Yes, they started using this sign off in the summer of 2008. They usually sign off sometime in the 2 AM hour, and sign on at 5 AM Saturday Mornings, and 4:30 AM on Sunday Mornings.
I have it on tape when they signed off and there was severe weather in the area. It was on 5/9/09, and they kept the crawl on the screen, and the radar was on the state of Virginia. WTKR is the only station in Hampton Roads to sign off regularly. WVEC signs off only during daylight savings time in March and November. WAVY stays on all the time. Both those stations would do a crawl too if there was overnight severe weather.
I am surprised, Hampton Roads, and Norfolk, and Virginia Beach are pretty densely populated areas.
RVDMISSISSAUGAKID 1 year ago
Will try to signoff 12
THENTENT 2 years ago
Yes, they started using this sign off in the summer of 2008. They usually sign off sometime in the 2 AM hour, and sign on at 5 AM Saturday Mornings, and 4:30 AM on Sunday Mornings.
THENTENT 2 years ago
I have it on tape when they signed off and there was severe weather in the area. It was on 5/9/09, and they kept the crawl on the screen, and the radar was on the state of Virginia. WTKR is the only station in Hampton Roads to sign off regularly. WVEC signs off only during daylight savings time in March and November. WAVY stays on all the time. Both those stations would do a crawl too if there was overnight severe weather.
THENTENT 2 years ago
@THENTENT can you upload the sign-off with the crawl??
signoff12 2 years ago
what if they signed-off and there was overnight severe weather????(would it just be a crawl, or a emergency sign-on for cut-in?)
signoff12 2 years ago
Depends on the severity. There is protocol in place to do cut ins should conditions warrant.
BlaineStewartWTKR 2 years ago
The gap between sign-off and sign-on couldn't have been more than an hour.
dan1701a 2 years ago
More like 90 minutes. I also love how they say "tomorrow", when they actually signed off at 3:00a, and then back on at 4:30a.
hkfreak 2 years ago