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AUDIO
CLIPS OF 1950's
TV STATION SIGN-OFFS
Page created Friday, 5 October 2007
The clips on this page were contributed by veteran voice-over artist Jerry Immel from Atlanta, Georgia. Here's Jerry himself doing a sign-off for WQXI-TV Channel 11 (now WXIA-TV) in Atlanta in 1973
You can also hear several montages of his work in commercials at JerryImmel.com. Jerry grew up in Cleveland in the mid-1950s and in Philadelphia from 1956 to 1959. He made these recordings using a reel-to-reel tape recorder with an audio cable connected directly to the TV receiver, which accounts for their very audio high quality. While in Philadelphia he also captured audio of station sign-offs from New York City, Baltimore, and other locations. All the dates listed for the clips are approximate, unless an exact date is listed. None of these have the National Anthem and some mention the NAB's Seal of Good Practice (SOGP).
BALTIMORE
| WAAM-TV Channel 13 Sign-Off (now WJZ-TV) | 1957 |
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| WJZ-TV Channel 13 Sign-Off | 1958 |
CLEVELAND
| WEWS-TV
Channel 5 Initial Sign-On by Randy Culver (audio from WEWS-TV 50th Anniversary special in 1997) |
12-17-1947 |
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| WEWS-TV Channel 5 Sign-Off by Court Stanton | 1956 |
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| KYW-TV
Channel 3 (now WKYC) Sign-Off Announcer: Gordon Ward (SOGP) |
1956 |
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| KYW-TV
Channel 3 (now WKYC) Sign-Off Announcer: Tom Field (SOGP) |
1956 |
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| WJW-TV Channel 8 Sign-Off (SOGP) | 1958 |
NEW YORK CITY
| WCBS-TV Channel 2 Sign-Off (missing SOGP announcement) | 1959 |
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| WRCA-TV Channel 4 Sign-Off (now WNBC) by Jerry Damon | 1958 |
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| WNBC-TV Channel 4 Sign-Off by Bob Waldrop (SOGP) | 1960 |
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| WABC-TV Channel 7 Sign-Off by Don Dowd (SOGP) | 1959 |
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| WNEW-TV Channel 5 (now WNYW) Sign-Off by Lou Steele | 1959 |
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| WNTA-TV Channel 13 (now WNET) Sign-Off by Jerry Roberts | 1959 |
PHILADELPHIA
| WRCV-TV Channel 3 (now KYW-TV) Sign-On by Bob Bradley (SOGP) | 1957 |
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| WRCV-TV Channel 3 (now KYW-TV) Sign-Off by Frank Carter | 1957 |
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| WCAU-TV Channel 10 Sign-Off by Barry Cassell (NARTB SOGP) | 1957 |
OTHER CITIES
| Boston, MA | WNAC-TV Channel 7 Sign-Off | c.1958 |
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| Columbus, OH | WLWC-TV
Channel 4 (now WCMH) Sign-Off Announced by Clark Smith |
1956 |
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| Lancaster, PA | WGAL-TV Channel 8 Sign-Off | c.1957 |
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| London, ON Canada |
CFPL-TV Channel 10 Sign-Off | 1959 |
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| Norfolk, VA | WTAR-TV
Channel 3 (now WTKR) Sign-Off (NARTB Seal of Good Practice) |
c.1957 |
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| Providence, RI | WPRO-TV
Channel 12 (now WPRI) Sign-Off (incomplete?) |
c.1958 |
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| Toledo, OH | WSPD-TV
Channel 13 (now WTVG) Sign-Off (Incomplete?) |
c.1956 |
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| Wheeling, WV | WTRF-TV
Channel 7 Sign-Off (background music is theme from the movie Gone With The Wind) |
c.1957 |
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| Wilmington, DE | WPFH-TV Channel 12 (now WHYY) Sign-Off | c.1956 |
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| Wilmington, DE | WVUE-TV Channel 12 (now WHYY) Sign-Off | c.1957 |
NOTE: The video files featured on this website are taken from my VHS home recordings of over-the-air and cable video captures, and from clips contributed by others. The quality varies from clip to clip, due to TV reception and recording issues. None of the clips that are featured here have been authorized by the various television stations, networks or any other entity.
Graphics and design copyright 2007 by J. Alan Wall. All rights reserved.
Comments or questions? Email me at jalanwall(AT)tv-signoffs(DOT)com
