TV Signoffs
TV-signoffs is J. Alan Wall’s television station sign-off site, which full of videos for those of us that remember a simpler time. It’s a great trip down TV memory lane.
Back in the early days of television, stations weren’t always on 24/7 as they are now. Back before cable and satellite dishes, television was broadcast over the airwaves. So if you were lucky, you had an aerial on your rooftop and you’d watch programs that were “on the air”. I know it sounds archaic, but that’s how it was and we liked it.
I’ve always been an early riser and when I was a kid I’d come back from delivering newspapers door-to-door, get some cereal and plunk down in front of the TV. If it was early enough, all I saw was snow on the tube and heard a fuzzy white noise. Then, on the hour, the TV station would turn on. They’d show a grainy video, play the Star Spangled Banner tune and then your program came on. If you stayed up late at night, you’d see just about the same thing as the station signed off and went back to snow. Now we’ve got 24 hour news stations and infomercials - Yeah!
