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Growing up my dad owned a Heating and AC business called Tri-County Heating. He was a dealer for the Trane company and the Trane Company did some commercials with the local business owners and Tom Pagnozzi from the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. It only aired in the St. Louis area, mostly Southern Illinois. If my memory is correct it would have aired in the mid 1990' most likely late 1994 or early 1995 since I think I was in 5th grade. I'd love to find that commercial to preserve since my dad is getting older and his health is starting to fail.
I think the ad was just him standing next to Tom Pagnozzi. My dad's name is Robert Ebers (might have used Bob in the ad. I don't recall). I think aired on CBS affiliate KFVS12 out of Cape Girardeau or KMOV4 out of St. Louis . Maybe NBC KSDK5 because I think I remember seeing it during an ad break during Wheel Of Fortune.
Since it was a local ad only I doubt anyone remembers it or even knows how to start searching but what I've seen of the Lost Media Community I've been amazed at the skills in finding lost things. Any help is appreciated and I will gladly help in any of your searches.
Post by joshandstitchlmw on Oct 7, 2023 1:55:38 GMT
Have you asked if Robert or any employees of the company if they have a copy of the commercial? Maybe contacting one of them or Trane themselves might help. I don't live in that area, but I heard that local news stations have collected a wealth of promos/commercials over the years from various companies, both local and nationwide. My best suggestion is to either contact the local news station archive, Robert or another employee, or Trane. If I were to guess where it could be, it might be in someone's old file cabinet or storage unit, but that's just my thinking.
Robert is my dad and and he's the one who was giving me the information I couldn't remember well. I'll see if I can remember any of the employees of the time and try reaching out to the stations. Thanks.
I think the ad was just him standing next to Tom Pagnozzi. My dad's name is Robert Ebers (might have used Bob in the ad. I don't recall). I think aired on CBS affiliate KFVS12 out of Cape Girardeau or KMOV4 out of St. Louis . Maybe NBC KSDK5 because I think I remember seeing it during an ad break during Wheel Of Fortune.
I've lived in the Cape Girardeau area my entire life, and know that if the commercial aired on KFVS12, it wasn't during Wheel Of Fortune. In this, the tri-state area of Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky, the only channel that has carried WOF it's entire run has been the local NBC affiliate, WPSD News Channel 6 out of Paducah, Kentucky, not KFVS12. So, it's possible that WPSD also carried the commercial, and you've mixed up programming between the two channels.
And if that's the possible case, local ABC affiliate WSIL TV 3 out of Harrisburg, Illinois could have possibly broadcast the commercial as well, so that's another possible lead to look into. I'm not sure how long those two channels keep certain media archived, but that chance of either, or maybe even both, or them having a copy is there.
I contacted all the stations in the area I can think of. They all told me the same thing. They only keep commercials for a year. I know my chances of finding it are pretty much 0 but I have to try for my dad