WENH-11 NH - Sign-Off 1991

[GDelva2003]

I used to hear that MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour theme alot in the '90's!

[igobeyontv]

Oh the 90's...How I miss you so!

[Dan1988A]

re 5:17 - 8:53: Beautiful sign-off, MSTS1 - reminds me of the CBC/Radio-Canada sign-offs, to a degree, as well as WSBE-TV's/Rhode Island PBS's old sign-offs. What is the name of the piece of music from 5:43 to 7:55, by the way? It's very beautiful.

[MSTS1]

@Dan1988A - Sorry, I don't know the name of it; only heard it here..

[Prionic77]

@Dan1988A @Dan1988A The show's theme song is Isao Tomita's electronic rendition of Claude Debussy's Arabesque No. 1, from Tomita's album Snowflakes Are Dancing. According to the Star Gazer website, this is the most frequently asked question the producers receive, according to wiki. Hope that helps.

[MrSirosis1]

I remember late afternoons back in the 80's, when sesame street ended, the McNeil/ Lehrer news hour started. From a 3 year olds perspective, that really sucked!

[Videoloverfan2011]

Pepsis Rocks!

[NMNHTV13]

Can someone please explain to me why I can't the HD channel for NHPTV especially where I live next door to Durham??

Comcast doesn't carry it up here, but back home in Gloucester I could get NHPTV's HD signal but not WGBH-HD. I also pulled in the CBC french feed.

Am I missing something???

[pancakeman22]

Yes, you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dan1988A]

@NMNHTV13 You're not the only one with that problem. Here in Pawtucket, thanks to the digital TV transition, I can sporadically get WGBH-TV and WSBE-TV (aka Rhode Island PBS), but not WGBX-TV (then again, CBC/Radio-Canada is not offered at all in RI, neither from Montréal, Ottawa, or Toronto). Then again, I do use an indoor amplified antenna when in my area I should be using an outside rooftop antenna instead, so it may be a factor.

[Metlhd313]

Got any clips of New Hampshire Crossroads?

[NEUDude]

Does anyone know the name of the piece of music used during the sign-off? It brings back memories of when I was little.

[myronfalwell]

Jack Horkheimer's still at it, as energetic as ever. Fortunately, my local PBS member station (WVIZ) carries it every Sunday night.

[Prionic77]

@myronfalwell

I've been watching old Jack on our PBS station since I was a child and it's still great to see him after all these years. Too bad the full episode wasn't shown.. Would have been great to see it.

[TheLegendfamily]

@Prionic77: RIP Jack, ye will be missed.

[Miketheyoutubization]

I started watching The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour on October 13, 1994.

[disneyfan85]

For a time, thanks to the funding for Pepsico, I was obsessed with Pepsi. Now, I'm more obsessed with Coca-Cola.

[newscaster13]

I have heard that 1983-2007 version of the NewsHour theme from Bernard Hoffer.

But I have never heard anything like this (past the 1:55 mark).

I love it, love it, love it!!!

[pbscraze]

That PepsiCo funding made me hungry! My stomach's growling like MAD!

[RABBIDGamfan]

One really awesome thing about WNEH is that they show all sorts of old programs between 1 AM and 5:30 AM, with no sponsor credits, promos, or even station IDs in between, some of the time! It's like stepping back in a time machine and witnessing PBS's past.

In fact, just last month (december 2008), I caught a five episode marathon of Bill Nye the Science Guy! :D

[BuddyBoy600]

That was great. But now that NHPTV's New logo is the two dots on the N and H.

[PatGleeson123]

Gotta love the Isao Tomita music during 'Star Hustler' :-)

[tomjru]

Thanks a lot for showing the pepsico and the logos in which it came out of the small earth ball!! I remember that a long time ago. The Macneil/Lehrer newshour is a very good news report show. I also remember seeing the number 1-800-328-PBS-1.

[gshowguy]

I really dig that WPBT logo...

[KikiG1rl]

Nice to see the original CPB circle and text in a 6AM background

[werenotcrows]

I don't remember this at All!

[MSTS1]

There was on this video the Pepsico etc. piece (shown) also at the beginning, maybe a couple locals too, but this clip was too long and I needed to shorten it a bit. As is, its running around 9 mins.

[PGMEagle]

ahhhhh I use to sit up every night and watch Star Hustler when I was a kid and then the station sign off for my PBS station what memories when stations signed off

[Ian16545]

I wonder if anyone's got the funding credits from the NewsHour, involving the PepsiCo plug with someone's hands fiddling around with the logos for each of the company's divisions...

[ajaugenti]

Awesome video! I miss living in New Hampshire since we've moved to North Carolina 20 years ago! I miss the winter seasons epecially the summer & fall including the lakes too as well! Thank you so much for posting this video, it means a great deal for me to get a small piece of home! Anita

[Benhalllums1]

Even Though "New Hampshire Public Television Channel 11" signed off after The Star Gazer Show. Robert MacNeil Retired in 1996.

[knicksfan89]

this day was my 7th birthday

[tkaye2]

Ah... a decent-length cut of the great Bernard Hoffer "NewsHour" theme. I'd love to hear the original version used during the first several years of the broadcast... according to an interview with Hoffer that's online, it had more of a rock flavor with electric guitar and piano instead of an orchestra.

[Punkghost21]

the news hour with Jim Lehrer. look how young he is there!

[NEPatriot]

I remember seeing this sign-off during a visit to Boston. The part about the tech specs of the 3 NHPTV Stations is new to me.