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TAPE MBG43 DISCS3 SPOTS · 3 WATCHABLE
Donated by Mary Beth Gannon, Five County Estate Sales (IL)
Disc 1 · c. 1984
Donated by Mary Beth Gannon (Five County Estate Sales, Illinois); first disc of tape MBG4. WGTE TV 30 Toledo (public television), about 1984: the end of an Austin City Limits concert, then Austin City Limits with George Strait, a block of Detroit-area Channel 56 country music videos (Country Express) with host links, a Hank Williams Jr. interview and a Don McLean concert, then the start of Austin City Limits with Terri Gibbs. The only spots are Country Express station tags; the country music videos are not uploaded.
No uploads: no commercials on this disc: public television and country music videos.
Watch disc 1 in full at the Internet Archive
Program log
- 0:00:00 Austin City Limits: end of an earlier concert
- 0:32:47 Austin City Limits: George Strait
- 0:55:28 Country Express (Channel 56): music videos, host links, station tags; Gatlin Brothers, Hank Williams Jr. interview, Waylon Jennings (music videos not uploaded)
- 1:18:44 Don McLean in concert
- 1:49:42 Austin City Limits: Terri Gibbs, continues on MBG4B
The breaks, in airing order
Break 1
| Time | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 0:55:28 | music video; B&W studio clip, hat/suit lead, no super; artist unknown — skip, not uploaded | :95 |
| 0:57:02 | music video; red-haired singer in gray jacket, ends dissolving into living-room/TV/record-player shots; no super; artist unknown — skip, not uploaded | :93 |
| 0:58:36 | host link; hostess in red western shirt (Country Express); intros Gatlin video — skip, not uploaded | :06 |
| 0:58:41 | music video; Gatlin Brothers trio on orange set (spoken ID only "Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers ... All the Gold in California"; no super) — skip, not uploaded | :152 |
| 1:01:13 | host voice-over back-announce — skip, not uploaded | :04 |
| 1:01:17 | Country Express station tag (VO): "Channel 56 ... stereo ... 106.7" (Whisper wrote WTBS); over host/video dissolve; 8.7 s — ID / bumper, not uploaded | :09 |
| 1:01:25 | host link; man in hat/black shirt intros new-artist video ("I'll Pass", spoken) — skip, not uploaded | :16 |
| 1:01:41 | music video; woman in vest, house/truck/doorway story clip; no super — skip, not uploaded | :177 |
| 1:04:38 | black + silence 2.00 s (seam/fade) — skip, not uploaded | :02 |
| 1:04:40 | music video/concert clip; spotlit 5-man group on dark stage, studio headphones inserts; no super — skip, not uploaded | :162 |
| 1:07:22 | music video; bearded man in teal jacket w/ hat + white guitar; no super — skip, not uploaded | :208 |
| 1:10:50 | host link (hat man, red kerchief) incl. tag "Channel 56 ... simulcast stereo WWW-FM Country 106" ~4254-4261.2 (approx); intros Hank Jr. interview — skip, not uploaded | :36 |
| 1:11:26 | interview clip; Hank Williams Jr. type (hat, shades, gray uniform jacket); spoken only — skip, not uploaded | :38 |
| 1:12:04 | music video + live clips; Waylon Jennings (spoken intro 4362; on-screen WAYLON sign 4640-4713; "TAKE THESE CHAINS" sign 4530) — skip, not uploaded | :389 |
| 1:18:33 | host link; same hat man seated, intros Don McLean concert — skip, not uploaded | :11 |
Disc 1 · c. 1984
Donated by Mary Beth Gannon (Five County Estate Sales, Illinois); second disc of tape MBG4. WGTE TV 30 Toledo (public television), about 1984: Austin City Limits with Terri Gibbs and with Johnny Lee and Charlie McLean, with a Sheller-Globe underwriting credit, a WGTE pledge-drive spot and Stardust Theatre movie promos (This Earth Is Mine, The World in His Arms, Isadora) between them, then Country Express music videos and Austin City Limits with Roy Clark, cut off at the disc end.
