie Bunker's Place, “Billie” (Carroll O'Connor), Alice, “Bet a Million, Mel,” The Jeffersons, “The Separation,” part one of two, and Trapper John, M.D., “That Old Gang of Mine.” Next is a Wednesday, 11/7/81 ad for PM Magazine, Family Feud, Mr. Merlin, “Pilot,” WKRP in Cincinnati, “An Explosive Affair,” part one, and the movie “Coward of the County” (Kenny Rogers). There's a Friday, 10/9/81 ad for PM Magazine, Family Feud, The Incredible Hulk, “Prometheus,” part one, The Dukes of Hazard, “Mrs. Daisy Hogg, Dallas, “Missing Heir” and Toledo Eleven News. The last one is a Monday, 10/12/81 ad for PM Magazine, Private Benjamin, “Judy's in the Driver's Seat,” The Two of Us, “Nan's Fan,” The CMA Awards, and Toledo Eleven News. There are two additions to the Channel 24 gallery, a Sunday, 10/4/81 ad for Saturday Night Comes to Sunday (syndicated reruns of Saturday Night Live), and a Tuesday, 10/6/81 ad for You Asked For It. There's also one addition to the Channel 24 News gallery, a Friday, 10/2/81 ad for 24 News Tonight (Pretending to be a painter...). There are three additions to the PBS gallery, all for shows on channel 30, including a Thursday, 10/1/81 ad for Against the Wind, “The Seeds of Fire,” the first of twelve episodes. Next is a Friday, 10/2/81 ad for Wall $treet Week (Louis Rukeyser), followed by a Sunday, 10/4/81 ad for Great Performances (Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra conductor). There are two additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, both for the CBS Cable network, a Wednesday, 10/7/81 ad (And Now He-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-re's Johann) and a Monday, 10/12/81 full-page ad (Now Playing at a TV Set Near You). The last ad today is an addition to the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Thursday, 10/1/81 ad for a WCWA-AM 1230 “Free Money” contest. More October 1981 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...