January 11, 2015: $2.99 Screening Room

 

You'll find fourteen more ads today, all from August 1996, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, all by Chris Borrelli, starting with a Monday, 8/5/96 story about syndicated shows being carried on Toledo stations in the fall. Next is a Monday, 8/19/96 story, "WGTE Special Deserves to be Longer," about Toledo on the Air, and also includes another story about changes at WJZE-FM. There's also a Thursday, 8/23/96 story, "WTVG Names Greenlaw's Replacement" (Greg Johans). There are ten additions to the the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, starting with a Tuesday, 8/13/96 ad for The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard) on the Family Channel. Next is a Saturday, 8/10/96 ad for "The Net" (Sandra Bullock) on HBO, followed by another 8/10/96 ad, for The Big Easy (Tony Crane, Susan Walters, Barry Corbin) on USA. There's also a Tuesday, 8/13/96 ad (Expand Your Choices!), another 8/13/96 ad, for the premiere of AMC's Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (host Frankie Avalon), and two for Impulse Entertainment, a Wednesday, 8/14/96 ad for "Two If By Sea" and a Friday, 8/16/96 ad for "Waiting to Exhale" (What are you waiting for?). Next is a Saturday, 8/17/96 ad for Room for Change (JoAnne Liebler) on HGTV, followed by a Thursday, 8/22/96 half-page ad for Impulse Entertainment Values, and a Friday, 8/23/96 ad for "True Crime" (Alicia Silverstone) on USA. There are two additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Saturday, 8/3/96 ad for "The Playboys" (Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn) and a Sunday, 8/25/96 ad for SportsChannel MAC Football games on TV5. Today's last two ads are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Tuesday, 8/13/96 half-page ad for Food Town Family Day at the Ballpark (Mud Hens hosting the Columbus Clippers), and a Tuesday, 8/20/96 full-page ad for the 1996 German American Festival, sponsored by Food Town and Dinner Bell. More August 1996 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...