KWTX-10 CBS Newsbreak and Sign-Off (July 15, 1984)

Well, I never thought I'd end up with content THIS old until now. Yes, believe it or not, after a trip to the thrift store, I am a holder of 80s content. Imagine that.

What's even more bizarre though is this. So, most of you are young and probably don't know what this is. Well, you probably know what the first thing is -- just a quick news update, which I thought I'd include for historical reasons. The thing after, however, is a station sign-off. For those who don't know, TV stations didn't always broadcast during all hours of the day. Instead, they would go off the air after midnight or so (possibly later), and come back on air at 6 or 7AM-ish. And as it just so happens, this guy managed to record a station sign-off! I have no idea what use he had for it, but I'm not complaining, it was super cool to see. Traditionally, an American TV sign-off typically consisted of the Air Force flying while the poem "High Flight" was read, and a performing of the American national anthem, as both were seen here. They were quite patriotic, if you couldn't tell.

This is of the central Texas CBS station, KWTX. Interestingly, in the closing they mention the Brazos Valley CBS station KBTX, which indeed is owned by the same people (the Brazos Valley and Central Texas TV channels are very intertwined, and in fact they're even considered the same market by FCC rules even though they can more or less be seen as two mini-markets).

I apologize about the really irritating buzzing. I think it's an issue with power interference, but I don't totally know yet. I tried noise removal in Audacity but it did more harm than good so I just left it as it was. If I can find a way to capture without that grating noise on linear audio, I will probably re-upload this.

For historical and archival purposes only. All copyright belongs to their respectful owners. I will take this video down by request of the rights holders.