Nice touch that they used a replica of their 1950's test pattern.

@x60hz

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad they couldn't have used the original one.

0:00 end of soap opera on analog tv 0:11 goes to comercial on digital 2.1 (including cable and satelitte) 0:14 special psa from wcbs-tv (analog only, ceaseing analog for good) 0:50 national anthem 2:06 test pattern 2:10 hash 3:33 test pattern (again) 4:03 national anthem (again) 5:21 special psa from wcbs-tv (now operating as a nightlight station) 5:46 dtv let's get ready nab video thx.

Somehow final analog signoffs make me sad

@timothylopez7019

9 жыл бұрын

It makes me sad because I remember using analog TV

@Muchacho1994

9 жыл бұрын

Timothy Lopez They need to switch back. I've heard some people are having problems with their signals.

@JaimeValladares00

9 жыл бұрын

Muchacho 1994 They can't. Analog is outdated and unreliable.

@PspowerNeGATiV

8 жыл бұрын

+Jaime Valladares in uk they can cos I have a switchover pass (it's fake) and I can teleport to the transmitters and analog comes back

@wonkahaspuns7463

7 жыл бұрын

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I love how the announcer said, "Good day." Don't know why, but...don't you just love how they signed off like that?

@rockvilleraven

10 жыл бұрын

Should have said "And now for your viewing pleasure, we are going off the air"

@Juliaflo

9 жыл бұрын

rockvilleraven LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Incidentally, have you seen the soft-launch of Decades--The Digital Channel created by CBS?

@rockvilleraven

9 жыл бұрын

Juliaflo Its not on in the DC area, the CBS affiliate WUSA has Bounce and Weather Nation, with cut ins from Channel 9 weather center every 10 min, soon to be replaced by a 24/7 Legal affairs sub channel. WJZ in Baltimore will carry it because they are a CBS owned and operated station, but our private condo satellite system only has the DC stations in HD.

@Juliaflo

9 жыл бұрын

Actually, Decades is not scheduled for official launch until sometime this May. It is being 'soft-launched' in my home of New York, and, I understand, in Philadelphia. At present, Decades is presenting 'episode binges' of the programs to be presented on Decades, such as 'The Phil Silvers Show' and ' The Doris Day Show', to name a few. From what I have seen, I like it. Good luck.

@lenasylvain4986

7 жыл бұрын

The announcer said that they would resume broadcasting programming at 3 PM. So there must be either some video editing done between when they began to show static and when they return to the air at 3 PM, or there were two screen captured recordings. In either case, there is a time skip to 3 PM.

If you were an analog TV station about to have the plug pulled on you forever, you would sound pretty mad, too. The announcer is the same one you hear on CBS network promos, and here sounds a little less tense than his usual commercials, like for "Survivor" and "CSI".

@morganrussman

4 жыл бұрын

Well, from what I understand and have read, many broadcast maintenance personal started neglecting their analog transmission equipment and towers and basically doing the basic work nessesary knowing the analog to digital transfer was going to be coming up eventually.

Classic sign-off and sign-on. I'm very grateful you posted this. I was involved in the switchover as part of my job, and our building lost power that morning and sent everyone home. I stayed as long as I could to catch the transition (on 13, 11 and 7) but was on the train going home when WCBS switched off and was out of range with my Watchman. I thought it was to be at 2 PM when I would have been in range...but unfortunately, was not. I am still hoping someone caught the shutoff July 13.

@thedumchad

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBloxTube Nobody cares

@SuperBloxTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedumchad true, and now that I have deleted the comment, this may seem out of context. It was talking about my birthday or something I don’t really care nowadays either.

@TNTMusic5757

11 ай бұрын

​@@SuperBloxTubeno! Leave it out of context! Its more funny that way!

@SuperBloxTube

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@TNTMusic5757Sorry for the late reply, but ok. I’ll leave it out of context.

And they did it at around 6:00 AM, six hours late. They may have been the very last full-powered analog on the air in the U.S.

