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We have seen the listings but what about the ads?

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mleach

Is there any place online where one can see old local TV ads like the ones that appeared in TV Guide?

Last night I did a search and was a bit surprised at the lack of such sites that were out there. Found a few that featured NETWORK ads but no local ones.

I did find this in regards to local TV news...

http://ekimmell2.tripod.com/printads.html

any others?
 
mleach said:
Is there any place online where one can see old local TV ads like the ones that appeared in TV Guide?

Last night I did a search and was a bit surprised at the lack of such sites that were out there. Found a few that featured NETWORK ads but no local ones.

I did find this in regards to local TV news...

http://ekimmell2.tripod.com/printads.html

any others?
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While I've not done as much recently with long-form postings, which tend to take longer (2-3 days sometimes) to do, my Cleveland Classic Media Blog has quite a number of Vintage TV Guide and Newspaper ads scattered throughout the aticles..dating back to March 2007 when I started it..

http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/
 
Generally you need to find microfilms of old newspapers that had TV listings in them. Most newspaper TV listing guides included local station ads, although it varied from market to market. The Toronto Star and Montreal Gazette are both good for those regions. The Toronto ones often included Buffalo stations, especially in the 1950s.
 
M.J. said:
Generally you need to find microfilms of old newspapers that had TV listings in them. Most newspaper TV listing guides included local station ads, although it varied from market to market. The Toronto Star and Montreal Gazette are both good for those regions. The Toronto ones often included Buffalo stations, especially in the 1950s.
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The sites mentioned above had already done that..What the original poster is asking for is websites that already have ads uploaded for viewing..

Note:
I put a search on my own vintage Cleveland Broadcasting site for "TV Guide Ad"..Here is the beginning of that search..

http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/search?q=TV+Guide+Ad

scroll to the bottom of the page and click "older posts"..There are at least 4-5 pages that have at least some TV Guide (and a few newspaper ads)..This keeps the reader from having to go through every post to find ads..Hope it is helpful..
 
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