November 2, 2014: It's Our 30th Birthday

 

There are fifteen more ads today, all from January 1996, plus two more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, both by Christopher Borrelli. There's a Saturday, 1/20/96 story, "Most Callers Favor Delay on 'Friends'," about WLIO-TV's decision to delay not air the Friends episode, "The One With the Lesbian Wedding." There's also a Monday, 1/22/96 story, "Looking Back on Fox's First Week of Local News" and also includes an item on the future sale of WNWO-TV. There are two additions to the Channel 24 gallery. Both of them are "See the Difference" ads, a Tuesday, 1/19/96 ad for Frasier and a Thursday, 1/18/96 ad for the NBC primetime lineup of Friends, The Single Guy, Seinfeld, Mad About You, and ER. There are twelve additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Tuesday, 1/16/96 ad for The NBA on TNT with Cleveland playing Seattle, followed by a Tuesday, 1/16/96 ad for Cartoon Network's Dog Bowl. Next is a Wednesday, 1/17/96 ad (It's Our 30th Birthday), followed by a Saturday, 1/20/96 ad (We're offering a $3 installation special!), and another 1/20/96 ad, for "Nobody's Fool" (Paul Newman) on HBO. There's also a Monday, 1/22/96 ad for The Super Bowl at 30: Big Game America, on TNT, a Wednesday, 1/24/96 ad for O.J. Simpson: Beyond the Verdict, on BET, and a Friday, 1/26/96 half-page ad (It's Our 30th Birthday). You'll also find another 1/26/96 ad, for Prime Time Country (Tom Wopat) on TNN, a Monday, 1/29/96 ad for Bewitched (Elizabeth Montgomery) on Nick-at-Nite, a Tuesday, 1/30/96 ad for a Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs game on PASS, and a Wednesday, 1/31/96 ad for Girls High School Basketball on the Community Channel with Whitmer playing Sylvania Northview. Today's last ad is an addition to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Thursday, 1/18/96 ad for the world broadcast television premiere of "Malcolm X" (Denzel Washington) on The Big Show. February 1996 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...