Twin Cities public TV bids the analog era adieu

[kennyrocksable]

Hey Carl, i know you already did an ident timeline for this station, but this contains an id you missed, circa 1957. You could have started with this. I'm gonna email this to you in the hopes that you'll redo the timeline starting with the id seen in this video. Hope you enjoy it.

[SidFortune]

My pal Jeff Strate worked at Como with most of the folks listed by JRNipper. Strate told me in a dark saloon you've never heard of, that he was the last producer type to handle a KTCA project involving quad machine editing (maybe with Kaiser and Alan Moorman) and probably the first non-techie to work with 3/4 inch editing (with Moorman). Through the plumes of smoke wafting up from his cigar, I could detect expressions of profound affection for his colleagues, analogue & transmitters.

[JRNipper]

I had the honor of working as an Air Engineer and Air Director for KTCA/KTCI back in 1980 when the studio was at 1640 Como Ave. One of the best times of my life, with great friends such as Scott Constans, Pat Stanger, Jill Wiemer, Charlie Kyser, Elmer, Harry and of course, Tom Deyo their chief engineer at the time who hired me and was kind enough to give me a ride home on a snowy spring day in early April.

[duhCider]

I haven't cried this hard since the invention of silicone titties. Goodbye ol' friend.

[modman1234567]

Wow fallout shelter lol 1950's must of been a bitch!

[mnestic]

What a classy ending for a great channel. :)

[COMUNICACIONTV]

iteresante no conocia este canal

saludos desde mexico

itersting I derent know this chanel

gretings from mexico

[truepaths]

What worries is me, is *what we're going to do* when Skynet gains consciousness and the resistance needs to air clandestine signals. everyone will have digital TVs!! John Conner and all of humanity are screwed!!

[modman1234567]

lol;)

[tullio0]

Hehe. anybody recognized that song?

The final music is an orchestrated version of the old student song "Gaudeamus Igitur".

"Post jucundam juventutem

Post molestam senectutem

Nos habebit humus"

Indeed.

[Blue387]

Paul Wellstone at 1:06?

This was mentioned on the New York Times site, where I found this. I like how the station spend the time and effort for this classy end to an era.

[signoff12]

i didn't see this on my Directv service, but i love how they ended their analog history!

farewell analog.

[akbarbaby]

congrats

[kn3hvh]

Kudos to KCET! Classy and a grand way to say goodbye to Analog TV. We'll all be better off but its still a bit sad--like the passing of CW (morse code) from marine, military, and point-to-point radio a few years ago. Hopefully, we Ham operators will keep the analog flame alive, too. Just for fun.

Ned N3SGD

[SnaggyfromJoT]

love those retro graphics!

goodbye analogue... *sniff*

[ShawnPhillipsDVD]

Absolutely awesome!