November 20, 2012: Bluegrass Extravaganza

 

I added 21 more ads today, all from February, 1980 plus two more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, both by Norman Dresser. There's a Friday, 2/8/80 story, “Dave Letterman Will Host New NBC Morning Show” which also includes two other items, about Good Morning America and Mobil Oil commercials, and a Tuesday, 2/12/80 story, “Assistant News Chief Leaves WSPD Radio,” about Mary Jane Klein. There are two additions to the Channel 11 gallery, both for movies on The Late Show, a Saturday, 2/9/80 ad for “The Hellfighters” and “The Shuttered Room” and a Saturday 2/16/80 ad for “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” and “Lady In Cement.” There's one addition to the Channel 13 gallery, a Saturday, 2/9/80 ad for “Hotel” on The 13 Sunday Night Movie (Rod Taylor). There's also one addition to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Friday, 2/8/80 ad for Randy Price, “The Unanchored Anchorman.” There are seven additions to the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, all for WDHO's 24 Eyewitness News. There are three for the Asa Smith series of Eyewitness Close Up reports on nursing homes, a Tuesday, 2/5/80 ad, a Wednesday, 2/6/80 ad and a Thursday, 2/7/80 ad. There are four more for the Larry Whatley series of Eyewitness Close Up reports on faith healing, a Monday, 2/11/80 ad, a Tuesday, 2/12/80 ad, a Wednesday, 2/13/80 ad and a Thursday, 2/14/80 ad. All of these ads also had a banner at the bottom promoting ABC's coverage of The 1980 Winter Olympics. There's also one addition to the ABC gallery, a Tuesday, 2/12/80 ad for The 1980 Winter Olympics (on channel 7 in Detroit, and channel 24 in Toledo). There are five additions to the PBS gallery, all for channel 30. There are two more for Free to Choose, a Friday, 2/8/80 ad for “Created Equal” and a Friday, 2/15/80 ad for “What's Wrong With Our Schools?” There's also a Saturday, 2/9/80 ad for Bluegrass Extravaganza which featured these local bands: Glass City Grass, Candy Mountain Express, Oak Harbor Boys, Northland Express, Bluegrass Gospel Airs, R&L Bluegrass Express, and the New Vinton Country Frogwhompers. There's also another one for Family Matters, a Monday, 2/11/80 ad for “The Robinsons,” and there's a Friday, 2/14/80 ad for Bill Moyers' Journal, “What's a Party For?” There's one addition to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Saturday, 2/16/80 ad for Nickelodeon. There are three additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Wednesday, 2/6/80 ad for the downtown Lion Store which was about to close, a Monday, 2/11/80 full-page ad for Ted Papenhagen Oldsmobile (The Mid-East Sheik can make you Shriek), and another 2/11/80 ad for Tony Packo's Cafe which included a reminder to watch that evening's M*A*S*H episode, “Dreams.” I also added another ad to the AutoPilot Companion Print Ads gallery. It's for the 1/21/84 Airwolf series premiere, which is the subject of this week's episode which you can find here. Also, please check out the Thanksgiving Ads gallery. I'll ad a few more to that gallery tomorrow. More February 1980 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...