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The U.S. Steel Hour on WSPD-AM (Sun. 6/12/49 ad in The Blade Features Section)

Fritz Reiner...NBC Symphony Orchestra Summer Concerts...Dorothy Maynor...NBC (Radio) Network.

Screen Directors' Playhouse "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" on WSPD-AM (Fri. 7/1/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Cary Grant. Sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.

13 True Life TB Dramas..."The Constant Invader" on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 8/23/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Toledo Public Health Association, The Tuberculosis League for Toledo and Lucas County.

Father Knows Best on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 8/25/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section

Starring Robert Young.

Theatre Guild on the Air "Dream Girl"...U.S. Steel Hour on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 9/10/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

John Lund, Betty Field.

The Lassie Show on NBC/WSPD-AM (Friday, 9/16/49 ad in The Peach Section)

Sponsored by Red Heart 3-Flavor Dog Food.

Theatre Guild on the Air "Libel"...U.S. Steel Hour (Sunday, 9/18/49 ad in The Blade Features Section)

Rex Harrison, June Duprez, Henry Daniell.

Cities Service Band of America on NBC/WSPD-AM (Monday, 9/26/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Theatre Guild of the Air "Counselor-at-Law"...U.S. Steel Hour on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 10/2/49 ad in The Blade Features Section

James Cagney

Break the Bank & Mr. District Attorney on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 10/5/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Radio's biggest double feature, NBC, Bert Parks, Jay Jostyn.

Duffy's Tavern on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 10/6/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Starring Ed "Archie" Gardner, sponsored by Blatz, Milwaukee's Finest Beer.

Camel Screen Guild Theater "Homecoming" on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 10/6/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Clark Gable, Lana Turner. Next Thurs., Kirk Douglas in "Champion" with Marilyn Maxwell and Ruth Roman.

Two ads, for The Life of Riley (and) The Jimmy Durante Show on WSPD-AM (Friday, 10/7/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section

William Bendix, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Don Ameche, Vera Vague, Camel Cigarettes.

Theatre Guild on the Air "Enchanted Cottage" on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 11/26/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Ray Milland, Margaret Phillips, John Carradine...U.S. Steel Hour.

We, The People on WSPD-AM (Friday, 12/2/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Oscar Bradley Orchestra, Dan Seymour. Sponsored by Gulf.

Theatre Guild on the Air "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/4/49 ad in The Blade Magazine Section)

Madeleine Carroll, Basil Rathbone...U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air "Street Scene" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/11/49 ad in The Blade Magazine Section)

Richard Conte, Diana Lynn, Shirley Booth, play by Elmer Rice...U.S. Steel Hour.

Duffy's Tavern Christmas Show on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 12/22/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Starring Ed "Archie" Gardner...sponsored by Blatz Beer.

It's a Miserable Merry Christmas on WSPD-AM (Friday, 12/23/49 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Special Christmas story by Edward C. Ames. Sponsored by The Ohio Guel Gas Company.

Theatre Guild on the Air "The Passing of the Third Floor Book" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/25/49 ad in The Blade Magazine Section)

Paulette Goddard, Sir Cedric Hardwicke...U.S. Steel Hour.

Edison Music Hour with At Barrie on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 12/27/49 ad in The Blade)

Last of three special musical programs in the spirit of the Season. Sponsored by Toledo Edison.

The Ohio Story...6:30 P.M. on WSPD-AM (Mondau, 1/16/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section

Sponsored by The Ohio Bell Telephone Company.

Ezzard Xharles will challenge Joe Louis on "We, the People" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 1/20/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section

Oscar Bradley Orchestra, Dan Seymour, M.C. Sponsored by Gulf.

Screen Directors' Playhouse "Mr. Lucky" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 1/20/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Cary Grant...directed by H.C. Potter,,,presented every Friday by RCA Victor.

Screen Directors' Playhouse "It Had to be You" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 1/27/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Ginger Rogers...directed by Don Hartman...presented every Friday by RCA Victor.

Screen Directors' Playhouse "The Sea Wolf" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 2/3/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Edward G. Robinson, directed by Michael Curtiz...Presented every Friday by RCA Victor.

Screen Directors' Playhouse "This Thing Called Love" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 2/10/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Rosalind Russell, directed by Alexander Hall...Oresented every Friday by RCA Victor.

