May 4, 2014: Going...Going...Gone

 

You'll find sixteen more ads today, from April and May 1993, plus two Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, both by Tom Ensign. There's a Thursday, 4/29/93 item about WBGU-TV's News Six program and a Friday, 5/7/93 story, "WWWM Gives Macy a Disc Jockey's Job" and also includes an item on Toledo City Council meetings shown on WGTE-TV and The CableSystem. There's one addition to the PBS gallery, a Saturday, 4/24/93 ad for the final day of the 1993 TV 30 Auction (Going...Going...Gone...). There are seven additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with a Saturday 4/24/93 ad for coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia Mission on the NASA channel. Next is a Tuesday, 4/27/93 ad for Ms. Smith Goes to Washington (Linda Ellerbee) on Lifetime, followed by a Wednesday, 4/28/93 ad for the James Bond Wednesday movie "Thunderball," on TBS. There's also a Saturday, 5/1/93 ad for Converse NBA Off the Court, on BET, a Monday, 5/3/93 ad for Lovejoy (Ian McShane) on A&E, and a Tuesday, 5/4/93 ad, for The Stanley Cup Playoffs, on ESPN. And there's a Tuesday, 5/4/93 ad for American Music Shop on TNN. There are five additions to the the ToledoVision 5 gallery, beginning with a Tuesday, 4/27/93 ad for Pro Basketball Playoff Preview. Next are three more for movies on The Big Show, a Sunday, 5/2/93 ad for "Postcards from the Edge," a Tuesday, 5/4/93 ad for "Death Warrant," and a Thursday, 5/6/93 ad for "Another Pair of Aces" (Willie Nelson). There's also a Friday, 5/7/93 ad for TV5 Night at the Zenobia Shrine Circus, at the Toledo Sports Arena. There are two additions to the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Saturday, 4/24/93 ad for a WPOS-FM 102.3 Gospel Concert, at the Masonic Auditorium, and a Wednesday, 5/5/93 ad for Bill Stewart's morning show on WSPD-AM 1370. Today's last ad is an addition to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Wednesday, 4/21/93 full-page ad for the grand opening of the first two area Meijer stores. More May 1993 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...