0:00 to 0:11 - end of soap opera on analog tv 0:11 to 0:12 - goes to comercial on digital 2.1 (including cable and satelitte) 0:13 to 0:49 - special psa from wcbs-tv (analog only, ceaseing analog for good) 0:50 to 2:05 - national anthem 2:06 to 2:10 - test pattern 2:10 to 3:32 - hash 3:33 to 4:03 - test pattern (again) 4:03 to 5:20 - national anthem (again) 5:20 to 5:44 - special psa from wcbs-tv (now operating as a nightlight station) 5:46 to 6:26 - dtv let's get ready nab video thx.

@tech_and_stuff_2022

Жыл бұрын

0:00 - 0:11; End of Soap Opera on Analog 0:11 - 0:12; Channel goes to the Digital 2.1 commercial 0:14 - 0:49; PSA from WCBS-TV (Analog, not Digital) 0:50 - 2:05; Anthem of the USA 2:06 - 2:10; Test card, it's old

@vashthestampedeplush

Жыл бұрын

@@tech_and_stuff_2022 thanks

@braydenfaw1568

Жыл бұрын

5:46

@braydenfaw1568

Жыл бұрын

5:20

I wanted very much to see this live but I missed it. Thanks for the catch! Most stations seem to have paid very little homage to their 60+ years of analog NTSC broadcasting; many made little or no reference to their history. At least CBS did it up fairly nicely

R.I.P. Analog T.V. For Weekday And Saturday Cartoons.

On July 12, don't forget to record WCBS-TV off the air to get their final, final signoff (assuming they do one). WNBC's final analog signoff was brief, given that they didn't have much equipment feeding the analog transmitter, but it was kind of classy.

After seeing what the New York stations did for their analog shutdowns, I am convinced that the final signoff that WLWT (Cincinnati, channel 5) did was the classiest in the country, respecting the history that analog covered and delivered to our homes (though admittedly with a heavy local bias). Considering that the format was used for nearly seven decades of the 20th Century, it deserved more than the unceremonious switchflip most videos here show.

Girls: I can’t believe he didn’t cry during the Titanic! Do boys even have feelings? Boys:

@EvilNeuro_IITPP

Ай бұрын

We boys only cry when something tragic like the FCC ending analog TV happens

The announcement referred to an 8-minute video about the US digital TV transition, what and why it happened, and how to get the new digital channels on analog TV's using converter boxes. WCBS-TV aired this video continuously for 30 days on analog channel 2. "Nightlight" referred to WCBS being the last analog signal on for the above purpose. The off-camera announcer does CBS network promos, esp. dramas and reality shows, hence his dramatic voice.

I love Brian Lee's "good day." made me giggle.

Thank you so much for uploading this! I've been hearing so much about this signoff.. I only did WABC but I was not home when WCBS signed off.

I'm sure Millenials were taken aback by the National Anthem being played, they don't know what that was like & to see a test pattern & what a "sign off" looks like.

@andrejg4136

4 жыл бұрын

Older Millenials probably vaugely remember sign-offs, but you're right, a lot of stations started turning 24-7 (with infomercials to fill the dead blocks) by 1990, so a lot of them wouldn't remember even if they were alive. [Older Millenial here]

I like how this analog signoff throwbacks to the 60’s towards the 80’s.

I can't believe that it has been a decade since this happened. I remember the DTV switchover like it happened yesterday.

@morganrussman

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I know. I am honestly sort of the same way regarding the fact that it's been 11 years since I found out about over the air tv. I don't remember exactly how long before the switch that I asked my grandfather's friend about getting a antenna for over the air, but I think it was probably 2 or 3 months maybe before the switch occured. And with the switch, I ended up finding out about a few shows, like knight rider (the 1980s version, and eventually the 2008 version too), emergency, the A team, those airing on what was originally Rtv (more then likely a acronym of Retro tv considering the fact that the shows that aired on the channel were mostly older tv shows), Jane and the dragon, peccola, rescue heros (though, I did have toys of the show, but never realized that there was a show too), pet alien (though I don't think I watched the show initially probably due to it not airing on qubo at the initial time of when the transition happened), Willa's wild life. All other tv shows I mentioned aired at one point or still do air on qubo on over the air. I do plan to setup a antenna for when I get a place.

