WJLA Channel 7 [Washington D.C] - Community 7, Station Sign-Off, SSB & Static (11/26/1978)

Not from Chicago, but still interesting - here's the last minutes of the broadcast day of WJLA Channel 7 in Washington D.C., then as now an ABC affiliate. This came from two years after they changed call letters from the prior WMAL-TV (as they were known from its 1947 start-up until 1976).

Includes:

Station ID / PSA for Big Brother (voiceover by ??)

Community 7, hosted by longtime station weatherman and announcer Fred Weiss, with the topic being the United Way's 1978 campaign and his guest their general campaign chairman, Joseph B. Danzansky, who speaks of the 163 agencies that make up the United Way, how the money is raised and where it goes

Commercials for:

After Eight chocolate-covered mints

The Washington Ballet - upcoming events for the 1978-79 season

Station sign-off, beginning with the Seal of Good Practice (zoomed in a bit), copyright notice, and station ownership (voiceover by ??)

Army "Mount Vernon" SSB, with sights of the Nation's Capitol

Six seconds of "Seven's Best" station ID slide before carrier is cut and we see about 3 and a half minutes of vintage 1978 static. (or do you call it "sparkling noise"?)

This aired on local Washington D.C. early Sunday, November 26th 1978 starting around 1:20am.

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