I remember those days when they'd put the big "2" to bed. Seriously, they put it in a studio with a janitor mopping. Then one by one the lights went out around it. Then there's the late William Pierce, and Tom Dunn at the open and close of the Boston skyline. Thanks for putting this up. It came well before I was born in 1973.

2:24 is where it starts.

Yes, it existed, only during school hours. Little 15 minute to half hour shows to teach language, arithmetic, science. My school used the French show a lot. It was WGBH trying to be relevant at a time (around 1961) when the then-FCC chairman, Newton Minnow, called TV a "vast wasteland."

@andrewscungio3200

11 ай бұрын

Obviously, when the original WGBH studio burned up.

The late William Pierce and his distinctive voice and “Middle Atlantic” accent. I always liked the way he pronounced “UniversitAY” 😀 when I would hear this sign off as a kid in the 1970s. Now it’s 2018 and I work at WGBH in a technical job. The station is located now at Guest and Market streets in Brighton in what are the finest facilities of any broadcaster in Boston or anywhere and in my 38 year broadcasting career I have seen a lot of radio and TV stations.

@michaelsatkevich153

4 жыл бұрын

Radio Matt Is there an archive of all the sing-offs anywhere? KZread doesn’t have them all

@michaelsatkevich153

4 жыл бұрын

Radio Matt I’m looking for mid to late seventies rondo a go go but with the psychedelic dancer silhouette

No, about a half hour after the assassination the networks went live, full coverage and the school herded us into an auditorium with the TV on the stand to watch history. I was grateful to them for that. I was in 6th grade. People being people, I remember the networks saying later that hordes of viewers were furious that their soap operas were preempted by the event!

There are a dozen or more 1950s-era broadcasting licenses that were given to universities and other pre-PBS educational or experimental broadcasting organizations. Not just WNET 13, WGBH 2, but WHYY 12 (Philadelpha), etc. Usually it was the PBS stations that had UHF channels, but the advanced universities or states that already had public radio got VHF licenses in the 40s, 50s.

I used to wait up for this song..sad yet very pretty.

Love that harpsichord song!

The harpsichord piece song name and composer is: Andrew Arvin - Rondo a Go-Go

@MSTS1

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@jadsi

4 жыл бұрын

The PrevueCom-General Cinema System, Inc. It’s gone :(

@cythism8106

28 күн бұрын

Wtf? It created an actual link.

My school isn't even there anymore, made into a condo. I mourn too for all the lost TV programming from that time.

It's amazing they gave all that histocial info at every sign off.

That's right. The TV was on a tall wheeled carrier so the kids in the back could see it. I even remember the French show's accordion music, but can't really relate it with a "da, da, da" on here! Saw the Kennedy assassination in school this way too.

2:27 TV signed off

Thanks!

"Kennedy clout" - as in John F. Kennedy's 1961-63 Presidency - may've played a role in the creation of WNDT (now WNET), Ch. 13 after NTA (National Telefilm Associates) unloaded what had been WNTA-TV in late 1961. Whereas WGBH took to the air in 1955.

If I saw this late at night, it was scare the shit out of me 2:24 because that static sound alone is enough to give me the heebie-jeebies 😬 and as it is, I’ve got nyctophobia ☹️

@tadc345fan

Жыл бұрын

But what happens when you suffered nyctophobia while you saw this at night.

@kimpossibleyescruelladevil4960

10 ай бұрын

@@tadc345fan I probably won’t be able to sleep, even with the light on

@tadc345fan

10 ай бұрын

Me too, i don't know what you're saying. After during a hard work at night, my father is turning off and go to bed an I'm probably did not suffered from nyctophobia because the God wants to help me.

RAYTHON actually held the "bulding permit" for Channel 2 originaly,so most likely they donated to the GBH foundation which was already had public broadcasting radio up in running.

Is there a way you can reconnect both parts of this back together?

So the WGBH crews decided to turn off the station because they want to go home, these audio recordings making me very scary.

The sign off theme goes back well into the 60's. Do you remember the "21 Inch Classroom?" Wish I could recall the name of the French teacher. Carl Sagan also did a B&W science show in the early 60s.

@k.h.4698

3 жыл бұрын

She was Anne Slack, and the program was Parlons Francais.

Does anyone know what the name or composer of the harpsichord piece is???

This is Wgbh TV Boston

FIVE Division III schools in the Broadcasting Council. How was that realised?

I'v seen this many times but the ending still give me the heeby geebys. Explain the small beep and noise.

@marioalexanderski9598

7 жыл бұрын

Stuart H. 1- 400hZ tone 2- Analog static-like sound

It sounds like a motor vehicle @ 2:28. Can someone please explain it to me?

Ah, yes - William Pierce, erstwhile announcer for the Boston Symphony Or-Ches-Tra. BTW: Does the BSO still do weekly concert broadcasts?

@byrd56

5 жыл бұрын

Yes; they're on WCRB-99.5, which was formerly a commercial classical music station, but is now co-owned with WGBH-89.7 FM.

@richardburkard9839

4 жыл бұрын

"From the music shed at Tanglewood...."

Gosh, this is 47 years old!

@dariowiter3078

6 жыл бұрын

First Last Make that 48. 😁

@maiordosul2937

2 жыл бұрын

51 years

@saraflint2982

2 жыл бұрын

@@maiordosul2937 Yes, more than half a century now!

2:28 Subliminal Sonic Laxative.

0:30 Why did the old WGBH studios burned???

@kaila.k5876

3 жыл бұрын

Due to a fire. I don’t know how it started. But the studios were completely obliterated.

@andrewscungio3200

11 ай бұрын

Then, it was moved to the (then) new building, which was made possible by contributions from thousands of individuals, trade unions, businesses, foundations, and other organizations.

@tadc345fan

10 ай бұрын

Studios are completely finished in next month before the crew finally moved to an new building.

@elias4407

26 күн бұрын

No I think it was the Boston Fire 🚒

What's the name of the harpsichord song in the background? It's driving me crazy not knowing.

@andrewscungio3200

11 ай бұрын

It's called round a go-go.

what was that note at 2:25

@marioalexanderski9598

8 жыл бұрын

It's 400 hz tone

@etcetera36

5 жыл бұрын

G

what is the second call letter please????

@SatsukiVM

2 жыл бұрын

WGBX (also in Boston) and WGBY in Springfield, Massachusetts.

0:30 Does it say that the WGBH studios burned in the october of 61?

@Handle.needs3ormorecharacters

7 жыл бұрын

WeatherStudios yesh

@ChristopherSobieniak

6 жыл бұрын

At least they thought it was worth telling the viewers this piece of history.

@andrewscungio3200

11 ай бұрын

It was the original WGBH studios obviously.

@tadc345fan

10 ай бұрын

The crews are moved to New WGBH Studios in Boston, but the original structure was no longer to be renovated.

Was this before or after NET was replaced by PBS?

@yahirpuga3513

6 жыл бұрын

It was Before PBS Replace NET.

@christopherbubb2890

2 жыл бұрын

May 1970, so it was just a few months before.

In the words of Stan Marsh...... "Jesus toe tapping christ. How long is this going to take?"?

I never could get that pretentious Harpsichord piece out of my mind

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