Theatre Guild on the Air "Goodbye Again" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 2/12/50 ad in The Blade Magazine Section)

Ezio Pinza of 'South Pacific," Madeleine Carroll, Linda Darnell...U.S. Steel Hour.

We, The People on WSPD-AM (Friday, 3/3/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Tonight on radio: "Flying Saucers ARE real," says naval officer...Oscar Bradley Orchestra, Dan Seymour, M.C...sponsored by Gulf Oil.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "Lady in the Dark" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 3/5/50 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Gertude Lawrence, MacDonald Carey, Hume Cronyn...Hear General George C. Marshall, President of the American Red Cross, in a stirring address to the nation. U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air "Our Town" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 3/12/50 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Elizabeth Taylor, Walter Huston...U.S. Steel Hour.

Screen Directors' Playhouse, "The Dark Mirror" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 3/31/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Olivia De Havilland...Sponsored by RCA Victor.

1950 Cancer Crusade on WSPD-AM (Monday, 4/3/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Listen Tonight...Bob Hope, Georgia Gibbs, Al Capp, Morton Downey...Big Variety Show. American Cancer Society, Lucas County Unit. This ad paid by Toledo Community Advertising Fund.

Edison Music Hour with Art Barrie, on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 4/4/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by the Toledo Edison Company.

Calvalcade of America, "Decision in the Valley" on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 4/4/50 ad in The Blade Peach Section)

Tonight...Hear Robert Cummings...sponsored by Du Pont. Better things for better living...through chemistry.

We, the People on WSPD-AM (Friday, 4/8/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

...takes you behind the scenes of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus...the story behing raising baby gorillas! Clowns - Acrobats - Sword Swallowers! Sponsored by Gulf.

Cavalcade of America "The Adventures of William Underwood," on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 5/2/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Listen tonight...William Underwood, founder of the canning industry in America. The original! Underwood Deviled Ham.

AMVETS U.S.A....Bob Hope on "Air Power," on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 5/6/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Mystic Isle Ferry will be on the Air with "Roberta" on WSPD-AM (Friday, 7/7/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

...by Jerome Kern...The luxurious Mystic Isle leaves from Port Clinton for Put-In-Bay...Visit Put-In-Bay, Nature's Wonderland.

If Interested in Polio...on WSPD-AM (Friday, 7/21/50 & Saturday, 7/22/50 ads, in The Blade Peach Section)

...Be sure to hear "Out of the Past" with Sammy Kaye and "Fun with Fear" with Henry Morgan.

Two Tuesday, 9/5/50 shows on WSPD-AM (Toledo Blade Peach Section ads)

Top ad: Dial Dave Garroway, sponsored by Dial Soap. Bottom ad: Cavalcade of America. "The Iron Mountain," with Dane Clark, sponsored by Du Pont.

Father Knows Best on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 9/7/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Starring Robert Young...Presented by Maxwell House Coffee.

Two Sunday night shows on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 9/10/50 ad in The Blade Magazine Section)

U.S. Steel Hour begins its 6th season of Theatre Guild on the Air with the Broadway hit "Edward, My Son" starring Rosalind Russell and Charles Laughton (and) The $64 Dollar Question...Starring Jack Paar...brought to you by RCA Victor.

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Colman as "The Halls of Ivy" on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 9/13/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by Schlitz, the beer that made Milwaukee famous.

Cavalcade of America, "Golden Harvest" on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 9/19/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Lon McCallister...Sponsored by Du Pont.

Share the Wealth starring Bill Slater, at Macomber High School, on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 9/30/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

See Toledo's favorite attraction, Smith's Tennesseans...tickets available at Kroger Stores.

News and Views...Virgil E. Cramer, on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 10/21/50 Political ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Lucas County Republican Committee, Herman R. Miller, Chairman.

Frazier Reams on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 10/24/50 Poltical ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Hear your independent Candidate for Congress,,,Joseph A. Yager, Chairman, Reams for Congress Committee.

