This clip made from the ABC Television
Network's O&O station in Los Angeles dates back to
the Presidential election year of 1976. It was also the
year that the video cassette recorder (VCR) made its
debut in U.S. living rooms. The sign-off included at the
end makes it among the earliest recordings of a U.S. TV
station closedown currently available. The video runs
approximately thirty minutes long, and consists of the
following items:
| 00:00 |
KABC-TV
station ID slide promoting upcoming movie The
Blue Max, starring George Peppard |
| 00:06 |
Channel 7
Editorial delivered by KABC-TV vice-president and
general manager John C. Severino opposing
California's Propositions 3 and 12 |
| 01:09 |
Eyewitness
News Sign-off Edition, anchored by Len
Beardsley (off-camera).
LOCAL NEWS: Investigations of 100+ deaths in
Ventura County hospital, students and parents
protest at LA school board meeting, San Fernando
parents happily ends protest about substitute
school teachers, a story about former Secretary
of Agriculture Earl Butts, seven year old missing
LA child found hiding in home closet, Viking II
lander shoves boulder on Mars, police
investigates death of local teenage male in swim
trunks, police searches for terminally-ill man
suspected of hotel holdup, bits of California
political news, LA City Attorney endorses idea of
jail sentences for first-time drunk drivers, and
a story about Americans suffering from chronic
pain |
| 09:29 |
COMMERCIAL
BREAK: Ortho Matress Factory Showroom, Sergeant's
Sentry IV Flea Collar for pets, Robinson's Fall
sweater sale, and Jell-O gelatin
"grasshopper" recipe. |
| 11:29 |
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS: Indian Air Lines plane crash at Santa Cruz
Airport, trains in Mexico collide head-on killing
two Americans, rumors of Mao Tse-tung 's widow
arrested by Chinese army, Palestinian gunman
raids Syrian embassies in Italy and Pakistan,
Syrians, Palestinians and Moderate Christians
tentantely agree to cease fire in Lebanon,
Britain's Labor Government wins in Parliament
vote. |
| 15:00 |
NATIONAL
NEWS: Presidential election campaign stories
dealing with President Gerald Ford and Democratic
candidate Jimmy Carter, ongoing negotiations
between United Auto Workers and Ford Motor
Company as UAW strike enters 30th day. |
| 17:10 |
COMMERCIAL
BREAK: Pyramid paperback novel Paxton Pride,
Crisco Oil tip on frying chicken, Zody's annual
Sale-A-Thon, and Gaines' Prime Variety dog food |
| 19:10 |
SPORTS:
San Francisco 49ers shut out LA Rams on ABC's Monday
Night Football, preview of pitching matchups
for Major League Baseball's League Championship
games (Phillies vs Reds and Royals vs Yankees). |
| 20:46 |
Weather
forecast and conclusion of Eyewitness News
Sign-off Edition. |
| 21:10 |
COMMERCIALS
and PSAs: Ralph's Supermarket meats, repeat of
earlier Sergeant's Flea Collar ad, Ohrbach's
Fashions, the Southern California Lung
Association, the Blind Children's Center of Los
Angeles, the SER organization (Service,
Employment, Redevelopment), the American Bar
Association, and the Fair Housing Congress of
Southern California. |
| 25:10 |
KABC-TV 7
Sign-off announcement by Len Beardsley (What? No
NAB Seal of Good Practice?), National Anthem film
featuring images of the American Revolution (same
film as used by ABC O&O WLS-TV 7
in Chicago), then transmitter is shut off.
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