January 5, 2014: The Best in Family Entertainment

 

You'll find thirteen more ads today, from December 1990 and January 1991, plus four more Random Pages gallery additions from the pages of The Blade, starting with a Monday, 12/24/90 Blade Runner column by Alan Abrahms, "Job Offer Could Put Station in Pickle," about WIOT-FM offering a job to Ernie Harwell. Next is a Sunday, 12/30/90 TV Week story by Kenneth R. Clark, "Cable Comedy Merges," about MTV's Ha! and HBO's Comedy Channel merging, which would eventually become today's ComedyCentral. There's also a Thursday, 1/10/91 Business Section story by Jack Baessler, "WTOL-TV, Engineers Report Progress in Contract Negotiations." There are two related stories here and here. And there are two Thursday, 1/10/91 items in another Blade Runner column by Alan Abrams, "Disk Jock Puts Rock Station on Turntable," about KISS-FM's Mark Olson, and "He'll be Rockin' Disney World," about WIOT program director, Jim Steel. There's one addition to the Channel 11 gallery, a Monday 1/7/91 ad for The University of Toledo Presents Changing Faces. There are three additions to the PBS gallery for programs on Channel 30, starting with a Monday, 12/3/90 ad for WonderWorks, "A Girl of the Limberlost." Next is a Wednesday, 12/5/90 ad for Humphrey Bogart Viewers' Choice. The choice of movies was between "To Have and Have Not," "The Maltese Falcon," and "Casablanca." There's also a Thursday, 1/10/91 ad for Mystery!, "Poirot," Series II. There's one addition to the Channel 36 gallery, a Monday, 1/14/91 ad for Night Court (Harry Anderson, Markie Post). There are four additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, starting with a Saturday, 12/8/90 ad for Showstopper National TV Finals. Next is a Wednesday, 12/12/90 ad for that evening's sports programming, followed by a Friday, 12/21/90 ad for "Once Upon a Time in America" on The Big Show. And there's a Monday, 1/7/91 ad for five "new" shows on TV5, My Favorite Martian, It's a Living, Hill Street Blues, The Big Valley, and Sledge Hammer. The last four ads today are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, including three Kroger ads, a Wednesday, 12/5/90 full-page ad for the Toledo Zoo penguin exhibit, a Friday, 1/4/91 ad for a UT vs Ball State basketball game (Cheer us on to our 1000th Victory), and a Sunday, 1/31/91 ad for "Garfield Conducts the Symphony" (Toledo Symphony Orchestra). There's also a Tuesday, 1/8/91 ad for the Hickory Farms 50% Off Thank You Sale (Hickory Farms Thanks Toledo). More January 1991 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...