October 30, 2014: Watch 'em Free!

 

You'll find nine more ads today, all from January 1996, plus three more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade, all by Chris Borrelli. There's a Monday, 1/1/96 story, "Former Toledo DJ Hooks Up With Snyder for 'Late Late Radio'," about Steve Mason. Next is a Monday, 1/8/96 story, "Channel 36 to Present Its Initial Newscast After Sunday Football" and also icludes an item about additions to Channel 13's news team. There's also a Monday, 1/15/96 story, "Channel 13 Shifts Personnel to Aid Newscasts" and also includes several other items. WTVG was incorrectly referred to as WGTE-TV in the article. There are two additions to the Channel 24 gallery, a Saturday, 1/6/96 ad for The Editors, about the merger of Flower and Toledo Hospitals, and a Monday, 1/15/96 ad for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. There are six additions to the Buckeye CableSystem gallery starting with a Wednesday, 1/3/96 ad for A Conversation with George Burns on the Disney Channel, followed by a Friday, 1/5/96 ad for High School Basketball on the Community Channel. There are three more 1/5/96 ads, a Sports Section ad for ESPN's short-lived animated series Hoyt 'n Andy's SportsBender, and two side-by-side Peach Section ads, the first ad for Showtime (Watch 'em Free) and the second ad for The Movie Channel on Impulse pay-per-view (Movie Madness Weekend!!). And there's a Friday, 1/12/96 ad for Sci-Fi Buzz with Mike Jerrick, on the Sci-Fi Channel. Today's last ad is an addition to the Vintage Cable Ads gallery, a Sunday, 1/7/96 half-page ad for Sunday night shows on the History Channel, Automobiles, "Tucker," Modern Marvels, "Tennessee Valley Authority," History Sunday, "Desert Storm: The Ultimate War," and "Rain of Ruin." Also, it's the time of year to check out the 114 images in the Halloween Ads gallery and the 83 ads in the Sci-Fi & Horror Movies gallery. More January 1996 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...