June 27, 2013: A Marriage Made in Heaven

 

I added thirteen more ads today, all from January 1986, plus five more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. The first one is a Wednesday, 1/8/86 story, “Murdoch Forming Program Service For Independents.” Next is a Saturday, 1/11/86 story, “Alas, The Catch In PASS Has Caught Up With Us,” followed by a Friday, 1/24/86 story, “Local Network Affiliates Hire Four Reporters” and also includes other “Around Toledo Television” items. The last one is a Friday, 1/31/86 story, “TV Owes No Apologies To Insensitive Soap Fans,” about coverage of the Challenger shuttle explosion. There's one addition to the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Wednesday, 1/29/86 ad for a Stuart Watson Toledo 11 News report on jail safety. There are two additions to the Channel 13 gallery, a Monday, 1/20/86 ad for late afternnon shows, Divorce Court, People's Court, Maude and M*A*S*H (Jamie Farr) plus 13 News at 6:00, and a Friday, 1/31/86 ad for Entertainment Tonight, Taxi, and NBC prime time shows, Misfits of Science, “Center of Attention,” Knight Rider, “Redemption of a Champion” and Miami Vice, “Little Miss Dangerous” (Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas). There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Thursday, 1/30/86 ad for The New Newlywed Game (Bob Eubanks) and PM Magazine (Ronald Regan). There's also one addition to the Channel 36 gallery, a Thursday, 1/2/86 ad for an Ohio State basketball game with the Buckeyes hosting the Michigan State Spartans. There are four additions to the PBS gallery, all for shows on channel 30, three of them, “TV Worth Watching” ads. There's a Sunday, 1/19/86 TV Tab ad for two Tuesday night shows, Nova, “Halley's Comet” and Frontline, “Hostage in Iran.” Next is a Friday, 1/24/86 ad for Great Performances, “Heartbreak House” (Rex Harrison), followed by a Sunday, 1/26/86 TV Tab ad for Planet Earth, “The Blue Planet” which aired the following Wednesday. There's also a Thursday, 1/30/86 ad for Teenagers and Parents, “Conflict or Cooperation.” There are two additions to the Buckeye CableSystem ads gallery, a Monday, 1/6/86 ad for UT Digest on channel 10B, and a Friday, 1/10/86 ad with a special offer for VCR owners (A Marriage Made In Heaven). The last two ads today are additions to the CableSystem Channel 5 gallery, both for Goaldigger Hockey, a Sunday, 1/19/85 ad for a game with the Saginaw Generals and a Wednesday, 1/22/86 ad for a game with the Kalamazoo Wings. February 1986 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...