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| KABC-TV Channel 7, Los Angeles CA Sign-Off from circa 1978 |
TV Sign-offs from TV
SIGN-OFFS U.S. TV Station Comments or questions? Graphics and design copyright 2011 by J. Alan Wall. All rights reserved. |
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| Sign-off clip of the ABC Television
Network's owned-and-operated L.A. station, and among the
oldest video clips of a TV station sign-off currently
known to exist. After the sign-off announcement,
delivered by Len Beardsley, we are treated to the
wonderful U.S. Air Force "High Flight" film,
with a recitation of the poem of that name composed by
the late John Gillespe Magee, Jr.. Sadly, several seconds
of this poem is missing on this clip, possibly because of
a big glitch in the source video that was edited out (the
High Flight film is in its entirety in the two KABC-TV
sign-offs linked below). Following that is the
Star-Spangled Banner clip, also produced by the USAF.
This clip is referred to by sign-offs connoiseurs as the
"Moog SSB" because the SSB is played on a Moog
synthesizer. At least two TV stations in the Webmaster's
area in North Carolina ran this SSB clip in the early to
mid-1980s. RELATED VIDEO CLIPS: |
NOTE: The video files featured on this website are taken from my VHS home recordings of over-the-air and cable video captures, clips contributed by others and clips downloaded from YouTube and similar sites. 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. |