April 21, 2013: The Best Gets Better

 

I added twenty more ads today, from September and October 1983, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. First is a Wednesday, 9/7/83 story by Tom Gearhart, “Classic Movie Weekends Under Way On Channel 30” and includes other items about radio stations WSPD-AM, WLQR-FM, WPNM-FM, WFOB-AM/FM and WCWA-AM, and two WTVG shows. Next is a Saturday, 10/22/83 story by Seymour Rothman, “Don King Radio Sport Show Gets It Direct From Vegas.” The other one is a Thursday, 10/27/83 story, again by Tom Gearhart, “Channel 11's Jan Skunda Takes American Motors Post,” and also includes other items, about WTVG's Uncle Ben, radio stations WWWM-FM and WHEI-FM, and WBGU-TV. There are three additions to the the Channel 11 gallery for their evening shows, including a Monday, 9/26/83 ad for Three's Company and two CBS premieres, AfterMASH, “September of '53” and Emerald Point NAS, “Pilot” and Toledo Eleven News. Next is a Thursday, 9/29/83 ad for three CBS season premieres, Magnum, P.I., “Home From the Sea,” Simon & Simon, “Grand Illusion” and Knots Landing, “The People vs. Gary Ewing” and Toledo Eleven News. There's also a Friday, 9/30/83 ad for CBS shows, The Dukes of Hazzard, “A Baby for the Dukes,” Dallas, “The Road Back” and Falcon Crest, “Cimmerean Dawn,” and Toledo Eleven News. All three of these ads also mentioned The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at the top of each ad. There's another one in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Monday, 10/24/83 ad for the Toledo Eleven News series of reports, “Surving the '80s” with Jeff Heitz and Jill Olmsted. There are two additions to the Channel 13 gallery for evening shows. First is a Friday, 9/23/83 ad for two NBC premieres, Mr. Smith, “Welcome to Washington” and the two-hour pilot of For Love and Honor. There's also a Monday, 10/10/83 ad for Boone, “Banjo” and The NBC World Premiere Movie, “Adam” (Daniel J. Travanti). There's one addition to the Channel 13 News gallery, a Wednesday, 9/9/28/83 ad for 13 Strong News (Jerry Anderson, Frank Venner, Jeannine Lauber, Stan Stachak, John Gillespie). There are also two additions to the Jerry Lewis Telethon gallery, both Friday, 9/2/83 ads, a 13 Strong ad and a North Towne Square ad. There are four additions to the PBS gallery for shows on channel 30. The first one is a Saturday, 10/1/83 ad for An Evening With Chuck Mangione, The 1983 Drum Corps International Championships, and Ohio State Football with the Buckeyes vs. Minnesota. Next is a Monday, 10/3/83 ad for three 9PM shows, Great Performances, “Alice in Wonderland,” Vietnam: A Television History, and The Immigrant Saga. There's also a Monday, 10/24/83 ad for two shows concerning the upcoming election, Candidates Forum and The 1983 Toledo Mayoral Debate (Donna Owens, Peter Uvagi). The last one is a Thursday, 10/27/83 ad for The Chemical People (Nancy Reagan). There's one addition to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery, a Sunday, 10/23/83 full-page Toledo Magazine ad (Everything's Looking Better). There are also six additions to the Other Vintage ads gallery, including two for Hill's Department Stores, a Friday, 9/2/83 full-page ad (Grand Opening) and a Thursday, 9/29/83 ad (Why doesn't Hill's accept credit cards?). Next is another 9/29/83 ad for the Sony Betamax “E-Z Beta” VCR, followed by a Friday, 9/30/83 full-page ad for Lane's (“We think our child is getting into drugs...”). There's also a Saturday, 10/1/83 ad for an appearance by Professor Irwin Corey at Friar Tuck's in Maumee, and a Monday, 10/3/83 ad for Gastown premium lead-free gasoline. November 1983 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...