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WKBS Channel 48 - Prayer For Today & Station Sign-Off (1983)

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Here is a Prayer For Today and station sign-off from WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia, in February 1983. Notable due to WKBS being a sister station of WFLD; they were both owned by Field Communications.

Prayer For Today given by Reverend John McFadden of the Archdiocese the Philidelphia and is Copyright 1981.

National Anthem played by the Stanford University Band and arranged by Dr. Arthur P. Barnes. Photography by the Sierra Club. (Copyright 1972 or 1973?)

WMAQ Channel 5 - "Memory" (1984)

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Here's a video montage (missing beginning part) that WMAQ Channel 5 used as part of their sign-off apparently for a few years. It features the song "Memory" from the musical "Cats", and showcases Chicagoland senior citizens and various aspects in their lives. Kind of a strange thing to show during sign-off. I mean, for what purpose was this made? Other than to make you realize that your life is going by as you watch TV at 3 in the morning before the station signs-off? ;-)

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WBBM Channel 2 - Seal of Good Practice, SSB, & Station Sign-Off (1981)

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Here's a more complete sign-off sequence from WBBM Channel 2 (as compared with this circa 1978 sign-off). Includes:

Station ID / promo for The Rockford Files for 4:00pm (voiceover by ??)

Television Code "Seal of Good Practice" notice (the same 1965 design variant as on this 1979 sign-on), followed by approximatel...

WFLD Channel 32 - Ending Of Newstalk, Thought For Today & Station Sign-Off (1980)

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Here's a true rarity - the ending of Newstalk with Naurice Roberts, followed by the Thought For Today and Station Sign-Off for WFLD Channel 32.

Thought For Today given by Emerson Tiller - Pastor of Christ Community Church in Crown Point, Indiana.

Also includes a promo for All in the Family with a mistaken voiceover for Happy Days.

Voiceover during the ending to Newstalk, Thought For Today Intro and Outro, and Sign-Off, is Jim Barton.

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WWJ Channel 4 - "Partial Station Sign-Off" (1978)

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At the end of a tape, after a recording of a movie ended, there was a bit of a previous recording that was taped over. We see most of the National Anthem, then some strange black and white bars, and then static. In the static you can hear bleeding through what perhaps was on another channel at the same time (during the static the tape kept speeding up which is why the audio races at times)

RetroNewfoundland (Vintage Canada) was enterprising enough to slow down the audio heard a...

WPWR Channel 60 (Station Sign-On, 1985)

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Here is a station sign-on from WPWR Channel 60 - sorry for the bad quality, but this is the best available right now. Also seems like they forgot to turn the audio up for the first few seconds of the sign-on.

Voiceover by Larry Langford.

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, May 4th 1985 at 2:30am.

WMAQ Channel 5 - PSA's, Meditation, and Station Sign-Off (1989)

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Here are some public service announcements, then Meditation, and finally the station sign-off for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

PSA - Illegal Drugs: It's Not Someone Else's Problem

PSA - Project Serve with Janelle LaVigne

PSA - Medic Alert bracelets with Diahann Carroll and Vic Damone

PSA - United Way / Crusade of Mercy with Michael Jordan

PSA - Latino Institute with Migdalia (Millie) Rivera

Medit...