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| WKRC-TV Channel 12, Cincinnati OH Sign-Off from circa 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. |
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| A wonderful sign-off from Cincinnati's
second oldest TV station (behind WLWT Channel 5). The
sign-off , announced by the late Glenn
"Skipper" Ryle, features aerial video of the
WKRC-TV transmitter tower overlooking downtown
Cincinnati. The insignias of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the National
Association of Broadcasters' Television Code are
displayed along with the ABC Television Network logo
(WKRC-TV was affiliated with ABC from 1961 to 1996, when
it returned to its original - and current - network,
CBS). The sign-off is followed by a choral rendition of
"This Is My Country", accompanied by a photo
montage of familiar sights of America, including
Washington, D.C., the Grand Canyon, Plymouth Rock and
George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Virginia. WKRC-TV was the flagship TV station of Taft Broadcasting Corporation, the Cincinnati-based media comglomerate which at one time owned the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, home of Yogi Bear, the Flintstones and Scooby Doo. Among the TV stations Taft owned at various times were WTVN Channel 6 in Columbus, Ohio, WTAF-TV 29 in Philadelphia and, near the Webmaster's home, WGHP-TV 8 in High Point, N.C. Taft became Great American Broadcasting in 1987, then Citicasters Communications in 1993, then was acquired by Clear Channel Communications in 1999. |
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