Watch disc 1 in full at the Internet Archive
Program log
- 0:00:00 Austin City Limits: Terri Gibbs (continued from MBG4A)
- 0:13:49 WGTE: ACL end slate, Sheller-Globe underwriting, pledge-drive spot, Stardust Theatre promo, station ID
- 0:15:10 Austin City Limits: Johnny Lee and Charlie McLean
- 1:13:43 WGTE Stardust Theatre promo (This Earth Is Mine)
- 1:13:54 Country Express: music videos (not uploaded)
- 1:44:00 Austin City Limits: Roy Clark, continues on MBG4C
The breaks, in airing order
Break 1
| Time | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 0:13:48 | ACL end slate "For information about buying or renting a cassette of this program, write Enterprise, Box 5176, Grand Central Station NY" (9.6 s, tail of ACL ep, after closing logo at ~828); no — ID / bumper, not uploaded | :10 |
| 0:13:59 | PBS underwriting billboard; PBS logo + Sheller-Globe underwriting credit "program made possible in Toledo by a general grant from Scheller Globe" (WGTE Toledo); 21.87 s; no — ID / bumper, not uploaded | :22 |
| 0:14:22 | WGTE TV 30 Toledo Pledge Spot - 'Summer Safari' - Mail Your Check Today (1984)A public-television pledge spot from WGTE TV 30 in Toledo: zebras on the move for the station's Summer Safari, with a reminder that TV 30's fiscal year ends soon. Mail your check today. Thanks! | :19 |
| 0:14:42 | WGTE TV 30 Stardust Theatre Promo - This Earth Is Mine, The World in His Arms, Isadora (1984)WGTE TV 30's Stardust Theatre lines up its classic movies: This Earth Is Mine, The World in His Arms and Isadora. Great movies on TV 30. | :20 |
| 0:15:03 | WGTE "tv30 Toledo Public Television" station ID, "Your member station WGTE Television 30, Toledo"; ~6.4 s, dissolves into ACL intro card (end +-0.1) — ID / bumper, not uploaded | :06 |
Break 2
| Time | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 1:13:42 | WGTE TV 30 Stardust Theatre - 'This Earth Is Mine' Tomorrow Evening at 8 (1984)A short Stardust Theatre card from WGTE TV 30 in Toledo: don't miss This Earth Is Mine, tomorrow evening at 8. | :11 |
Disc 1 · c. 1984
Donated by Mary Beth Gannon (Five County Estate Sales, Illinois); third and last disc of tape MBG4. The rest of Austin City Limits with Roy Clark, a Country Express block (Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie McClain, Waylon Jennings, B.J. Thomas, George Strait's 'Amarillo by Morning', Willie Nelson), then Austin City Limits with Pete Fountain and Tomas Ramirez, and more country music videos until the tape ends mid-video. No commercials; the music videos are not uploaded.
No uploads: no commercials on this disc: public television and country music videos.
Watch disc 1 in full at the Internet Archive
Program log
- 0:00:00 Austin City Limits: Roy Clark (continued from MBG4B)
- 0:35:06 Country Express: music videos with host links (not uploaded)
- 0:59:20 Austin City Limits: Pete Fountain
- 1:04:06 Austin City Limits: Tomas Ramirez
- 1:54:24 Country Express: music videos, cut off mid-video at the disc end
The breaks, in airing order
Break 1
| Time | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 0:35:06 | music video: female vocalist (blonde) with male acoustic guitarist, concert-style; includes Country Express opening bumper; no on-screen name; edges approx (+/-1s, dissolves) — skip, not uploaded | :162 |
| 0:37:48 | music video: story video, bearded men + curly-haired man in red jacket (host audio says Oak Ridge Boys; no super); starts at CE road bumper; edges approx — skip, not uploaded | :233 |
| 0:41:43 | CE host link (man in hat, brown set); audio mentions Lee Greenwood's manager, Charlie McClain/Wayne Massey — skip, not uploaded | :28 |
| 0:42:11 | music video: female singer, concert footage (host audio: Charlie McClain, Sleeping With the Radio On); dissolves out to next — skip, not uploaded | :153 |
| 0:44:44 | music video: Waylon concert footage, WAYLON sign on screen (only on-screen name on this part) — skip, not uploaded | :129 |
| 0:46:53 | CE host link (woman, western shirt and hat, saloon set) — skip, not uploaded | :08 |
| 0:47:01 | music video: car/garage story video (host audio: B.J. Thomas, Two-Car Garage); black blips at 2843.01/2885.75/2920.82/2933.46 are in-video dissolves, NOT spots (breaks.md blocks 002-004 are false) — skip, not uploaded | :192 |
| 0:50:14 | CE host link (man in hat, patterned backdrop); audio recap, then intro of Amarillo by Morning — skip, not uploaded | :38 |
| 0:50:53 | music video: rodeo footage + male singer (host audio: George Strait, Amarillo by Morning) — skip, not uploaded | :154 |
| 0:53:26 | music video: woman, long hair, yellow outfit, concert footage; unnamed on screen/audio unreliable — skip, not uploaded | :206 |
| 0:56:53 | CE host link (woman in red western shirt, hat); audio: here's some Willie Nelson — skip, not uploaded | :14 |
| 0:57:06 | music video: Willie Nelson-type concert footage (audio: One for My Baby); cut off by hard splice into Pete Fountain at 3560.19 — skip, not uploaded | :134 |
Break 2
| Time | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 1:54:24 | music video: vocal group in suits (framed concert) intercut with story scenes; starts mid-video right at splice from Ramirez; no name on screen — skip, not uploaded | :165 |
| 1:57:09 | CE host/talking head? woman with scarf and red jacket; uncertain — skip, not uploaded | :08 |
| 1:57:18 | music video: band on orange set, curly-haired lead and glasses singer; no name on screen — skip, not uploaded | :148 |
| 1:59:57 | music video: man with acoustic guitar, red/blue backdrop; recording ends mid-video at 7206.59 — skip, not uploaded | :10 |