January 27, 2013: Experience You Can Trust

 

I added 20 more March 1981 ads today, plus four more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, all by Norman Dresser. There are two Tuesday, 3/17/81 stories, “Lima Gets Christian Outlet; Station Sought For Toledo” and “About People, Events In Broadcasting World.” Next is a Thursday, 3/19/81 item about Dave Carlson hosting the 1981 Ohio Easter Seal campaign kickoff in Columbus. There's also a Wednesday, 3/25/81 story, “Chs. 13, 11 Neck and Neck In Nielsen” and two Friday, 3/27/81 items, about WSPD-AM's Jack Mitchell doing weekend weather on Ch. 11 and ARTS coming to the CableSystem in April. There are five additions to the Channel 11 gallery, including a Monday, 3/16/81 ad for In Good Health, “Heart Disease” (Joe Ashton). Next is a Friday, 3/20/81 ad for the Toledo Eleven Health Fair at the Franklin Park Mall, followed by a Monday, 3/23/81 ad for the mini series, “Testimony of Two Men” on The Big Show. There's also a Saturday, 3/28/81 ad for weekday morning shows, The Richard Simmons Show and One Day at a Time, and a Monday, 3/30/81 ad, again for The Richard Simmons Show. There's also one addition to the Channel 11 News gallery, a Wednesday, 3/18/81 ad for Toledo Eleven News at 6:00 and The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at 6:30. There's also one addition to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Monday, 3/16/81 ad for 13 Nightly News and NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor, Roger Mudd, Frank Venner, Randy Price, Gordon Ward, Mike O'Mara, Stan Stachak, John Gillespie). There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Wednesday, 3/25/81 ad for the Revco sponsored syndicated special, Diana Ross In Concert. There are seven additions to the PBS gallery, all for channel 30. The first one is a Monday, 3/16/81 ad for two music specials featuring Paul Simon and Abba. Next is a Tuesday, 3/17/81 ad for Starring Katharine Hepburn, followed by a Wednesday, 3/18/81 ad for the movie, “The Lion In Winter” (Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole). There's also a Thursday, 3/19/81 ad for Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight II and Making M*A*S*H (Alan Alda) and a Friday, 3/20/81 ad for Blitz on Britain and the movie, “Cross of Lorraine.” There's a Saturday, 3/21/81 ad for The '50s: Moments to Remember (Patti Page) and finally, a Monday, 3/23/81 ad for Live From Lincoln Center (Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciana Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne). There are two additions to the Radio Station Ads gallery , both for WTOD-AM 1560. The first one is a Thursday, 3/19/81 ad for Saturday Spectaculars and the other one is a Thursday, 3/26/81 ad for a program featuring Willie Nelson. The last three ads today are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, There's a Monday, 3/23/81 ad for RCA SelectaVison VideoDisc National Demonstration Week, at Appliance Center, a Tuesday, 3/24/81 full-page ad for LOF Glass, and another 3/24/81 ad for eighteen Downtown Sylvania businesses. April 1981 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...