January 20, 2013: The Installation of a Bishop

 

I added 20 more ads today, all from February, 1981, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. There are two Friday, 2/6/81 stories by Norman Dresser, “Networks Warned To Change Ways” and “About People, Events In Area Broadcasting,” with items about WGOR, WWWW and WGTE. Next is a Saturday, 2/7/81 story by Seymour Rothman, “Takes A While To Learn Keil's Style,” about UT's play-by-play man, Jerry Keil. There's also a Thursday, 2/12/81 story, again by Norman Dresser, “WOHO Disk Jockey Buddy Carr Loses Job.” There are three additions to the Channel 11 gallery. First is a Friday, 2/6/81 ad for Dallas, “Start the Revolution With Me” and Toledo Eleven News with Jeff Heitz. Next is a Monday, 2/9/81 ad for John Wayne Week on The Big Show, featuring the movies, “The Hellfighters,” “The Sons of Katie Elder,” “Brannigan,” “The Undefeated” and “The Spoilers.” There's also a Saturday, 2/14/81 ad for The Nashville Connection, Pop! Goes the Country and Hee Haw (Roy Clark, Buck Owens). There are also three additions to the Channel 13 gallery, two for The 13 Sunday Night Movie, a Saturday, 2/7/81 ad for “The Gambler” (James Caan) and a Saturday, 2/14/81 ad for “Paper Moon” (Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal). There's also a Monday, 2/16/81 ad for The Installation of a Bishop, one of several ads pertaining to James R. Hoffman being installed as the sixth bishop of the Toledo Diocese. There are four additions to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Monday, 2/2/81 ad for Randy Price, a Wednesday, 2/11/81 ad for John Gillespie's “Athlete of the Week,” a Friday, 2/3/81 ad for “Basketball Friday” with John Gillespie and Frank Gilhooley, and a Saturday 2/14/81 ad for Mike O'Mara. There are two more in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Friday, 2/6/81 ad for a Toledo Unit Special Report on Reyes Syndrome, with 13's Bill Harris, and a Tuesday, 2/10/81 ad for Randy Price's series of reports on Bishop Hoffman. There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Wednesday, 2/4/81 ad for ABC's Eight Is Enough. There are three additions to the PBS gallery, all for programs on channel 30. The first one is aWednesday, 2/11/81 ad for the National Geographic Special, “The Living Treasures of Japan.” Next is another 2/11/81 ad, for Musical Comedy Tonight II. And there's a Saturday, 2/14/81 ad for The Installation of Bishop James Hoffman, shown on tape-delay on Tuesday, 2/17/81. There are also three additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, two for ESPN, a Tuesday, 2/3/81 ad for The Canadian Invitational Tennis Tournament and a Wednesday, 2/4/81 ad for hockey on ESPN. There's also a Saturday, 2/14/81 ad, which includes a special offer for Showtime and The Movie Channel. Today's last addition is in the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Thursday, 2/5/81 ad for WIOT's “FM 104 1/2 off sale” at the Masonic Great Hall. More February 1981 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...