October 28, 2014: Go Rockets!

 

There are twelve more ads today, all from December 1995, plus one more Random Pages gallery addition, a Monday, 12/18/95 Blade Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "Latest Sweeps Show Interesting Changes in Local TV," about the first post-affiliate swap ratings. There are five additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with another "Poised for your future ad," this one a Friday, 12/15/95 ad (Reading Excellence...At Nathan Hale School...). Next is a Tuesday, 12/19/95 ad for The NBA on TNT (Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets), followed by another 12/19/95 ad, for Welcome Back Kotter (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Robert Hegyes, Gabe Kaplan) on Nick-at-Nite. There's also a Tuesday, 12/26/95 ad for SelectChannels, with a schedule of that day's programming on Flix, Sci-Fi Channel and WGN, followed by a Friday, 12/29/95 ad for Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Comedy Central. There's one addition to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Saturday, 12/16/95 ad with a schedule of 1996 College Basketball games on TV5. There's also one addition to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Sunday, 12/31/95 ad for the History Channel's Native American Week, featuring History Alive, "The Great Cheyenne Nations." The ad also had other Monday night shows, Our Century, "Automobiles Marathon," Movies in Time, "The Blue & the Gray, and Year By Year, "1962." The rest of today's ads are additions to the Football Bowl Game Ads gallery, for the 1995 Las Vegas Bowl, where the Toledo Rockets beat the Nevada Wolf Pack, 40-37. The first two are from The Blade's Wednesday, 12/13/95 Las Vegas Bowl Section, the first ad, for The University of Toledo (Beyond your expectations...Go Rockets!), the second one, a ToledoVision 5 ad (Congratulations Rockets...Best Wishes in the Vegas Bowl). Next are two Thursday, 12/14/95 ads, a Sports Section ad for ESPN's coverage of the game, and a Peach Section ad (The Video Connection proudly presents the best seats in your house!...ESPN). And there's a Friday, 12/22/95 full-page ad (Thanks Toledo!...Go Rockets! The University of Toledo). January 1996 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...