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Old 06-13-2009, 09:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Did you watch any analog channels shut down?

I saw some local analog stations shut down during the day (6-12-09) but the best around here were the ones that shut down at midnight.

Here's a funny one...

A news hound from WHIO channel 7 went into the stations master control center and did a count down at 10 seconds before the shut down but WHIO's analog signal didn't go dead for another 30 seconds. LOL.

The news hound said something like, "If you're still seeing this...that's good. It means you're digital ready."

Eh, no. I was watching on analog.

And here's a nostalgic one...

WKEF channel 22 didn't go dark until 5 or 10 minutes after midnight and the last thing they showed was an old video of the flag, jets, and America scenery with the national anthem playing in the background. TV stations use to show that one before they signed off for the evening.

WKEF's was the best one and actually made me long for the days of analog tv again already.
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I remember those sign off as a kid, that was classy to do that. Even more over I remember no station staying on all night. Some radio but no TV.

Interestingly enough WKMG signed off during the end of noon news. Then came back on the air nightlighting, changing their minds at the last minute.

WFTV did a cool sign off though it was hard to see through all the noise on the frequency (mainly WNBW). They showed a slide of a cat with a red dot with a red circle around it. It was very very poor reception so I didn't get the significance of the cat (drawing that looked like the old Felix the Cat). They thanked all viewers
for watching them for the last 51 years on analog. Then they faded slowly over about 20 seconds, figuring they might have been powering down tubes. WTFV remained silent and I hope they are dismantling the transmitter as I type to be sold to a long way away.
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I watched WSLS sign off, they had an interesting little bit of text with the National Anthem behind it, then an old test pattern, and it went to static. It was during the 6PM news.

I was standing next to the engineer when WDBJ was shut down. Nothing special; there'd been a slide all day, so he just powered it down at 10PM.

And I was recording WSET's information loop when the signal shut off right at midnight. It happened in the middle of Noreen Turyn talking about converter boxes or something.

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When I tried to post the actual video here it just showed the code. Do I need to click on the 'parse links' option in order to make the video appear here?
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