January 2, 2020: Welk Goes Stereophonic on The Plymouth Show

There are twelve additions today, all from October 1958 editions of The Toledo Blade.

There are five additions to the WSPD-TV 13 Ads Gallery 3:

Wednesday, 10/15/58 ad, for "The Ginger Rogers Show" on Pontiac Star Parade.

Thursday, 10/16/58 ad, for The Pat Boone Chevy Show, sponsored by Chevrolet dealers.

Monday, 10/20/58 ad, for "The Case for Dr. Mudd" on The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, starring Lew Ayres and hosted by Desi Arnaz.

Monday, 10/27/58 ad, for The Voice of Firestone, featuring selections from "Kismet."

Wednesday, 10/29/58 ad, for The Plymouth Show, starring Lawrence Welk, in "stereophonic" sound, via WSPD-TV and WTOL-AM.

There are two additions to the 1950s Detroit TV Station ads in The Blade Gallery:

Both ads are for CBS shows seen on WJBK-TV, Channel 2:

Wednesday, 10/29/58 ad, for Armstrong Circle Theater. Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Co. was a local dealer for Armstrong Ceilings.

Friday, 10/31/58 ad, for Trackdown, sponsored by Socony Mobil Oil.

There are two ads for radio stations...

One addition to the Other Radio Stations/Networks Gallery:

Tuesday, 10/14/58 ad, for Speaking of Money, with Norman Buckner, "The Ohio Citizens Man," heard on both WSPD-AM and WOHO-AM.

One addition to the WSPD-TV 13 Ads Gallery 3:

Tuesday, 10/24/58 ad, for a political program about "Right-to-Work" on The People Speak. With Soundness People Decide. The ad was paid for by Rank & File Committee for Right To Work.

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

Tuesday, 10/28/58 "On The Beam" item by Ray Oviatt, about Harold Shaw doing play-by-play for Toledo Mercury home hockey games.

Thursday, 10/30/58 "On The Beam" item by Ray Oviatt, about The TU Hour on WSPD-TV.

And there's one "other" ad...

An addition to the TV-Radio ads Gallery:

Wednesday, 10/15/58 ad, for Tee Vee Service Club of Toledo (...We Will Adjust Your TV Set to Channel 11---Free!). WTOL-TV would begin broadcasting two months later.

More 1958 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...