@crazycoollady

4 жыл бұрын

@@morganrussman That's interesting. During the time of the switchover, I possessed a 13-inch Magnovox TV set. In addition, I moved to a new town an hour-and-a-half away a month after the switchover took place. A few months before the DTV switchover occurred on June 12th, my parents tried to connect my TV with a Comcast DC50X digital transport adapter. However, it wouldn't connect. Because of that, I didn't have access to a TV for a while. However, they finally got it to work once I moved to that new hometown. One TV channel I did discover with the digital transport adapter is Live Well Network (it's apparently called Localish now). They often played a variety of different TV shows related to cooking, home decor, beauty, nature, general money-saving tips, and more.

@morganrussman

4 жыл бұрын

@@crazycoollady Mmm. Part of the reason why I didn't know about over the air tv was mostly because I was born in may of 1996, and my parents were in a area where we could get free to air cable, essentially the cable signals were not scrambled until about 2 years ago when spectrum bought out time warner, and we would end up with cable TV untill we had to move in with my grandfather's friend during the 2007/2008 school year (I think the jist is that my parents needed money for to get a different house), and we used my grandfather's friend's satellite TV subscription until we moved into where my father lives now where we (my parents) got our own satellite TV subscription, in which I think that was about March of 2008, and my grandfather's friend and I ended up getting me a tv for mostly my own use, which that tv was built for the transition, being presumably built in July of 2007. I think I ended up asking my grandfather's friend about getting a digital to analog converter box mostly due to me wanting to tape/record a few shows on over the air tv, mostly the original knight rider, mostly, because, besides spongebob, and Maybe a few other shows, I was pretty obsessed with the show. I was mostly just obsessed with the show itself, not too much with possible merchandise. Sort of the same with the other shows I mentioned, I was interested with the other shows that I mentioned, but probably not as much.

@crazycoollady

4 жыл бұрын

@@morganrussman I was born in January 1999, so I was ten years old when the switchover occurred. When I was a child, my analog TV signal ran through the VCR. At the time, I asked my parents to make sure the digital transport adapter would run through my VCR because I was used to having my VCR on while watching TV. When they were first connecting my TV with a digital transport adapter (that was before they found out it wouldn't work), they couldn't get it to run through the VCR. Around the time I moved to my new hometown and they could get it working, they finally got it to run through my VCR.

How fitting that the last image in analog was the old b/w test pattern!

@RobertWPaine

11 ай бұрын

I’d like to have seen references to W2XAB and WCBW.

I saw the current "Star Spangled Banner" vocal promo for WCBS-TV, before the local morning news comes on early.

FCC required analogs to complete scheduled programming and then run the digital conversion PSA's to get people to either get a digital set or a converter to hook up to the analog one. Think they ran till 31 July, then dark for good.

@mahamaysam

Жыл бұрын

12 July.

It takes you back to a simpler, gentler time.

Yeah, it is weird, but this was how the CBS stations in New York and L.A. would sign off on the weekends back in the 70's and 80's; a legal sign-off, a test pattern for a little as 5 minutes to as long as one hour, then have the legal sign-on. At least WCBS-TV did an old-school analog signoff; KCBS-TV and sister station KCAL-TV here in L.A. both did a hard shutdown in the middle of a program at the weird time of 1:10PM. No live streaming coverage except through their websites.

[Insert obligatory "My left ear enjoyed this" comment here]

@Undead_Shep

5 жыл бұрын

Nunof Yerbizness I am partially deaf (in my left ear and can only hear tones and vibrations) so :/

@gladfan1989

3 жыл бұрын

This is my obligatory "My left ear enjoyed this" comment.

Analog gone - TV gone in my area. The nearest TV station is 45 miles away and broadcast digital signal - I don't have a converter for this old TV. Most of my friends don't use TV that much so they just shoved the beasts onto the local religious station that still is in analog on channel 27, 29 or 53. Now what was gained by this move?

@firstnamelastname5407

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Bussard A weaker signal, high definition tv, and millions of Tv's in landfills damaging the environment.

wow... really wanted to see this... thanks for posting!

It sure was. Times have changed in the last twenty years, but not in a good way.

