CBWT Sign-Off (1989)

[chillaxer1993]

I've actually never heard the canadian national anthem, a very proud national anthem! and a country of some of the nicest people i know! hi from your southern neighbor!

[WestWash97]

CBWT has always been on Channel 6, cancanboy66. Channel 2 is the cable channel (ex: CBRT, UHF 9/Cable 6).

[fullmoondrivein]

I was thinking of O Canada and the Vancouver Winter Olympics.Do any stations still sign off in Canada?

[ddavenport]

You'll see the same national anthem montage for Vancouver 2010!

[WestWash97]

Does CBC Manitoba serve the Dakotas, eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, and northwestern Minnesota with Winniprg being in SOUTHERN Manitoba? If not, could they add transmitters throughout these states along with southeastern Saskatchewan (the end being Rts. 39 and 18) and studios at Bismarck, ND and Sioux Falls, SD (Minneapolis and Billings are too far from Winnipeg) to extend its coverage to include parts of the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, northwestern Iowa, and northern Nebraska?

[tomtrh]

The sign-off is voiced by Tom McCullough.

[mpis]

Nice sign-off, especially "O Canada" on the during the 1988 WInter Olympics in Calgary.

[RetroWinnipeg]

The song is "Crazy for You" by Earl Klugh. Now, I'm trying to find the sign-on music for this era. I think it's the same artist, but it's more of an early morning beat (not South American flavor, general sounding). Maybe someone who remember the sign-on could help me out?

[toastichedu]

@RetroWinnipeg I just posted the CBWT Sign On video that has that music you speak of, but I don't know what the song or who the artist is.

[RetroWinnipeg]

@RetroWinnipeg It's been found out that the sign-on music 198?-1993 was California Roll by Lee Ritenour.

[ikarus366]

Is this the same version played at Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics?

[aric2007]

03:26... Flags of Greece, Canada, and France and the Cauldron.

[cancanboy66]

CBC Winnipeg was Channel 6? I thought it was always Channel 2 when did the switch take place?

[RetroWinnipeg]

CBC Manitoba is over-the-air on channel 6, and has always been on cable on channel 2.

[cancanboy66]

Ah thanks for clearing that up :)

[alymonkee]

retrowinnipeg get me one with color bars still used in some regions please pretty please test pattern early 2000's

[JBird30761]

These 1989 scenes version was videotaped, where as the 1986 scenes were filmed. I love the music, too, thanks for this great clip!

[shobielim]

THIS SIGN-OFF FROM CBC TV-6 FROM DECEMBER 24 1989.

Thanks for the

cilps of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

[misterspiffy]

I am still looking for the version of O Canada used in the 70s and 80s with the kids singing in front of the Parliament Buildings and the 70s version on film featuring various regions of Canada with just the music no words.

[ZackT618]

This sign off announcer sounds eeriely like Peter Jennings.

[wmbrown6]

I.I.N.M., the announcer signing off CBWT on Dec. 24, 1989 was (since retired) staffer Lionel Moore, from what I recall.

[dome1972]

I thought it sounded like Peter Gzosky (SP) of CBC radio.

[benjaminrowley78]

I also like the anthem with the highlight of the Calgary Olympics it bring back a lot of memories

[benjaminrowley78]

I love the music

[henrytvwhiz]

Was this used by CBC stations back then, or is this locally produced?

[RetroWinnipeg]

This was locally produced. Other stations, including CBMT at least, used their own sign-off video.

[signoff12]

i want more CBC sign-offs from the 80's

[CelesteK]

Oh yes. I was 13 back then and I wondered what the hell that synth music was.

[wb8976]

At the end of this clip, there is a CBC slide with three different tones played. What do these signify?

[airodyssey]

I guess they are tones to shut down radiotransmitters by distance. Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[wmbrown6]

I measured the tones to be 1900, 900 and 450 Hz, respectively.

[toastichedu]

@wb8976 A technician friend of mine who worked for CBC told me that those three tones at the end was a code for the computers at transmitters not to call out that the transmitter was off the air. If the transmitter goes down its supposed to send out a page to the technician. The codes stop that from happening when the transmitter went off the air at night. The morning sign on had three different tones to put the computer back on "downtime" alert.

[tvwhiz]

Do you have a video of the CBC Winnipeg test pattern from 1989?

[RetroWinnipeg]

I don't have a copy of the test patten from 1989. The station would have no signal at all when it was off the air. However, 15 minutes before sign-on, there was the color bars with a 24-hour clock (hh:mm:ss) and Winnipeg on the bottom right corner. Look at "24Hours Late Nite - CBC Winnipeg Gets Newsworld Show"

[alymonkee]

i need a cbc test pattern still used in some regions color bars early 2000's

[tvwhiz]

I give this video a 4 out of 5 stars. At the beginning of your sign-off video for CBC Winnipeg from 1989, it has a cool CBC ident refracting the glass logo and CBC patterns. I'd like to see all four CBC glass logo idents in different colours, one I'd like to see in rainbow colours of pink, yellow, and blue.

[rjsbird287]

You're not the only one who wants to see those. They're in turquoise, purple/blue (like we saw on this), rainbow as you mentioned, also black/purple, and I think it may have also been in yellow, too. I'm not sure, though. Great video, I missed this, it's cool seeing the sign off of Winnipeg's CBC station in 1989.

[RetroWinnipeg]

black/purple: http://www.youtube(dot)com/wat­ch?v=m2Y_OnHL7yg

turquoise: http://www.youtube(dot)com/wat­ch?v=RBeWwGV0ppg

The Bill Dulmage Radio & Television Archive used to have a CBMT sign-on with the rainbow ident. However, I can no longer find it.