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WTTW Channel 11 - Doctor Who (Ending & Signoff, 1990)

Views: 9373

Here is the ending of Doctor Who and the signoff with the National Anthem.

Includes:

Doctor Who Ending & Credits with Marty Robinson voiceover.

Vintage Wild Chicago Commercial with Ben Hollis

United Airlines underwriting.

WTTW Channel 11 Sign-off, with Marty Robinson announcing.

National Anthem.

Static.

Fuzz.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, Octob...

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ON TV/WFLD Channel 32 - ON TV Sign-Off & Nite-Owl Bleed-Thru (1981)

Views: 5687

Ok, here's something kind of nuts, but I thought some people might want to see it anyway. Here's the ending of Apocalypse Now and then the station sign-off for ON TV on WSNS Channel 44. Once the station goes off the air, you can just barely make out the "bleed through" of WFLD Channel 32's signal where they were airing Nite-Owl!

At various times throughout this I can make out "Weather Update" (with a Sun graphic, the Nite-Owl logo, the Keyfax "key" at the top left of...

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WBNG Channel 12 - Station Sign-Off (1984)

Views: 5266

Here's a station sign-off for WBNG Channel 12 in Binghamton / Elmira, NY.

This aired right after The CBS Late Movie presentation of the 1978 made-for-TV film "Three on a Date" (originally aired on the ABC Network on February 17th 1978, directed by Bill Bixby and with an all-star cast including June Allyson, Loni Anderson [pre-WKRP in Cincinnati], Ray Bolger, John Byner, Geoff Edwards, Carol Lawrence, Meredith MacRae, Rick Nelson . . . and Forbesy Russell [of

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WGN Channel 9 - Five Minutes To Live By (Partial) & Station Sign-Off (1978?)

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Here's a partial (incomplete) edition of Five Minutes To Live By, followed by a station sign-off of WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Last 2 minutes of sermonette by Father John M. Fusco (sp?), Associate Pastor of St. Veronica Church in Chicago, who spoke at the start of this clip of spiritual master Tao Chi and a challenge he faced about the miracles he could do

Ending titles and backing music for Five Minutes To Live By (A pre-recorded presentation of WGN...

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WFLD Channel 32 - Thought For Today & Station Sign-Off (1986)

Views: 1992

Here's a station sign-off, and edition of Thought For Today, on WFLD Channel 32.

This was from within the last few months of Metromedia's ownership of WFLD, prior to Fox Television Stations' officially taking over the reins in March.

Includes:

Promo for upcoming Star Search '86 for Tuesday at 7:30pm (main voiceover by ??) (closing voiceover by ??)

Animated station ID with 1984 logo variant

Thought for ...

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Meditations, Station Sign-Off, & SSB (1981)

Views: 5519

Here's the earliest known (to date) sign-off sequence for WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:

Bumper promo for Entertainment Tonight at 4:00pm on Channel 5 (voiceover by ??)

Meditations delivered by Rev. John F. Fahey, St. Clement Church - Produced in Cooperation with the Archdiocese of Chicago - WMAQ-TV Public Affairs - Pre-recorded - (C) National Broadcasting Company Inc., 1981 All Rights Reserved (The Charles Addams New Yorker cover that Reverend ...

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WTTW Channel 11 - "Christmas Sign-Off" (1978)

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Here's something pretty cool - the ending of "Sing We Noel" followed by a Christmas Day Station Sign-off on WTTW Channel 11. Also includes:

PBS - Public Broadcasting Service animated logo

WTTW promo for New Year's at Pops (main voiceover by William Pierce) (secondary voiceover by Marty Robinson)

PSA: Yule Connection (with Phil Donahue) (and they were still using the same ad a...

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WBBM Channel 2 - Station Sign-On, SSB & Meditation (1979)

Views: 5210

Here's a rare sign-on sequence from WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Roughly 6 seconds of EIA RS-189A color bars, followed by 5 seconds of black

"Color Lightning" animated station ID (voiceover by Bob Carrington)

Sign-on with same shot of Chicago skyline as on this circa-1978 sign-off (voiceover by Jerry Harper)

National Anthem (a.k.a. "CBS SSB"), with shots of variou...

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WNBC Channel 4 - News, Sermonette, & Sign-Off (1980)

Views: 28225

Ok, it's not Chicago - it's New York, but I figured we'd all like to see this anyway - I just found it. (And we do have some New York visitors here from time to time.) Includes:

WNBC-TV News, Sports & Weather summary with Don Pardo voiceover (can't help but smile a little when I hear him reading serious news)

WNBC-TV4 Editorial (Don Pardo voiceover intro) with Joseph Michaels, Editorial Director of WNBC-TV.

PSA for Census '80 - We're Counting For...