Cleveland Classic Media

WEWS-5 ad for the Cleveland Browns Quarterback Club,,December 1960 < From April 1958-Something different:A TV Guide Southen Ohio ad for several syndicated shows on WTVN-Tv 6 in Columbus. (now ...

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Tom Haley describing NBC's return to Cleveland in 1965..With a brief Dick Goddard interview about the circumstances behind his coming back to Cleveland. Courtesy NBC/Gannett TV Guide ad promot...

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Hello Everybody: Yes the Blog is still here..LOL..For our first post in about two and a half years I want to look back at a Classic Radio Station that was a huge success during the Top 40 AM r...

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Early KYW-TV 3 Logo-1956-57 era. The Westinghouse/NBC Cleveland TV-Radio properties swap became official November 1955 with WNBK/WTAM call letters changing to KYW/KYW-TV, respectively at Noo...

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For our first post in seven months I want to promote someone I consider a good friend. A kindred spirit really, as far as saving vintage television is concerned. Stu Shostak has been mentioned...

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Cover of "Cleveland TV Tales" By Mike and Janice Olszewski.      Today I want to review the latest book from Gray and Co, Cleveland TV Tales, by Mike and Janice Olszewski. Mike has been ...

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Plain Dealer Columnists Oscar and Rita Bergman announce the premiere of Lights Camera Questions Sunday November 16, 1952 on WXEL-9 at 1PM with Bill Gordon as Emcee. Ad in a "Hipp" Thea...

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To tell the story of the early years of Moody Radio outlet WCRF, it is necessary to go back to the 20's when radio was just getting established. In 1925, an emergency program by two Moody Bible...

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Undated photo of Alan Douglas, Producer of the "On Stage" program aired Tuesday Nights for 10 weeks in 1956..He later would be known as a radio and TV talk show host with "The Alan Douglas Show...

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First Fred Reinert regular TV drawing November 28, 1953 Tonight I want to, for those who aren't regular readers of the C-C-M Facebook Page, update some things that have been added  to that p...

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February 11, 1954:IGA advertisement in the Plain Dealer featuring their sponsorship of "Fun With Charades" on WEWS-TV 5 Sundays at 4:30 PM.      Hello folks: For our first post in a very l...

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Cover of SINGLE SEASON SITCOMS, 1948-1979, by Bob Leszczak.  Hello: Over the last few months on the Facebook page I've been posting a number of relatively rare opens and closes of sitcoms, ...

http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2013/05/cover-of-single-season-sitcoms-1948.html

Cover Page Of The PD Sunday Magazine-July 8, 1973. 1953-TV Guide Ad for Tom Field News-WTAM/WNBK 1957-Field leaves Cleveland after 17 years to go to WRCV-3, Philadelphia's NBC owned...

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Sadly, since the failure of the National Hockey League Cleveland Barons in 1978, Pro Hockey has been very much a minor sport in the Cleveland area, with several teams coming and going.. The Lum...

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Cover for "Cleveland Christmas Memories" by Gail Ghetia Bellamy..Publishers:Gray and Company. Christmas Tree at Higbees, Terminal Tower-1968 Nela Park Christmas Lights, 1955 Cover o...

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I've always felt kind of bad that I havent written nearly as much about Radio as TV..Not as much to write about many times, and harder to come up with real content. I've appreciated vets like Joe...

http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2012/10/great-cleveland-radio-stories-from-adam.html

Hawkins Falls Star Bernardine Flynn, with guest MacDonald Carey (Later of Days Of Our Lives Fame) and director Frank Pacelli.. Slide shown when an NBC show was filmed or Kinescoped for later...

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July 1962:Ad for The Warren Guthrie News on Channel 8 January 1955:WXEL-CBS ad for "The Millionaire" Wednesdays at 9PM.. July 1954:General advertisement for WXEL's programs-ABC, DuMont ...

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James Flanagan, Plain Dealer TV Writer, preview's "Here's Pat O' Brien", an hour special produced by WEWS-TV 5 and aired May 25, 1964 from 7:30-8:30 PM..The promo for this special is part of th...

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While looking up other things I found this great article from The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine October 6, 1991..Part of a 150-Year Celebration of Arts In The Cleveland area..A legthy article on T...

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Notice to WEWS Viewers on an attempt to bring a live telecast of a Red Sox/Tigers game from Detroit Septmber 20, 1948. Notice in the Plain Dealer September 21, 1948 on the success of the "L...

http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2012/03/live-out-of-town-tv-comes-to-cleveland.html

Logo for CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which aired from 1974-1982 with E. G. Marshall and Tammy Grimes as hosts.. Want to Introduce a New Link to everyone. A gentleman has gone through the troub...

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One of the things I like about writing the blog is finding out things not generally known, or better yet, refuting things that are suppoosed "known" facts..      One of these assumptions is...

http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2012/01/just-when-did-jack-benny-first-appear.html

Mary Holt, pioneer among women in Cleveland Broadcasting, passed away March 9th.. Broadcaster Joe Tait retired in April after 39 years of NBA Play-By-Play with the Cleveland Cavaliers..Tait,...

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Picture Postcard of Hopalong Cassidy, distributed by Bond Bread..The other side had "Tune In Hopalong Cassidy on WNBK-4"..Hoppy was starting his Radio Show Jan. 1, 1950 on Mutual-WHK..The Hopal...

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