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| KHJ-TV Channel 9 (now KCAL), Los Angeles
CA Sign-Off from 25 september 1982 |
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. |
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| Los Angeles' Channel 9, since 1989 known as
KCAL-TV, is one of the oldest independent TV stations in
the USA. It began as the NBC network's first Los Angeles
affiliate when it first took to the air in August 1948.
When NBC launced its own LA station, KNBC-TV, KHJ-TV
became an independent from that point on to the present
day. CBS Corporation is the current owner of Channel 9.
This clip is from the period when KHJ-TV 9 was owned by
RKO General (1951-1989) The clip commences with a KHJ-TV public service announcement in progress. Following this is a KHJ-TV editorial about the U.S./Soviet Union nuclear arms race, delivered by VP/GM Charles Velona (who would leave the station when RKO General sold Channel 9 in 1989). After this comes a two-minute commercial for Worthington Ford, featuring Cal Worthington himself riding on his "dog", Spot, and showing off his most recent line of used car specials. The KHJ-TV sign-off that follows is of the simple type, a static station ID slide and voice-over. The clip concludes with a filmed piece, possibly produced by Channel 9, that features Ray Charles' great rendition of "America The Beautiful" (compare this version with the one done by KTUL-TV 8 in Tulsa OK in their 1979 sign-off). |
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