January 19, 2014: Over the Influence

 

You'll find sixteen more ads today, all from April 1991, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. The first one is a Saturday, 4/13/91 "Focus on TV" item by Tom Ensign, about WTOL-TV's award-winning videographers. Next is a Tuesday, 4/16/91 promotional picture for Alvin and the Chipmunks, followed by a Friday, 4/19/91 story by Tom Ensign again, "Reghi Making Move to Sports Channel." There are three additions to the Channel 13 gallery, two for the two-part special, Over the Influence, a Monday, 4/15/91 ad with Tom Selleck, and a Tuesday, 4/16/91 ad with Whitney Houston. There's also a Monday, 4/22/91 ad for their Free TV Lottery. There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Thursday, 4/18/91 ad, for The 1991 Arthritis Foundation Telethon, sponsored by Food Town. There are three additions to the PBS gallery for Channel 30 programming, including two for the 1991 TV30 Auction, a Friday, 4/5/91 ad (It's Here!) and a Saturday, 4/13/91 ad (The Bidder End!). There's also a Monday, 4/15/91 ad for The Astronomers. There are two additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, both for Impulse pay-per-view events, a Friday, 4/19/91 ad for the Evander Holyfield vs George Foreman fight (Holyfield won by decision in 12 rounds), and a Saturday, 4/20/91 ad for the WCW Japan Supershow. There are two additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, both Monday, 4/15/91 ads for sports programming (via SportsChannel), the first ad for NHL Playoff games, the second ad for MLB games. There's one addition to the CBN / Family Channel gallery, a Sunday, 4/14/91 ad for weekend westerns, The Virginian, The Rifleman, Wagon Train, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke (James Arness, Ken Curtis, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake) and Bonanza. The last four ads today are all additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, including a Tuesday, 4/2/91 ad for Ohio Citizens Bank, featuring 1991's version of a "Gator Boy." There's also a Wednesday, 4/2/91 ad for Lion's Moonlight Sale, and a Friday, 4/5/91 ad for Southwyck's Moonlight Madness Sale. And there's a Sunday, 4/7/91 full-page ad for the Guns 'n' Roses World Tour 1991 appearance at the Toledo Speedway. More April, and May 1991 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...