@sillygoose635

5 жыл бұрын

yes they have changed in a good way.

fantastic video. thank you for documenting this for future generations to enjoy. on a side note i believe as we switch over to digital are no longer discoverable to intelligent life in the universe. this may be one of the reasons why we have not yet intercepted any alien communication, they could have switched to digital broadcast before we started listening to the universe in the hopes to find intelligent life beyond our earth.

No, the "HDTV" signs indicates that their local news and programming are in HD.

0:00 As The World Turns

3:37 and there our late 1950s test pattern

I loved the static, thanks :)

@SuperBloxTube

6 жыл бұрын

Man, the static looks scary.

I remember when this would be the end of broadcasting for a channel and would resume again at 4 or 5am. Times have changed.

Country:Goodbye with anthem CHANNEL:me too

R.I.P analog tv🥺🥺🥺🥺

at 4:04 Star spangled banner restart

@kenbixcul7335

7 жыл бұрын

And the test card seems like a different font of the callsign

@germ3137

4 жыл бұрын

@@kenbixcul7335 It is a old color test.

Yes we want to see it!

If I had lived in NY & I saw that, I would swear I was having a flashback.

The best NTSC signoff, by far, was KDKA-TV's. Forget the others.

@0111pokemon

7 жыл бұрын

Evan Gray Plays for me it was WLNS

I like how it says HDTV under CBS2 although it was impossible to watch this message in High Definition

@500youtubesubscribers5

4 жыл бұрын

Because they branded the channel as that to say that their newscasts are in HD.

"Good afternoon," OH MY GOD THE ANNOUNCER IS SENTIENT

The 1st time in 20 years they played the National Anthem on Channel 2,WCBS, they haven't since.

The Cubs never had a NL Pennant or World Series win transmitted on analog television. Well actually it may have been on a few low power analog Fox stations.

What was the show before this signoff?

@lenasylvain4986

8 жыл бұрын

Ahh..I see.

@DJMikey242

7 жыл бұрын

Lena Sylvain I thought it was Young and the Restless because I thought they signed off at 12:30

@Avatar610

6 жыл бұрын

It's actually AS THE WORLD TURNS!!!!

@mr.g-manofficial6391

3 жыл бұрын

@@DJMikey242 nadia theme wasn't in this signoff

15 Year anniversary today

I remember that El Paso's CBS-Affiliated Station KDBC-TV are turned-off the analog transmitter, ten days before June 12, making the first TV Station in that area to do it.

0:49 Good Day LOL

@katalinhabony4190

4 жыл бұрын

0:49

@rbussard Cont'd from my last post. What I just told you is just my example of how Digital TV Broadcasting for the full powered networks would work. Your Local Station(s) might not be Ch. 2, but I wanted to say that as an example ONLY. In other words, This is just My Translation of Digital Television. The whole idea is ... More Free Over The Air Programming without using all of our nation's airwaves. Thanks for reading my post(s) - Dwight

Jehosaphat! Where have 10 years gone?

And we still can't get any signals from NYC in Stamford 3 years later. DTV blows.

@firstnamelastname5407

6 жыл бұрын

I can pick up six low power analog stations from 90 miles away. I love analog tv.

Did you get the final sign off 30 days later when they totally turned off the analog signal?

It has not only the analog sign off, but the night light sign on as well.

@TiberiousNeruda WFAA (Dallas-Fort Worth) had a great signoff, too.

2:10 analog 3:33 digital

They need to play the National Anthem on TV again!

Yeah, so is the Television Code itself.

i made that comment because this sign off was only shown on the analog signal only

Fortunately, my TV at the time was digital ready. I had Direct TV.

@Scotti_o7

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you 👍 😁

@Scotti_o7

4 жыл бұрын

Also did you.see the message

I found an analog channel on Channel 2 (Our METV affiliate) they are a low-powered operating channel... IDK if we have anymore analog besides that...

What's the show at the beginning of the video?

They should have kept the nightlight program for 3-4 months or better yet for one year to make sure everyone is ready for DTV. I don't think having the nightlight program for only a few weeks was enough because many are still not going to be ready for it in that short amount of time. They need to turn it back on to continue the nightlight program for a longer time period like for a year.

