July 20, 2014: We're Five Years Old

 

You'll find thirteen more ads today, all from August 1994, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, starting with a Friday, 8/5/94 story by Mark Reiter, “Country Roads End at UT for Start of New TV Show,” which includes two photos by Allan Detrich. You can find out more about The Road, here. Next is a Friday, 8/12/94 story by Tom Ensign, “WGTE Readies Pledge Shows,” followed by a Saturday, 8/13/94 story by Carl Ryan, “Umpenhour Retiring From Ch. 11.” All of the ads today are for The CableSystem, beginning with five additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery. First is a Monday, 8/1/94 ad announcing that Court TV and Flix are switching channel positions. Next is a Tuesday, 8/2/94 “Good News” ad (The CableSystem's Bill is Going Down!...Your Channel Choices are Going Up!), followed by a Wednesday, 8/3/94 ad for The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) on Sci-Fi. There's also a Friday, 8/5/94 ad for “An Unmarried Woman” on Flix, and a Monday, 8/8/94 ad for a San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs game on WGN. The remaining eight ads are additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, starting with four more ads for Kids Komments all for Catholic Schools (Queen of Apostles, St. Hyacinth, St. Catherine, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Agnes, St. Pius X, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. John), a Monday, 8/1/94 ad, a Wednesday, 8/3/94 ad, a Saturday, 8/6/94 ad, and a Wednesday, 8/10/94 ad. Next is a Sunday, 8/7/94 color ad for TV5's 5th anniversary. It was scanned from an actual paper “TV Week.” There's also a Monday, 8/8/94 ad for Home Crossword, now also seen on TV5, a Saturday, 8/13/94 ad for Scooby Doo! in Arabian Nights, and another 8/13/94 ad, for the Mud Hens Old Timer Tussle (Program Your VCR!). More August 1994 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...