The last 45 seconds of standard analog service from WMYV 48 on February 17, 2009, followed by the transition to Nightlight service.

WXLV 45 (Winston-Salem, NC, ABC) and WMYV 48 (Greensboro, NC, MyNetwork), both owned by Sinclair, were permitted by the FCC to shut down their over-the-air analog television service on Feb. 17, 2009 at 11:59pm, ahead of the recently extended final deadline of June 12, 2009. However, both stations qualified for Nightlight status, so instead of powering down at the moment of truth, the analog signals were suddenly switched to a brief NAB public service Nightlight video explaining the digital transition. (I cut the bulk of the NAB video so I could get the highlights into one file; the full NAB Nightlight video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =MXvA2IYAyt8 ).

After the ID card was a Spanish Nightlight video (this time with English subtitles), and later on with an interpreter using American Sign Language. These videos will play in a continuous loop on both channels for the next 30 days (barring emergencies), after which their OTA analog signals will go dark forever. This makes 45 and 48 the first broadcast channels in the Piedmont Triad market to go digital-only.

Update 2/18: Jerseyman4 completes the "set" with the WXLV switchoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =kZXkc2j3bQk

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It just doesn't feel like the holidays without Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly "On The Night Before Christmas." This part features Ken Darby's musical arrangement of everybody's favorite Santa poem. With Billy Mills and his Orchestra, vocals by the King's Men (Ken Darby (bass), Bud Linn (top tenor), Rad Robinson (baritone), and Jon Dodson (second tenor)). Script by Don Quinn, original music composed by Ken Darby. This is an audio-only clip; don't panic. Merry Christmas, ya darned old Internet. :)

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It just doesn't feel like the holidays without Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly "On The Night Before Christmas." Script by Don Quinn. This is an audio-only presentation; don't panic. If you're familiar with this recording, the song (Ken Darby's musical arrangement of everybody's favorite Santa poem) is in part 2 (at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =aqfGKI3_Kas ). Merry Christmas, ya darned ol' Internet. :)

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The Raymond Scott Quintette

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It's raining in California and inside Craig Ferguson's studio.

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.Much to Johnny Carson's chagrin, NBC destroyed all his early Tonight Show video tapes. This clip of Johnny and Stan, reported to be the only existing color Tonight Show video of that era, was captured with remarkable clarity by David Crosthwait of DC Video, Los Angeles, from a forty-four year old, 2" quad tape. More info on www.zabka.com.

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