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Small Wonder / Out Of This World — KPDX 1989

Here are some typical shows you might find on KPDX in the late 80s. Unarguably the golden age of television,

One of the all-time greatest tapes I’ve found in recent history is one that had a Super Mario Super Show

Here’s the second of two Pietros ads I have, this one ten years after the first. They didn’t advertise on

A surviving Pietros location is still open in downtown Milwaukie, and the pizza is just as good as it ever

Though it existed within the retail industry before then, the term “Black Friday” was not used openly until sometime in

It amuses me to no end there was once a respected band that called itself “Little Stink.” Local ads from

You might think “they expected you to make your own ad? How lazy, no wonder they didn’t last very long.”

Nobody scratches like Smiths. With competition like Tom Peterson once again rising, they needed some gimmicks to grab the masses.

The majority of Izzy’s Pizza ads from the 1990s follow the same formula: a family sitting down to eat there,

Meier & Frank was one of Oregon’s oldest companies until it basically ceased to exist once it moved to LA