Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These commercials aired on WXIA in March of 1980
1. Armour Star Chili (Partial. Commercials starting here aired 3/12/80)
2. Wise Chips
3. Thom McAn Shoes
4. Promo for "Guy Sharpe: On Your Side"
5. WXIA News Update
a. Winter Storm/Flash Flood Warning for North Georgia
6. Ellis Men's Clothing
7. TV Spot for "The Black Stallion" (Originally released in October 1979, it doesn't seem to have seen a wide release until March of 1980)
8. Castleberry Canned Barbecue Meat (Now with more "Electrically Roasted" flavor)
9. Fayva Sandals
10. Davison's
11. Arco Graphite Motor Oil
12. Milk
13. Fanfares Yo-Yos Shoes
14. Tropicana Orange Juice
15. Long John Silver's Shrimp & Fish Platter
16. Kmart
17. Baranco Pontiac
18. Davison's
19. Dairy Queen
20. Elaine Powers Figure Salons
21. Hancock Fabrics (Commercials starting here aired 3/13/80)
22. WXIA News Bumper
23. WXIA News Update
a. Atlanta City Council delays consideration on pay raise for Police
b. Chase-Manhattan Bank raises subprime lending rate to 18%
c. Missing 10-year-old boy (Jeffery Mathis was one of the victims of what is now known as the Atlanta child murders...a series of murders of at least 28 young African American children in the Atlanta area between 1979 and 1981. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%931981 In mid-1981 Wayne Williams was apprehended by police after being caught dumping the dead body of an adult male into the Chattahoochee River, and is believed to be responsible for all of these murders but was never formally charged for them. He is serving a life sentence for the murders of two adults)
d. Georgia's rivers at or above flood stage
24. Payless Rent To Buy Program
25. Stop N Go
26. Connie Yo-Yo Shoes
27. Burger King
28. Troy-Bilt Rototiller
29. Wickes Lumber
30. Cato
31. A&P (At 14:30 the announcer is talking over another announcer, like he was just overdubbing on top of a previous version of the ad?)
32. Rolaids
33. Milk
34. Winn Dixie (The bass hit is a weird creative choice)
35. Horizons By Naturalizer (16:28 they knew what they were doing)
36. Burger King (With King Flying Colors toy)
37. Greyhound
38. Oxy Wash
39. "Star Trek" End Credits
40. Gigantic Book Sale
41. Kawasaki KZ650
42. Davison's
43. WXIA News Bumper
These commercials aired on WXIA in March of 1980
1. Armour Star Chili (Partial. Commercials starting here aired 3/12/80)
2. Wise Chips
3. Thom McAn Shoes
4. Promo for "Guy Sharpe: On Your Side"
5. WXIA News Update
a. Winter Storm/Flash Flood Warning for North Georgia
6. Ellis Men's Clothing
7. TV Spot for "The Black Stallion" (Originally released in October 1979, it doesn't seem to have seen a wide release until March of 1980)
8. Castleberry Canned Barbecue Meat (Now with more "Electrically Roasted" flavor)
9. Fayva Sandals
10. Davison's
11. Arco Graphite Motor Oil
12. Milk
13. Fanfares Yo-Yos Shoes
14. Tropicana Orange Juice
15. Long John Silver's Shrimp & Fish Platter
16. Kmart
17. Baranco Pontiac
18. Davison's
19. Dairy Queen
20. Elaine Powers Figure Salons
21. Hancock Fabrics (Commercials starting here aired 3/13/80)
22. WXIA News Bumper
23. WXIA News Update
a. Atlanta City Council delays consideration on pay raise for Police
b. Chase-Manhattan Bank raises subprime lending rate to 18%
c. Missing 10-year-old boy (Jeffery Mathis was one of the victims of what is now known as the Atlanta child murders...a series of murders of at least 28 young African American children in the Atlanta area between 1979 and 1981. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%931981 In mid-1981 Wayne Williams was apprehended by police after being caught dumping the dead body of an adult male into the Chattahoochee River, and is believed to be responsible for all of these murders but was never formally charged for them. He is serving a life sentence for the murders of two adults)
d. Georgia's rivers at or above flood stage
24. Payless Rent To Buy Program
25. Stop N Go
26. Connie Yo-Yo Shoes
27. Burger King
28. Troy-Bilt Rototiller
29. Wickes Lumber
30. Cato
31. A&P (At 14:30 the announcer is talking over another announcer, like he was just overdubbing on top of a previous version of the ad?)
32. Rolaids
33. Milk
34. Winn Dixie (The bass hit is a weird creative choice)
35. Horizons By Naturalizer (16:28 they knew what they were doing)
36. Burger King (With King Flying Colors toy)
37. Greyhound
38. Oxy Wash
39. "Star Trek" End Credits
40. Gigantic Book Sale
41. Kawasaki KZ650
42. Davison's
43. WXIA News Bumper
