TV-signoffs.com - J. Alan Wall's Television Station Sign-Off Site

This site is devoted to the memory of a bygone era in American broadcasting when all TV stations' programming ended at the conclusion of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show or The Late Movie. This site will be featuring authentic recordings of U.S. television stations ending their broadcast day with the playing of the Star Spangled Banner (SSB), America The Beautiful (ATB) or some other patriotic piece before cutting the juice or going to a test pattern. With very few exceptions, all U.S. TV stations now operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, filling their overnight schedules with home shopping fare, all-night network news, movies and daytime talk-show reruns.

The site is still a work in progress. However, I currently have a number of pages finished and ready for viewing. The links to these are below. To view these streaming video clips, you will need at least a basic Broadband Internet connection (DSL/cable/WiFi), unless you are a dial-up user with an extraordinary amount of patience.

Thank you all very much for viewing my website. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

WWAY-TV Channel 3
Wilmington, NC Sign-Off
from Summer 1989

I'm vacationing down at Topsail Island, North Carolina this weekend, hence the early update. This recording of Wilmington's long-time ABC affiliate was actually made at my home near Winston-Salem, some 220-plus miles away. The sign-off has the announcer giving a roll call of at least twenty translator stations, which is certainly a mouthful for any announcer. The sign-off is preceded by a local PSA for the Yahweh Center. To see a couple of clips of NewsChannel 3's long-time rival WECT-TV 6 (NBC), visit the Ken Murphy Memorial Page.

New York City TV
Sign-Offs Page
Updated 2 May 2008. No new clips added, but some corrections were made to the descriptions.

Philadelphia, PA TV
Sign-Offs Page
Updated 25 April 2008. Two new clips, which includes a 1991 sign-off of WPVI-TV 6.

U.S. Cable Network
Sign-Offs
Updared 25 January 2008. One new clip added, a Cartoon Network sign-off from 1998.

NC Piedmont Triad TV
Sign-Offs Page
Added 28 December 2007. Twelve video clips from TV stations operating in the Webmaster's neighborhood.

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NOTE: The video files featured on this website are taken from my VHS home recordings of over-the-air and cable video captures, and from clips contributed by others. 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.

OTHER PAGES ONLINE
Charlotte NC Area TV Sign-Offs Raleigh/Durham Area NC TV Sign-Offs South Carolina TV Station Sign-Offs Tennessee TV Station Sign-Offs U.S. Midwestern States TV Sign-Offs Audio Clips of TV Station Sign-Offs 1981 KNBC-TV Sign-off News Page	Audio of 1950s TV Station Sign-Offs U.S. West Coast TV Station Sign-Offs Roanoke/Lynchburg VA TV Sign-Offs Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite Promo Feed Video from 1990 Ken Murphy Memorial Page (WECT-TV) Classic Cartoon Pages