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Radnor, PA: TV Guide Magazine Group, Inc, 1974. Eastern Illinois Edition. Wraps. Fair. 22, A-72, 23-44 pages. Illustrations. Includes advertisements. Cover is worn, torn and almost separated. Spine has tape repair. Ink notation on front cover. Cover shows Bob Newhart and Peter Bonerz. TV Guide is a biweekly American magazine that provides television program listings information as well as television-related news, celebrity interviews and gossip, film reviews, crossword puzzles, and, in some issues, horoscopes. The national TV Guide's first issue was released on April 3, 1953, accumulating a total circulation of 1,560,000 copies that were sold in the ten U.S. cities where it was distributed. The inaugural cover featured a photograph of Lucille Ball's newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr., with a downscaled inset photo of Ball placed in the top corner under the issue's headline: "Lucy's $50,000,000 baby". The magazine was published in digest size, which remained its printed format for 52 years. The formation of…
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