WKFT-TV 40, Fayetteville NC Sign-Off & Sign-On 1993

[HS32153]

mMan this brings back ol' memories. WKFT-40 was the channel I watched for Charlotte Hornets basketball and Baltimore Orioles baseball. Man I miss those days.

[vtecivicsib18]

thanks for the stupid memory

[neonoc]

OH SNAP! The nostalgia is choking me! I remember during summer break as a kid, I went through this weird phase of watching Sign-Offs and -Ons. The hardest part wasn't staying up late or waking up early, it was trying explain to my mom why I thought it was cool.

Oh and TV-40 got me hooked on Blinky Bill!

[mnestic]

I used to stay up late and watch them, too, and still think they're cool. I never bothered to explain it to my parents because I didn't know how, either. :)

[utubesnamepolsux]

Brax: you did those on an Amiga, didn't you?

[braxjim]

I remember making all these things. the Hollerin' promo. the Durham Bulls and The sign off and sign on. Every time one of the repeaters changed or something we had to redo them. I could usually just edit my voice over and freeze a frame but sometimes we had to start from scratch. We had very few special effects. Check out more WKFT stuff on Facebook under WKFT Alumni.

[loganfield]

@braxjim Do you have the two times I let boobs on the air accidentally? Threw my ass out the door.

[KOFILMSANDMEDIA]

was that how long it was really off?

[kwardlaw1]

I interned in the news department at 40 in 1985 and got my first job there in 1986. The one good guy there was a photog named Mike White. Another guy that I will not name was a racist ass! They made me hungry for a career in TV though

[rockergirl83]

Only one time in my life have I ever seen a sign off. And that was in the late 80's early 90's. I didn't know stations were still doing that.

[daarknlovlee]

I loved this channel...and I remember being devastated when it went off of the air for good.For those of us who didn't have cable in those days..it was our clearest channel we could receive.Damn...I miss that MATLOCK.We miss you WKFT 40.

So long faithful friend.

[tonytarheel55]

i miss the old hornets games they use to show on there too.

[ddavenport]

Where was Spivey's Corner, exactly?

[Jnelson09Returns]

Northwest Sampson County. Approximately 35-40 miles southeast of Raleigh.

[huggyface]

Spivey's Corner, where they have some "HOLLERIN" contest every year...no?

[Jnelson09Returns]

Not just "some" Hollerin' Contest. THE National Hollerin' Contest.

[jjbrien]

can somebody please tell me what HOLLERIN is?

[Jnelson09Returns]

Yelling, screaming, shouting...

[tonytarheel55]

like when you having a great orgasm!

[Canesfan7012]

maybe the made another one

[Jnelson09]

No, they didn't replace the one from Bull Durham until they built their new stadium in 1995-96. I'm a Mudcats supporter, by the way.

[Canesfan7012]

I womder if thats the bull from Bull Durham

[Jnelson09]

I'm pretty sure it is.

[zetareticuli4]

I remember "T.V. Pow" with this animated character named Barney....Barney's Army. My gosh...thanks for the memories....

[huggyface]

I remember "Barney's Army", too! ;-) It featured Woody Woodpecker cartoons and "Barney" actually talked to kids who wrote to him! It aired on then NBC affiliate WPTF, now MyNetwork WRDC-TV (28).

[Galbraith4570]

Barney's Army........I would love to see Barney one more time.

[Attmay]

watch?v=EC2qOq543m0

[djmmcee]

OMG... somebody who remembers Barney's Army... I used to love "TV Pow!"

[loganfield]

I used to work there with Jim in production. That was my first TV job. I also knew Cindy at the top of this clip. My job was to cut promos and edit movies...let's say I missed a couple of shots that should have been edited out in a movie and moved on to other things....fun job, though! Hi Jim, if you ever read this....

[jellyeggs]

WKFT is actually now WUVC, an "O&O" of Univision, the top Spanish-language media programmer in the U.S.

[huggyface]

I remember when that took place, in June 2003. I really do miss the old WKFT, though. It had some cool shows that many stations won't carry these days. Many stations now show mostly crap.