Six hours of Columbus television from late August 1992: WCMH-4 news, the Barcelona Olympics, tennis on NBC and ESPN, General Hospital on WSYX-6, a little C-SPAN, then Wimbledon. The local commercials are the reason to keep watching.
The WCMH news has Ohio State Fair bungee jumping, Dan Quayle refusing to do it, and Ravi Shankar. General Hospital brings the big daytime-ad block. Wimbledon ends with Ivanisevic throwing his racket while viewers fax questions to Xerox Sports Fax. 1992 had interfaces.
What’s on this tape
- WCMH-4 Columbus news with Ohio State Fair coverage
- Barcelona Olympics Night 14: Steffi Graf vs. Jennifer Capriati, plus USA vs. Brazil volleyball
- RCA Hardcourt Championships: Jim Courier vs. Pete Sampras
- ESPN’s Volvo International: Stefan Edberg vs. Ivan Lendl
- General Hospital on WSYX-6 with Columbus daytime commercial breaks
- A brief C-SPAN channel-surfing segment
- 1992 Wimbledon: Andre Agassi vs. Goran Ivanisevic
Commercial inventory
- Famous Footwear
- AmeriFlora '92 promo
- Ziebart TidyCar
- Buddy's Carpet
- Olympic update brought to you by Rite Rug
- Meijer school supplies "School Days"
- Tom Raper Campers, RVs and Mobile Homes
- TrueValue Carnival of Values (clown)
- Solo animated commercial
- Lazarus
- Ricart basketball commercial selling Fords
- Colleen Marshall: donate blood
- Burlington Coat Factory: save on back-to-school clothes
- State Fair promo
- Chi-Chi's sizzling fajitas
- Bud Dry
- Reebok short film / football commercial
- Sprint: save on who you call each month
- Phar-Mor Olympics promo
- BP research and testing commercial (boats, planes, race cars indoors)
- Texaco Havoline Olympics commercial
- Lexus LS400
- Extra Strength Tylenol for arthritis (doctor recommended)
- Taco Bell: back when they had green onions. Taco Bell Supreme
- Home movie theater: buy an RCA TV (Patrick Stewart narrated)
- IBM computers: with touch screens
- Subaru SVX promo
- RCA CinemaScreen 16:9 CRT (ad during tennis coverage)
- Nike Tennis: flaming podium
- Dog watching giant RCA TV (sunflower + sun)
- Ray-Ban
- IBM Solutions for Business
- Nike Tennis shoes
- Beach volleyball promo: Miller Lite Championship
- FDS feminine deodorant spray
- Cool Whip Lite
- Payless Shoes
- Extra Classic bubble gum with NutraSweet
- Small Town Pickles: Aunt Jones?
- Ziploc bag fingers with drawn-on faces
- Sleepinal sleeping pill
- Tempo for gas
- Breck shampoo
- Air Waves air freshening system: good jingle
- Country Scent Lysol
- Acutrim II (partial: channel surfer)
- AirWick Air Waves: "Turn it on, Turn it up!"
- Geritol Complete
- A&W Float with the peanuts (partial)
- Joy dish soap: Lemon
- Fruit of the Loom: casual wear (no cornucopia)
- Betty Crocker cookbook and recipe sauces
- Tylenol Allergy Sinus
- PAM (chef and glass skillet)
- Crest: "my mouth thanks you"
- Castle tour: Imodium AD
- Arby's has subs
- Kroger: Red Ripe Watermelon. No talking. Just aggressive SFX
- Hefty Hefty Hefty
- Pregnancy test: no cup!
- Vidal Sassoon
- Diet Squirt with NutraSweet: cowboy
- Pine-Sol new spray formula
- 1-900-820-SOAP
- Woolite
- Nestle Crunch ice cream bars and nuggets
- 2000 Flushes clear tablet
- Hillshire Farms pre-sliced lunch meat
- Summer's Eve: "similar to vinegar and water!"
- Cinch cleaner
- Sunny Delight (NOT Sunny D): soccer
- Visine Extra
- Country Crock Churn Style
- Ribfest promo (Bicentennial Park)
- 2 Calorie Quest: Howie Mandel
- KFC: New Swimming Pool: Lake Edna Thompsons (partial)
- Nike Tennis commercial
- AT&T World Connect (started with nuns on bicycles)
- 25th Anniversary Diamond: De Beers
- Beltone hearing aids
- "The King: Rock and Roll will never die": drink Bud Dry
- BenGay for nighttime pain
- Nuveen tax-free investments: Elliot the inventor with the dumb bike
- Thompson's Water Seal
- Degree: "turns it on"
TV promos
- Channel 4 Tag Team: microfilm on kids' shoes (promo)
- Vicki! premiere promo
- A Different World promo
- One Life to Live promo
- Delta on ABC promo: coming this fall
- Young Indiana Jones promo
- Home Improvement promo
- The Commish promo
- ET Controversial soaps promo
- Barbara Walters 20/20 promo
- Unlawful Entry with Kurt Russell and Ray Liotta promo
- Credit card fraud with Tom Brokaw promo
Viewing notes
Streamed across two sessions in February 2026. The tape runs about six hours and is recorded in EP mode.
About this tape
- Format
- VHS
- Recording speed
- EP
- Recording
- Columbus television, late August 1992
Archive ID: VHS-2026-334
