Apparently WVEC used this song as early as 1974. Someone else posted an audio-only copy of this sign off, and it had “On This Day” at the end.

I LOVED listening to On This Day every night at WVEC Sign Off! Brings back some very fond memories. Thanks

The announcer for this version of sign-off was WVEC master control Operator John Finlayson. He started in radio before he entered television. I know this because I too was a master control Operator at WVEC from 1974 to 1985 until I left for KHOU in Houston.

@markasflood8196

2 ай бұрын

Good Question: Who Was The Station Announcer From WVEC 13?

I found the song's lyrics in the 1963 edition of IC Norcom High School's yearbook. The song's name is indeed "On This Day," but no authorship is given. The line that a different link lists as "A wealth of an ease I can see" is actually "A welcome on each face I see." It was sung at Norcom's January 1963 commencement, and is listed as "Arranged by M. Lewis." Melvin Lewis was the chorus director at the time. I am now getting the feeling that the song may be locally composed, and this version used by WVEC could be sung by a local church or high school choir.

@sheilapearson9450

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Porter, I too been looking near and far for someone to tell me who sing this song " On This Day" Yes! when I was in Melvin Lewis Choir I C Norcom High School, we sung this song and my church choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Portsmouth VA. (The Chancel Choir) also sung the song. It is so beautiful.

@stevenamoore2882

7 ай бұрын

Does Ebenezer Baptist Church still have this arrangement in its music library@@sheilapearson9450

I sure miss miss that whole area! This song brings back so many memories! Television going off the air? Unthinkable! I'm blessed to have lived in those times and will remember them ALWAYS!

I miss my beloved native Hampton Roads, Virginia.....Born in Norfolk and raised in Chesapeake...

@chrismc410

5 жыл бұрын

I was born in Hampton myself. I live in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia now.

@markasflood8196

Жыл бұрын

@@chrismc410 Good Question: Who Did Voiceover Plugs For WVEC?

I remember hearing the song on the radio in Tidewater, Virginia, in the mid-1970s. I forget the name of the station.

I have some old audio tape of Joe Foulkes from around Christmas, 1970, giving his forecast. Haven't heard it in years, and I have to buy a machine to play it on, but, when I do, I will upload it to my channel.

this concludes our broadcast day... Good night...

OMG- I remember when they had The Virginian Pilot AND The Ledger Star...memories! As to WVEC, RIP Jim Kincaid and Joe Foulkes.

TO GREG @ WVEC in Norfolk! Thanks... just spoke to you!!!! YES! YES! YES! This is the song... brings tears to my eyes...AGAIN... just to hear this beautiful song!!!! Thank you, my "new" friend!!! Derrick

I emailed WVEC a while ago inquiring about the song's title, composer, and the choir singing it here, but have not heard anything from them.

I have researched the song, and can't find anything on it. The earliest this clip can originate is 1983, as the vertical lift span of the James River Bridge shown is the current one (which opened in 1982), and the old 1928 span was already demolished.

Truly a one-of-a-kind signoff - but why would the Raleigh, NC newspaper publish their schedule?

@daveporter0217

5 жыл бұрын

Back then, analog TV signals travelled pretty far, and fringe areas of the Raleigh market probably got WVEC in addition to their own ABC station. Richmond is mentioned for the same reason, as eastern parts of the area could cleanly watch channel 13.

@labtechguy

5 жыл бұрын

@@daveporter0217 Correct. Though WHRO-15 was our PBS, and educational TV before that, we received the signal of PBS channel 2 out of North Carolina in Virginia Beach.

"Naawfok."

@labtechguy

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, to those of us that grew up there, as it retained its British colonial pronunciation. So did many coastal Virginian locations, Portsmouth, Suffolk, etc.

@dngillikin

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, very few of the current news personalities bother to pronounce Nawfuk correctly these days. Now they say Norfik and even *shudder* Nor-Folk like Nebraska.

I have continued my research on the song, and still can't find anything as to who is singing, or who composed it.

@Cefshah

10 жыл бұрын

This song is beautiful!! I grew up in Southeastern VA and would listen to WVEC channel 13 sign-off regularly, just because of this. The National Anthem is something I honor, but this song reflects what I've experienced as an American. These days, I hope/pray many more can/will live what this song expresses. I called the station about 15 years ago, and no one could locate a recording of the song (I've always wanted to do a cover version of it). About 4 years ago, a Mr. Woodis who worked at the station, supplied me with a cassette copy of the song. I called Norfolk State University's Music Dept. about 15 years ago, and someone there suggested that it sounds as though it was being performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Before I can even try to compose/sell a cover of the tune, I need the very same info you are looking for as well. :( Sure enough, if you try to use to song in any commercial manner without permission, I bet someone will KNOW exactly who owns and performs it. Lawyers are good at finding stuff like that. :)

@daveporter0217

10 жыл бұрын

Cefshah I have contacted several sheet music libraries (particularly the Library of Congress and several university collections), and have had no leads. I have Googled this song's lyrics several times, and have found nothing that can help. Apparently, some of the middle and high schools in Norfolk performed the song at some point in the 70s and 80s, and their choir departments may have an archive. I may try contacting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Also, I may try contacting the music departments at HU, VWC, W&M, and CNU (my alma mater) and see if something is in a dusty file cabinet. Also, do you know when the song was retired from use by WVEC? I know it was sometime between 1989 and 1992, because I have seen a 1989 sign-off video with "On This Day," as well as a 1992 one that uses a national anthem video with the Blue Angels. Thank you and good luck. :-)

@skatterbrainz

7 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered about that song. It's a beautiful song, but weird how it's so hard to find out who wrote and performed it. Even what it's called.

@skatterbrainz

7 жыл бұрын

I did find this post which has some of the lyrics: lists.topica.com/lists/MCCHS/read/message.html?sort=t&mid=913497056

@skatterbrainz

4 жыл бұрын

well, that link is dead now. :(

what is the name of the song in on this day: and is there a link to the lyrics?

@daveporter0217

5 жыл бұрын

I have been hunting that information for years to no avail. I actually came back to this video today to see if a copyright claim had been posted. This recording could be so old that it may have lapsed into the public domain. I have a feeling that it predates the 1976 laws and is thus on the 28-year system.

Why was this reposted???

can anyone name the music, and who wrote it?

WE SUNG THIS SONG AT OUR ELEMENTARY GRADUATIONS

@daveporter0217

6 жыл бұрын

One of my great interests is finding who wrote the song, and which choir is performing on this video. I am a CNU graduate (but native of Richmond), and have spent years looking in vain.

@eascec8374

6 жыл бұрын

What Year Did you do That?

This song subbed for the National Anthem?

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