Subject: Re: TV Programming Schedules
From: boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy)
Date: 1991-03-05, 23:27
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Feb28.204336.2280@cadence.com>, phz@cadence.com (Pete Zakel) writes...

}} The only trouble is that they *want* us "hunt through the entire guide"
}} so that we don't fail to see the advertisements that constitute the bulk
}} of the magazine's financial support.

} What advertisements? The only advertisements I recall seeing in TV Guide
} are for programs that I mostly don't want to watch.

So? Ads are ads. The advertisers are paying for space on the pages to
catch the eye of the reader and (hopefully) catch their interest in
watching the advertised show.

Still, I have here in my hand, a copy of the Mar 2-8 issue of TV GUIDE
(Boston edition). Here is a list of the non-TV-program ads in it by page
number (for educational purposes only):

inside front cover  Dodge (2-page spread)
4   Oscar Meyer hot dogs
10  Cheer detergent
12-13  Sears
15  Velveeta
18-19  Procter & Gamble
21  Teddy Grahams
24-25  Franklin Mint
30  Sears
36-37  "Find the Penguin" contest
39  Cool Whip
40  Freedom pantiliners
68  Global Esthetics
73  Sears carpet cleaning
79  Brooks Pharmacy
87  Naval Reserve
insert  Columbia House Video Club
121  Taster's Choice coffee  (also on 157,203)
125  J Adams Pools
insert  BMG Music Service
139  Teddy Grahams
insert  Doubleday Book Club
161  True Value Hardware
187  horoscopes by phone
inside back cover  Kent cigarettes

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