1980-1989 – Page 11 – For Portlanders Only

Great American Furniture — 1980

December 13, 2015 Peter Paltridge

These two, dating from November of 1980, are some of the earliest commercials from my private collection.

December 12, 2015 Peter Paltridge

Tom Peterson’s 1987 holiday pitch. It’s worth the watch! Plus the watch is free!

An ad for Clackamas Town Center from way back in 1983, when it had a giant vertical log in the

December 9, 2015 Peter Paltridge

Two spots that ran during the 1980 holiday season.

December 8, 2015 Peter Paltridge

For those who weren’t around for Tom Peterson, you’re lucky you found this site. There’s a reason this man is

November 29, 2015 Peter Paltridge

In the 1960’s Portland experienced explosive growth and attempted to put a cap on it. Interesting back then, a thousand

October 31, 2015 Peter Paltridge

A BORGOR!! A DWEENK!! And french fries.

While other stations had abandoned lengthy signoffs by the early 80’s, KOIN was still going the whole nine yards. Over

OPB was still shutting down for the night in the mid-80’s. This variant showed a pastiche of main titles for

Here are three variants of the signoff sequence for OEPBS, recorded throughout 1981.