You got something that's quite rare. Anything from WAFF-TV pre 1982 fire is pretty much gone.

Am I the only one who's started watching sign-offs like this every night at bedtime - a different one every night?

@nextg

7 жыл бұрын

That's such a great idea. I can't believe I didn't even think of that. :D

@weatherstudios7964

6 жыл бұрын

I have even a weirder fassy: I created my own playlist of sign offs for play every night as i sleep.

@DoctorPretorious616

6 жыл бұрын

I've been doing the exact same thing, good to know I'm not the only one!

@warrtiger9780

6 жыл бұрын

oddly enough, yes as well as looking at the people on them and imagining that they're prob long dead.

@majoinerful

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm NOT the only one!

The "Little House on The Prairie" episode aired on October 1st, 1979, so this recording has to be in the last week of September 1979

We now have an airdate for this: September 29, 1979

"We're WAFF, TV48, serving Huntsville/Decatur and the rest of the Tennessee Valley here in Northern Alabama. We're owned and operated by the American Family Broadcasting Company, and were dedicated to bringing you a better kind of television station than you ever had before. At this time, WAFF ends its broadcast day, but we'd like to thank you for allowing us into your home and giving us the privilege of serving you. Please join us again tomorrow morning and have a pleasant night."

one of the best tv sign offs i've ever seen. the whole segment was so mesmerizing and very well done through and through.

Grew up watching the National anthem play when programming would end... fell in love with this version of it. I keep this video saved on my phone and just watch it sometimes. Really brings back that time period of my youth where you'd stay up late, and be forced to turn OFF the tv because nothing else was on.

Was that Luther Vandross singing in the NBC Sports commercial? I remember watching Little House and The Tonight Show with Carson/McMahon, especially in the 90's when I grew up. That was awesome!(may they all rest in peace) I wasn't born until 1986, but I bet that those days were really exciting!

@adrianlyord5300

5 жыл бұрын

Brittany Smith You are correct ! Also Patti Austin too!

That piano rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" made me tear up despite this being from before my time. Thank you for sharing this footage.

Puttin' on a whole new face, Dressin' up with lots of style Puttin' on a special look, Breakin' out a great big smile Gonna spread our wings and reach right up to the stars No one is prouder than we are Add a touch of mystery Take a look at all that's new Share a taste of victory Feelin' some nostalgia too Gonna spread our wings and be the best you can see No one is prouder than we are Goin' up to set some trips Gonna laugh and dance and sing Visit with some dear old friends Gonna topple everything Gonna spread our wings and show off all that we've got NBC --- Proud as a peacock!

@joeorsini6110

7 жыл бұрын

randy orr How did you know the lyrics to the song?

@randyeorr

6 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_as_a_Peacock

Patti Austin and Luther Vandross were singing on that NBC Promo Song " NBC Proud As A Peacock"!

I remember this at 3:25 is the piano rendition of the National Anthem which was the piano SSB. I saw it when it was on WSVI-TV (channel 8), an ABC affiliate in St. Thomas which is in the Virgin Islands. We lived in Puerto Rico when we had WSVI-TV on cable. This was where the station signed on in the morning where they kicked off Saturday mornings beginning with cartoons like "Superfriends", "Scooby & Scrappy-Doo", "Richie Rich", "Pac-Man" and others. That brings back memories.

@carlveluz1992

5 жыл бұрын

@LolliesOfficial Did WNEW-TV used the Piano SSB after the transmitter relocated to the World Trade Center North Tower?

RIP Kasey Kasem doing the voice over on the promos

I'd never seen that Proud as a Peacock football jingle before. Catchy.

@Timelytube1178

6 жыл бұрын

Check out the parody'

I searched for this Natl anthem on sign off for years. I have a serious nostalgia for this video

@ddavenport the AFLAC duck was not introduced until 2000, several years after the company sold WAFF-TV 48

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

IIRC, they re-did the control room shots after NBC dropped the "cut N" logo in 1979. They did a signoff that showed clips of a lot more of the studio equipment; I distinctly recall a VTR drum. They used that signoff until the old station building on Monte Sano burned down in 1983.

@gidzmobug2323

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Cornutt Did they ever learn what caused the fire?

@VectraQS

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, spot on! I love finding recollections proven 100% accurate.

@chasebakerofthe209

Жыл бұрын

You mean 1982

Great signoff from Huntsville, AL.

I was expecting the announcer to say "Now y'all come back, ya hear?" LOL! Anyhow, this is by far the best SSB sign-off music of them all. It's not as pompous or chest beating as the others.

over 30 ywars and hes still at it,glory to the Lord of host's forever and ever

yep, the last time I saw a sign off was when I was stationed in Germany in the early 1990's and the Germans still didn't have 24 hour TV. It was the same schtick as here, prayer, station info and so on, except because this was Bavaria, they played THREE anthems, the EU "Ode to Joy" theme from Beethoven, the Bavarian state anthem and then the German national anthem and then white noise. Even then it was nostalgic since this had died out in the US for the most part by then.

(I was interning at American Data at the time. One of their sales people had been up there just hours before the fire, trying to sell them stuff. We all kidded him the next day: "You didn't have to burn them down just because they didn't order anything!")

@gregmyers3255

5 жыл бұрын

Dave Cornutt ,

In 1982, WAFF’s studios caught on fire.

@cinoche - The song is "From a Sidewalk Cafe" by Frank Mills

@Musicradio77Network

6 жыл бұрын

BlaineStewartWTKR He was best known for his big instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer" in 1978 or 1979.

Wow Kasey Kasem doing the voice over on the promos

When I heard the song of WAFF 48 for the sign off ...was that "I just can't help believing"? Cause it sounded like that

@banther1972 I was 6, and I remember this, weird. My 3 and 6 year old kids will never know.

Gr8 clip

WAFF 48 opening 2003

1979!

WATCHED 8/3/14

Nice BBC Testcard Track there! :)

Did WAFF cut to color bars or completely shut down there transmitter after sign off?

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ended in 1992, and Carson died in 2005.

Presently, WAFF-TV is owned by Gray Television since they chewed up Raycom last year.

theres a parody of wereloud song called were loud made in nbc studios

Quadruplex VTR at 2:56?

@marksmith4828

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. A RCA TR 600. The last 2" model RCA made.

@Ace411275

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksmith4828 I saw in another video that after the station fire of 82 WAFF bought 2 Ampex AVR-3's for there new studio, witch i believe was also the last 2" quad machine that Ampex produced. By this time the 1" type C format was being released and adopted by TV stations..

Original air date?

17th anniversary? Who celebrates on the 17th anniversary. That's NBC for you back then, and now. Proud as peacock? Nah, more like 'stuffed as a turkey!'

tri affiliate of nbc abc & cbs

This would be called "unconstitutional" today. Tragic.

@JohnMossSF

5 жыл бұрын

Says who? Where is your proof, or are you just stirring the pot?

@wthrz

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean. I don't see anything in this video that SJW's consider "Racist" or "Unconstitutional". At least not yet. Unless you're talking about the motivational lord-related stuff in this. Yeah, I've seen some SJW's consider that that way.