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Happy Holidays From KGW — 1983

December 25, 2016 Peter Paltridge

It’s Christmastime in the city…and time for bad singing.

Three spots from KPTV’s 1983 holiday season, two long, one short.

December 23, 2016 Peter Paltridge

What do you know — I found another one. Is this it? Have we seen everybody?

July 26, 2016 Peter Paltridge

Several, in fact.

July 26, 2016 Peter Paltridge

This man treated us like royalty. 100 free movies AND $20 off our cable bill? AND there are a whopping

July 26, 2016 Peter Paltridge

And now there are none. No Tom Peterson either; he passed the day I posted this.

July 25, 2016 Peter Paltridge

These ads were synonymous with Franz Bread in the 80s. Ran for many years, they did.

July 25, 2016 Peter Paltridge

At the time, all the video games being satirized here were new. It’s a great (and rare) ad, but even

July 25, 2016 Peter Paltridge

This is the longest version of OPB’s best station ID (in my biased opinion), used from 1986 to the mid-90’s.

AM Northwest from Thanksgiving Day 1984, with Tom Peterson! Hey, they needed something to compete against the parade. What a