Guy without digital tv: OH SHI-

I legit thought he was about to say, "The next regularly scheduled broadcast on WCBS analog will be: Never. Good day." That would've freaked me out.

@rbussard Cont`d from my last post. Example: Say Your Local Station is Ch. 2. It's still Ch. 2, but it now broadcasts on 2 .1, or 2 - 1. Say like they do Local Sports, or Local Weather. Ok, If you like Local Sports, and they carry that, well, they could do that on Ch. 2 . 2 or 2 - 2 24 hours a day, and If you want weather 24 hours a day, then they could do that on Ch. 2 . 3 or 2 - 3 24 hours a day without using up too much airspace or cramming the programming on the main station. - Dwight

yeah i know that. I made that comment because this message was only shown on WCBS-TV analog. so therefore it was impossible to watch in HD

are there any stations in america that still broadcast analog?

@SuperBloxTube

6 жыл бұрын

I think not.

@firstnamelastname5407

6 жыл бұрын

I know of six about 90 miles away from me and even though they are low powered, they still interfere with my tv! I am buying a more powerful antenna tomorrow so that I can pick them up.

@QueenDynamo

2 жыл бұрын

As of July 2021, all the last low-powered analog tv stations across the US have signed off permanently as per FCC.

It's a recreation, all right. I don't think WCBS used the original TP since the early 1990's.

"Goood day." lol

@TiberiousNeruda WNBC's was the classiest.

What Show Was That When It Aired On Analog The Final Time?

@inny74

Жыл бұрын

As The World Turns. RIP the women that didnt get a converter box that day.

Dang i was born 2 months before analog tv says goodbye im glad i was born before June 2009 (April 7 2009 was when i was born)

@crushinit2022

3 жыл бұрын

What r u doing looking at this? Im surprised that someone so young would remember analog

@Imanoob5721xtimes

3 жыл бұрын

@@crushinit2022 yeah i do lol except i only remember KPRC channel 2 NBC analog shutdown

I like that voiceover, they should have done something very scary. LOL.

@sambradley2975

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, but unfortunately the guy who did it for WNEW Channel 5, passed away.

Working analog? Cause it died on June 12 2009.

I’m wondering if channel final sign offs in real life had inspired people to make channel final sign offs in Vyond.

@smophie6260

3 жыл бұрын

GBAF2020 L they have

This makes me sad 😢 idk why

@bigsky1970

3 жыл бұрын

You missed the end of the soap opera. They cut it off right at the cliffhanger.

2:06 i like WCBS Test Pattern Replica Version

back when The Star-Spangled Banner was not considered offensive..

Final analog sign-offs make me feel great!

I'm lucky to have cable/satellite so that I WOULDN'T have to buy a digital tuner.

i still get a analogue station i live in atlantic city, Nj and the station is in Willmighton DE channel 45

Why when brian lee says WCBS he sounds like one of Microsoft Sam's relatives

2:06 / 3:36 Ow my ears!

WCBS-TV New York Analog Sign Off June 12th, 2008

#goodday

they must have used the same announcer that they use for movie trailers...

Does anybody know which CBS soap opera got interrupted at the start of the video?

@Avatar610

6 жыл бұрын

As the World Turns

@shaadi96

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@rbussard Cont`d from my last post. Television Stations and Networks can now make networks to broadcast Specified Programming Blocks 24 Hours a day without cramming blocks of programming on the main station or network, and without using so much airspace. Example, say Your Local News Station is Ch. 2. Ok, It's still Ch. 2, but now it broadcasts its' programming on Ch. 2 .1, or 2-1, Much like radiostation channel. Cont`d on my next post. - Dwight

Happy 10 years of analog shut off!

M'ERICA 4:07

They should have allowed the show to finish and then shut off the analog signal.

Announcer look like quandale dingle

A Proper Closedown (Sign Off). At Least They Were Bettert Than WNYW

2:06

Anyone with analog?

I guess they never had an answer

Sorry for bad English “Where were you when analogue tv was shut down” I was on photo eating dorito Anolog is kil No

3:34

I hate uncomfortable noises like th e test card and snow

@shadyshade I SAID GOOD DAY!!