January 25, 2015: Shopping Spree Sweepstakes

 

There are ten more ads today, all from October 1996, plus two more Random Pages gallery additions by Chris Borrelli, both from Peach Sections of The Blade. The first one is a Monday, 10/21/96 story, "Lamb, Watson Take Their Talent to Peoria" and also includes items about WBUZ-FM and WNWO-TV. The other one is a Monday, 10/28/96 story, "Ratings Put 4 Jacor Stations in the Top 5" and also includes several other local radio items. There's one addition to the Channel 24 gallery, a Tuesday, 10/29/96 ad for weekday shows Montel at 5 PM, Cops at 7 PM, and Real TV at 7:30 PM. There are five additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Tuesday, 10/22/96 ad for Silent Witness, "Sins of the Father" on A&E, followed by a Wednesday, 10/23/96 ad for Murder, She Wrote, "Goodbye, Charlie" on USA. Next is a Thursday, 10/24/96 ad for an HGTV / The Andersons "Shopping Spree Sweepstakes" promotion. There's also a Tuesday, 10/29/96 ad for Dallas on TNN, and a Thursday, 10/31/96 ad for the Emerald Coast Classic Senior PGA tournament on the Golf Channel (Arnold Palmer Joins the Field). There are two additions to the ToledoVision 5 gallery, a Sunday, 10/27/96 ad for Detroit Pistons Basketball on TV5 with a 1996-1997 schedule, followed by a Thursday, 10/31/96 ad for TV5 Day at the Royal Hanneford Circus, featuring Pinky & The Brain. Today's last two ads are additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Friday, 10/25/96 ad for a Toledo Storm vs. Peoria Rivermen ECHL game (Toot! Toot!...), followed by a Sunday, 10/27/96 full-page ad for the grand opening of the Food Town Plus store on Secor near Central. November 1996 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...