April 23, 2015: You Ain't Seen Summer Yet

There are ten more ads today, from the June 14-20, 1997 issue of TV Guide Magazine and from June 14, 18 and 20, 1997 issues of The Blade, plus three Random Pages gallery additions, one from TV Guide and two from The Blade. There's a Saturday, 6/14/97 Blade Religion section story, "Christian TV Station Wins Battle to Broadcast in Toledo," about WLMB-TV40. Next is a Saturday, 6/14/97 TV Guide page with some 7:30 and 8:00 PM listings and two close-up descriptions, one for the last episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, "The Family Hour," and one for the HBO movie, "Path to Paradise." You'll find a full-page ad for that movie below. There's also a Tuesday, 6/19/97 Blade Peach Section story by Chris Borrelli, "ABC's Programmers Place Potholes in WTVG's Road to Improving Newscasts." Also included is an item about local award winners and an item about Buckeye's Pay-Per-View lady, Tracy Rinehart being replaced by Ellen Joyce. There's one addition to the NBC gallery, a Sunday, 6/15/97 ad for the daytime soap Sunset Beach. It was carried at 11:00 am in Lima and Detroit (on Ch. 50), 12:00 pm in Ft. Wayne and Dayton, 1:00 pm in Columbus and at 3:00 pm in Toledo. There are four additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, all Blade ads, starting with a Saturday, 6/14/97 ad for "Fargo" on TMC, followed by a Wednesday, 6/18/97 ad for "The Quick and the Dead" on Flix (Sharon Stone). Next is a Friday, 6/20/97 ad for the Golf Channel's coverage of The Jamie Farr Kroger Classic (with replays on TV5) followed by another 6/20/97 ad (You ain't seen summer yet, until you've seen yourself on The Family Channel!). There are five additions to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, all TV Guide ads, starting with three for HBO, a Saturday, 6/14/97 full-page ad for "Path to Paradise," followed by another 6/14/97 full-page ad, for the Oscar De La Hoya vs. David Kamali fight (Painfully Handsome). De La Hoya KO'd Kamali in round two of 12. There's one more 6/14/97 HBO ad (and close-up description), for Arli$$ (Robert Wuhl). Next is a Sunday, 6/15/97 ad for the Disney Channel's Hercules Strikes Manhattan and Inside Disney's Hercules. There's also a Friday, 6/20/97 ad for TNN's Orlando demolition derby coverage on Motor Madness (metal to metal Florida free-for-all). More 1997 ads, from the June 21-27 and the June 28-July 4 issues of TV Guide Magazine, and from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...