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| KFSM-TV Channel 5, Fort Smith, AR Sign-Off from 1983 |
TV Sign-offs from TV
SIGN-OFFS U.S. TV Station Comments or questions? Graphics and design copyright 2009 by J. Alan Wall. All rights reserved. |
| This particular clip, I'm guessing, is what is known as an aircheck, a recording of a broadcast signal using a receiver that is connected to an antenna that is touched by the electromagnetic waves travelling through the air. The image has ghost images, particularly noticable in the CBS logo and KFSM-TV station ID graphic that appears before the sign-off. The video of the sign-off is, I'm presumung, that of the Arkansas River, which is near Fort Smith.The SSB film that follows is the MOOG version used by KABC-TV in Los Angeles and numerous other stations. KFSM-TV began as UHF-TV station KFSA-TV 22 in 1953. In 1958, KFSA-TV's owners acquired ownership of rival KNAC-TV Channel 5, shut down its UHF station, then signed on Channel 5 with the KFSA-TV call letters early in 1959. At the time of this sign-off recording KFSM-TV was owned by the New York Times Company, who would sell off all of its television stations in 2007 to Local TV LLC. |
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