CBET Channel 9 [Windsor, ON] - Sign-Off + Canadian National Anthem (1979)

Not from Chicago, or even anywhere in the U.S.A., but north of the border in Canada, here's a sign-off of Windsor, Ontario station CBET Channel 9.

The station first signed on in 1954 as CKLW-TV and remained with those call letters until September 1st 1975 when it became a wholly owned-and-operated station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Pre-1975 it was sister to legendary Top 40 radio station CKLW (AM 800, a.k.a. 'The Big 8' and famous for their "20/20 News" broadcasts); until the late 1960's the station was also sister to other RKO General stations such as WOR Channel 9 in New York (now WWOR Secaucus, NJ), KHJ Channel 9 in Los Angeles (now KCAL), WHBQ Channel 13 in Memphis, and WNAC Channel 7 in Boston (now WHDH).

Includes:

Last few seconds of end credit sequence of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Sign-off, with look inside CBET studios including RCA film chains, projectors, slide bank and even a shot of unplugging the coffee pot (voiceover by Marty Adler) - note the 'ON AIR' button at the end of this elaborately produced sequence, looks similar to that seen in the first-season opening titles to Second City Television (SCTV).

Video-animated station ID (made with Scanimate technology)

"O Canada" film with sights around Windsor and vicinity

EIA RS-189A color bars with station ID and time stamp at bottom right, on for about 10 seconds before carrier is cut

This aired on local Windsor TV early Friday, June 8th 1979 during the 12:44am to 12:47am (Eastern) timeframe.

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