We, The People on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 11/9/50 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Will this be the most dramatic show in radio history?...Cardinal Mindszenty...General Clark accuses Stalin!...risked life...saved town...Sponsored by Gulf...Dan Seymour, Oscar Bradley Orchestra.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "The Voysey Inheritance" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 11/12/50 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Angela Lansbury...U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "Theatre" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 11/26/50 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas...U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "State Fair" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/31/50 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Van Heflin, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart...U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "The 3rd Man" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 1/7/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Joseph Cotten and Signe Hasso...U.S. Steel Hour.

The Ohio Story, "Government in Action" on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 1/24/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company.

The Cleveland Orchestra...Twilight Concerts, on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 1/28/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

...brought to you by Sohio.

We, the People, "David Harding, Chief of U.S. Counter-Spies," on NBC/WSPD-AM (Thursday, 2/1/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Tonight on Radio! Gulf presents Counter-Spy!...Oscar Bradley Orchestra.

Sunday, 11PM, The Latest News on WSPD-AM & FM (Saturday, 2/17/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by The Home Building & Savings Company.

Guy Lombardo on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 2/22/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by Imperial Wayside Furniture Co.

"Hamlet" on Theatre Guild on the Air, on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 3/4/51 ad, in The Blade's Magazine Section)

John Gielgud, Dorothy McGuire, Pamela Brown. Sponsored by U.S. Steel and RCA Victor.

Walter Houston...in Forward America, on WSPD-AM (Friday, 4/6/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by Lickendorf's.

Theatre Guild on the Air "This Woman's Business" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 9/23/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

David Niven, Margaret Phillips, Nigel Bruce...U.S. Steel Hour.

Broucho Marx is Back, on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 10/3/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Presented by your Desoto-Plymouth Dealer.

Mario Lanza on NBC / WSPD-AM (Monday, 10/8/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Presented by Coca-Cola.

Two ads for programs on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 10/14/51 ads, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Top ad: Buy That Radio, Buster...Harris is on Tonight! Phil Harris & Alice Faye, sponsored by RCA Victor...Bottom ad: Ray Milland, Joan Fontaine in "The Major and the Minor" on Theatre Guild on the Air...U.S. Steel Hour.

Two ads for Sunday, 10/28/51 programs on WSPD-AM (in The Toledo Blade Magazine Section)

Top ad: Stop crying girls...Harris is on tonight! Phil Harris & Alice Faye, sponsored by RCA Victor. Bottom ad: Rosalind Russell, Wendell Corey in "Skylark"...Theatre Guild on the Air...U.S. Steel Hour.

Robert Cummings in "Navy Blue," on Dupont's Cavalcade of America, on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 10/30/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Somerset Maugham Radio Theatre, "Sanitarium" on NBC / WSPD-AM (Friday, 11.2.51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Jessica Tandy, Hugh Cronyn…presented by Tintair Home Hair Coloring.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "A Foreign Affair," on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 11/4/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark…sponsored by U.S. Steel.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "Age of Innocence," on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 11/11/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Claudette Colbert, MacDonald Carey…sponsored by U.S. Steel.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "Twentieth Century," on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 11/18/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Claudette Colbert, Gregory Ratoff…sponsored by U.S. Steel.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "Good Housekeeping" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/9/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Rosalind Russell, Walter Abel…U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "The Lost Weekend" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/9/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

William Holden, Brenda Marshall…U.S. Steel Hour.

Theatre Guild on the Air, "Arrowsmith" on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/16/51 ad, in The Blade Magazine Section)

Tyrone Power, Loretta Young…U.S. Steel Hour.

Christmas Carols by the Du Pont Chorus, on Cavalcade of America, on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 12/18/51 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by Du Pont, Better Things for Better Living…through Chemistry.

Mario Lanza, on WSPD-AM (Friday, 1/25/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Mario Moves to Friday…Presented by The Coca-Cola Company.

Cavalcade of America, "Thunder of Justice," on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 2/5/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Dorothy McGuire…Sponsored by Du Pont.

Robert Montgomery, "A Citizen Views the News," on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 2/6/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

…Sponsored by Life Magazine.

Cavalcade of America, "Three Words," on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 2/19/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Claude Rains…Sponsored by Du Pont, Better Things For Better Living…through Chemistry.

Cavalcade of America, "The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old," on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 3/18/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

William Bendix…Sponsored by Du Pont.

