January 1, 2015: Don't Miss A Minute

 

For the first post of the new year, there are 10 more ads plus two Random Pages gallery additions, from Peach Sections of The Blade. There's a Monday, 6/24/96 story by Chris Borrelli, "WNWO-TV a Big Winner in Swap of Network Affiliates, May Sweeps Show" and also includes items about WKXR's web site and about Julie Fox leaving Toledo for Cleveland. Next is a Wednesday, 6/25/96 story, "Sci-Fi Picks Up 'MST3K'." There are six additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Friday, 6/21/96 ad for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" on USA (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy). There are two for HGTV, a Saturday, 6/22/96 ad for Kitty Bartholomew: You're Home, and a Tuesday, 6/25/96 ad for Company of Animals. Next is a Wednesday, 6/26/96 ad for Court TV's coverage of the civil suit against O.J. Simpson by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. There's also a Wednesday, 6/26/96 ad for "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" on Sci-Fi Channel, and a Sunday, 6/30/96 full-page TV Week "CableSystem Corner" ad. It was for coverage of The Jamie Farr Kroger Classic on the Golf Channel (replayed later on TV5), RPM 2Night on ESPN2, and America's Greatest Olympians on TBS. There are two additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Friday, 6/21/96 ad for Babylon 5, "A Late Delivery From Avalon" (Bruce Boxleitner) and a Friday, 6/21/96 ad for Buckeye Baseball, sponsored by Altra Thermal Windows (New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians). Today's last ad is an addition to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Sunday, 6/30/96 full-page ad for the Kroger Freedom Celebration on July 4th. Channel 11 had coverage of the parade and WIOT-FM 104 provided music for the fireworks. July 1996 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...