April 11, 2020: See Your 5 Favorite Films

There are ten additions today, all from May 1959 editions of The Toledo Blade.

There are three additions to the WTOL-TV 11 Ads Gallery 1:

Monday, 5/4/59 ad, for five syndicated adventure shows, seen weeknights at 6:30...Navy Log on Monday, Danger is My Business on Tuesday, Whirlybirds on Wednesday, Walter Winchell on Thursday, and Decoy on Friday.

Tuesday, 5/5/59 ad, for a "Country Music Special" on NBC's Chevy Show. It was a delayed broadcast on Channel 11. It had aired on WWJ-TV, Channel 4 in Detroit on Sunday, 4/26/59. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers, The Kingston Trio, Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Betty Johnson, and George Gobel appeared on the show.

Monday, 5/11/59 ad and promotional picture, for "Man in Orbit" on Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, on CBS. The show starred Lee Marvin, E.G. Marshall, and Peggy McCay.

There are two additions to the the WTOL-TV 11 Movie Gallery 1:

Saturday, 5/2/59 ad, for "Chad Hannah" on Toltower Theater and "Submarine Patrol" on Hollywood Spectacular.

Sunday, 5/10/59 ad (Vote Now! See your 5 favorite films on WTOL-TV, Channel 11). The ballot had a list of 50 movies.

There's one addition to the 1950s Detroit TV Station ads in The Blade Gallery:

Friday, 5/1/59 Flintkote Co. ad, for Medic, on WJBK-TV, Channel 2.

There are two additions to The Blade Peach Section Gallery 1:

Monday, 5/4/59 story, "WTOD Joins The CBS Radio Chain May 24."

Friday, 5/15/59 story, "WSPD To Get New Facilities," about Channel 13's new transmitter and antenna facilities.

There's also one addition to the Restaurant-Bar-Club-Hotel Gallery:

Friday, 5/1/59 ad, for Don's Drive-In (Johnny Loves Trailblazers).

More May 1959 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...