The Doctor's Wife, on WSPD-AM (Monday, 3/24/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

…Bright, Gay, New Radio Drama…Brought to you by Ex-Lax, The Chocolated Laxative.

Major Address in Toledo by Senator Robert A. Taft, on WSPD-AM (Friday, 5/2/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

The ad appeared alongside another ad, on the left, for Taft’s TV appearance on WSPD-TV, Channel 13…Lucas County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Herman R. Miller.

Grand Opening of Anderson Farmer Corp. Warehouse Market in Maumee...6:55AM on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 5/28/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

"The Wisteria Trees" on Theatre Guild on the News, on WSPD-AM (Sunday, 9/14/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Starting Tonight! U.S. Steel’s 8th Year of Great Drama on Radio…U.S. Steel Hour.

The Martin and Lewis Show on NBC Radio / WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 9/30/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis. Number 1-1/2 on the “wit parade”…presented by Chesterfield Cigarettes…Start your NBC Radio evening earlier with Red Skelton, News of the World, One Man’s Family, Cavalcade of America.

The Martin and Lewis Show & Cavalcade of America, "One Way Out," on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 10/7/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes…Cavalcade of America with John Lund, sponsored by Du Pont

The Ohio Story, about Warren Packard, on WSPD-AM (Monday, 11/14/52 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by Ohio Bell Telephone…See the ‘52 Packard, now at Worman;s.

News Tonight at 11:00 p.m., on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 1/31/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Hear Rev. and Mrs. Burr of Temperance, Mich….Sponsored by Worman’s Corners…Willys cars and finer used cars,

Listen to the Facts Regarding Bob-Segregation in Public Housing, on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 4/16/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by the Central East Side Civic Club.

Cornation Day, tomorrow on...NBC Radio Network / WSPD-AM (Monday, 6/1/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

…Presented as a public service by General Motors.

It's Tony Martin Time! on NBC / WSPD-AM (Sunday, 7/5/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

…Brought to you by RCA Victor…

Toledo Sox vs. Louisville Colonels, on WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 9/15/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Sponsored by Miller High Life. Toledo Sox.

The Dinah Shore Radio Show, on WSPD-AM

Brought to you by your Chevrolet Dealer.

Your Theatre of Life, "3 Miracles" on WSPD-AM (Wednesday, 11/4/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Conrad Nagel…Produced by Himan Brown…1953 Campaign, United Jewish Fund of Toledo…

Christmas Music featuring "The Carols," on WSPD-AM (Thursday, 12/24/53 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Betty Connell…Sponsored by Tiedtke’s.

The March of Dimes! on WSPD-AM Radio (Saturday, 1/9/54 aad, in The Blade Peach Section)

…The Story of the Lucas County Campaign Against Infantile Paralysis…Ad Paid For by the Toledo Community Advertising Fund.

Lux Radio Theatre, "Wuthering Heights" on NBC / WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 9/14/54 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Merle Oberon, Cameron Mitchell…other Tuesday night NBC Radio shows.

Henry J. Taylor in..."Your Land and Mine," on NBC / WSPD-AM (Monday, 12/13/54 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

Presented by General Motors.

Grand Finals of the Ma Brown Talent Hunt for a New Mercury Record Star, on WSPD-AM (Friday, 12/17/54 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

A Star is Being Born. Will it be Toledo’s own Arlene Perry—Art Morgan…with Tom Bender.

Christmas in the Air! on WSPD-AM (Saturday, 12/25/54 ad, in The Blade)

“Food for Thought” by Ray Beals.

Voices & Events of 1954, on NBC / WSPD-AM (Sunday, 12/26/54 ad, in Section 5 of The Blade)

McCarthy-Stevens, Dien Bien Phu, The 4-Minute Mile, H-Bomb Tests. Brought to you by The Travelers Insurance Companies…and Your Travelers Agent.

Down to Earth, on WSPD-AM (Friday, 4/1/55 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)

…up-to-the-minute Information and advice…Garden, Lawn, House Plants… with Art and Shirl Landscadel…Sponsored by F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Processors of Woodruff’s Turf Maker Grass Seed.

Fisher Body Craftsan's Guild Award Dinner Broadcast on NBC / WSPD-AM (Tuesday, 8/2/55 ad, in The Blade Peach Section)