V/O for the signoff announcement was done by Channel 13's principal news anchor Don Alhart (who's still with the station). Callsign has changed to WHAM-TV as the station has changed hands a couple of times in the last 18 years--although it's still an ABC affiliate, as it has been since it signed on for the first time 48 years ago.
Wow! I've been looking for this version of "The Star Spangled Banner" forever. It's probably my favorite instrumental rendition. When I was a young kid in the '70s, I have fond memories seeing it played when WLVI-TV 56 in Boston went on the air early in the morning on Saturday or Sunday. How I'd love to find and download a clean, crisp copy of it. Such great shots of nature!
What's the name of the music at 0:32 ??
ws9ca 8 months ago
@ws9ca It's Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade.
ws9ca 5 months ago
Does anyone know of any other stations(besides this and the Field/Kaiser stations),
that used the Sierra Club SSB?
pussycat41 9 months ago
@pussycat41 KBSC
geekgirltv2011 7 months ago
V/O for the signoff announcement was done by Channel 13's principal news anchor Don Alhart (who's still with the station). Callsign has changed to WHAM-TV as the station has changed hands a couple of times in the last 18 years--although it's still an ABC affiliate, as it has been since it signed on for the first time 48 years ago.
BobWXXI 1 year ago
Wow! I've been looking for this version of "The Star Spangled Banner" forever. It's probably my favorite instrumental rendition. When I was a young kid in the '70s, I have fond memories seeing it played when WLVI-TV 56 in Boston went on the air early in the morning on Saturday or Sunday. How I'd love to find and download a clean, crisp copy of it. Such great shots of nature!
sliv812 2 years ago
The shot of the seagulls flying over the water is just gorgeous. :)
CelesteK 3 years ago
I remember waking up in the middle of the night and seeing this a few times when I was (much) younger.
fanotv 3 years ago 2
WKBD did use that back when they owned by kaiser Broadcasting. And when they signed off they began with O Canada, then the Sierra Club video.
SWhit62030 3 years ago
And I thought the Sierra Club SSB film was only seen on Field Communications stations like WLVI Boston, WFLD Chicago and the late WKBS Philly!!!
NEPatriot 3 years ago
Did WKBD Detroit and KBHK San Francisco use the Sierra Club "SSB" during Field days?
wmbrown6 3 years ago
I don't about the other outlets, but WKBD was using the Sierra Club SSB when they were a Kaiser station
SWhit62030 2 years ago
Ah, so that leaves KBHK as the only question mark about the Sierra Club "SSB" vis-a-vis Kaiser / Field days.
wmbrown6 2 years ago