September 4, 2012: You Get Something Extra

 

I added seventeen more ads today from February and March, 1978 plus seven more Random Pages gallery additions, from Peach Sections of The Blade. There's a Thursday, 2/9/78 story by Norman Dresser, “'Vibrations In Black' Series To Run On Ch. 30 For Week,” followed by two other 2/9/78 stories (in one image), “Tube Failure Lowers Power For Ch. 30” and “TU Vs. BG Game Telecast Unlikely.” There are two Friday, 2/10/78 stories, “FCC Reversing Its Method Of Listing Top TV Markets” and “It's On Again!” (Toledo-BG Basketball game). The rest are all by Norman Dresser, a Thursday, 2/16/78 story, “National Geographic Special On Area Public TV Outlets” plus three other stories, a Thursday, 3/2/78 story about Lion Store buyer, Sandra Wainscott,, “Toledoan To Appear On 'Price Is Right'” and a Tuesday, 3/7/78 story about the WBGU-TV program, Zim. There are three additions to the Channel 11 gallery, all for The Big Show, a Monday, 2/13/78 ad for “Love Story” (Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw), a Wednesday, 2/15/78 ad for “Goodbye, Columbus” (Ali MacGraw, Richard Benjamin) and a Monday, 2/20/78 ad for “In Harm's Way” (John Wayne, Kirk Douglas). There's another one in the Channel 11 News gallery, a Thursday, 2/16/78 ad (Orris Tabner, Jeff Heitz, Joe Ashton). There's also one in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Sunday, 2/19/76 ad for Hotline (Benjamin Hooks), hosted by Mel Martin. Also in that gallery is a Tuesday, 2/21/78 WSPD-TV 13 ad for Pam Moore's 13 Nightly News reports on “Violence in Schools.” There are four additions to the Channel 13 News gallery for 13 Nightly News, three of them, “You Get Something Extra” ads, a Monday, 2/13/78 ad (Jennifer Blome), a Tuesday, 2/14/78 ad (Ann Vaughan, Jennifer Blome) and a Thursday, 2/16/78 ad (Ann Vaughan, Gordon Ward, Jennifer Blome). There's also a Monday, 3/6/78 ad, congratulating winners of channel 13's High School Editorial Contest, including grand prize winners, Shari French, Helen Hunt and Mary Beth Reilly. There's also one addition to the Channel 13 gallery, a Sunday, 2/19/78 ad for the NBC three-part drama, “The Awakening Land” (Hal Holbrook, Elizabeth Montgomery). There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Friday, 2/10/78 ad for The Muppet Show, ABC Friday Night Movie, “Freebie and the Bean” and Night Bird. There are five additions to the PBS gallery, all for channel 30. the first three for their “Vibrations in Black” programming. There's a Monday, 2/13/78 ad for channel 30 shows, People in Profile, “Martin Luther King Jr.,” The Fight Against Slavery, “The Old African Blasphemer,” Great Performances “Hard Times,” Men of Bronze and The Dick Cavett Show, with Julian Bond, and for FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, The Cleveland Orchestra and Nachtmusik (Evening Serenade). Next is a Tuesday, 2/14/78 ad for channel 30 shows, People In Profile, “Stokely Carmichael,” The Fight Against Slavery, “One Man's Property,” Say Brother Pays Tribute to Webster Lewis, Visions “The Tapestry” and The Dick Cavett Show, and FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, Library of Congress, International Concert Hall and Nachtmusik. There's also a Thursday, 2/16/78 ad for channel 30 shows, People in Profile, “William Kunstler,” The Fight Against Slavery, “Tight Packers and Loose Packers,” You Can't Outgrow the Pain, Sickle Cell...Local Vibrations, and The American Short Story, “Almos' a Man” with LeVar Burton, and FM 91.3 shows, The Jazz Artist, Live in Concert and Thursday Night Opera. There are two more for Festival '78, a Monday, 3/6/78 ad for the National Geographic Special, “ The Living Sands of Namib” and Meeting of Minds, and a Tuesday, 3/7/78 ad for White Bear, the National Geographic Special, “Yukon Passage” and Saga of Western Man, “Robert Scott and the Race for the South Pole.” More March 1978 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...