sweet staticy sound of analog I miss it so much

Somehow, it was more pleasant to wake up to the "off the air", color bars, after falling asleep on the couch, than it is to annoying infomercials. Give me the National Anthem over the "Vacuum Shark", any day.

@mrquiet2009

5 жыл бұрын

I would love to have either that or a good old fashioned late night movie over any infomercial. So, I am completely with you.

@DOMtheGrasshopper

4 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear. 👍

@sillygoose635

4 жыл бұрын

it really wasn't.

It's interesting to look back at sign-ins/sign-offs as they become increasingly less prevalent as 24 hour television is becoming more common; although, admittedly, I was not alive, nor did I experience this, or many other sign-offs in my lifetime, it's fascinating to see how television has changed, may that be for better or for worse.

They were starting to do 24 hour broadcasting about this time. I remember you could get up and catch some cheezy movie on TV at 3am.

@staticmunk7777

8 жыл бұрын

+525Lines I miss those goodtimes a lot like the komo fourmost movie those were timeless

this was a good old times ...... thanx God 4 the 80's

tv code of good practice? man this was way before the Kardashians

According to a discussion on Fuzzy Memories' website where this clip first originated, this WBBM sign-off seems to have occurred after the airing of the Late Show movie "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell" around the time frame of about 5:30am. Meditation would usually be shown before their sign-off. I'm thinking MC couldn't get the film up in time hence the delay after the SOGP and then the repeating of it. Guess they just decided at that point to just run the SSB in order to quickly get to the sign-off. Great to see this as these types of recordings are becoming more scarce to discover these days.

@hf6150

4 жыл бұрын

20 seconds of dead air = NOT "good practice"

This was spooky to me as a child, I thought they shut down the whole world when this happened lol!

Tv channels need to go back to these days imo.

@sillygoose635

4 жыл бұрын

they shouldn't.

The Seal of Good Practice, killed off in 1983 and trashy TV began. Oh and it also limited the number of minutes of commercials per hour.

@bethdibartolomeo2042

7 жыл бұрын

Limited? Commercials seemed a lot shorter back in the 1970s and 1980s from what I've seen of commercial slate videos on Fuzzy Memories/Museum of Classic Chicago Television.

@toddcharry

7 жыл бұрын

Beth Di Bartolomeo Sorry, I meant that the commercials in a set period became unregulated when the Television code of conduct was no longer in effect.

@MeanMrTibbs

6 жыл бұрын

I remember they being a ton of commercials back in the 70s. Now, when I watch reruns, I'm seeing alot of full scenes that they cut out back then to make room for more commercials.

Rockford...recently relegated to the afternoon slot by Magnum PI.

The Seal of Good Practice needs attention as this gets shown twice!

it's about time!

Is that the same SSB used in Poltergeist?

What I'd wanted to ask, was when WBBM would have ceased use of their old-style B&W CBS test pattern (which was shown during "down times" as late as 1973) and replaced them with the electronic color bars as seen here.

Re: the promo at the top - I wonder if WBBM could be seen IN Rockford then.

Can you do WIFR and WTVO Rockford sign offs?

Any microwave relay signals?

WBBM. Not WCBS!

Now this is replaced by the all night infomercial block. Lots of paid programming. God I wish I made all those "tiny" classified ads in various newspapers so that I can supposedly make "good" money so I won't have to keep up with the Kardashians anymore. smh

3:00 to 3:10, I think something is being violated here. :)

@MeanMrTibbs

6 жыл бұрын

Right, like I'm gonna write to CBS for they permission before I tape Sanford and Son. They gotta be on crack.

I hated how this used to happen. I stayed up late at times to turn on ABC or CBS, and I get the color bars. I’m honestly glad Television is a 24 hours a day 7 days a week thing now