WTNH Sign-Off c. 1984

[4evernate28]

Wow. What IS that song? Sounds like Stevie Wonder, though I know it isn't him...

[CBSJokersWildFan]

@4evernate28 It's "Blue Lick" by Bob James from the album "Lucky Seven." Beautiful piece of music.

[GamingPalooza]

i love how they give all the speculations and details at the end

[wmbrown6]

The V/O for the "Connecticut High School Bowl" promo sounded like Ray Marlin, whose voice was familiar as weekend announcer on WOR-TV (Ch. 9) in New York. I wonder, was it?

[noahf67]

Sure sounds like him...!

[11216752]

Re: Telecasts of the present:

I think they pre-record the traffic lady's report, then show itat a speeded up pace. Her lips are not in sequence with the audio.

[streetsim]

My school is the one in the middle... looks exactly the same.

[ooxcfhxoo]

is it hamden high?

[thisisairick]

yea, the one in the middle is hamden high school.

[tigergogoradio]

I live in New Haven and my husband graduated from Hamden High!

[sofaspud5710]

no anthem ??

[NEPatriot]

By 1983 I think they did away with the National Anthem.

[wb8976]

Where did you find this? The quality is excellent!

[amnewsboy]

For some reason, a 3/4" tape of stuff from WFSB and WTNH is in our newsroom. No idea why, but this was on it.

[thisisairick]

HAHA...I love the music they used...so 80s. Someone needs to find an open to Action News from 84 or 85.

[WhatsAYak]

Here in NY (Long Island), we got WTNH on our cable system until 1988, when it was displaced in favor of a then-new cable channel called TNT. And I remember that Sunday afternoon staple High School Bowl, as well...was hosted by Action News sportscaster Bob Picozzi, I believe.

[NEPatriot]

Nope, that would be Kenn Venit, the man who as anchor/reporter at 8 bought Action News to Channel 8.

I can never get his stern "five points off on the interruption" whenever a team jumped the gun on High School Bowl out of my head.

[WhatsAYak]

Ah...thought it might have been Kenn something, but wasn't sure if it was just a fuzzy memory or what. And yeah, I remember that catchphrase of his as well...LOL

[NEPatriot]

WOW--I remember this one. Before cable came into my house, WTNH was the only CT station I could get, even though it was slightly snowy on the picture. At the time this came out, Channel 8 was owned by Cap Cities.

[gjc]

Hopefully other CT stations will eventually be posted such as WFSB, WEDH, WTXX, and WVIT as I remember seeing WFSB, WEDH, and WTXX signoffs when I was on vacation in Easthampton, MA in the 90s. Unfortunately, WVIT wasn't carried on cable up there. Same with WTNH. I've read descriptions elsewhere on how they signed off.