The "music" was probably royalty-free stuff supplied to stations for commercial background sound. WKYH had no money for anything fancy, that is for sure.
It also makes me wonder how they handled the NBC network feed, whether the picture quality would improve when NBC programming came on, or if it was just same low quality as the rest of the station.
i worked as an engineer there in 1973. back then we picked up the network feed off the from wcyb in bristol or wlex in lexington.used a conrac tuner. picture was ok sometimes. gave us lots of headaches.
I remember watching WKYH back in the early 1980s. The NBC Network Feeds were as best as the station itself could broadcast them. The picture quality was often fine but I remember the Audio portion of the Network Feeds sounding like a 1960s Transistor Radio tuned to an AM Station. When WYMT signed on in 1986 the difference in the Video and Audio quality were night and day.
I presume then, that they were somehow waiting for a cue from WCYB or WLEX to join the NBC programming? It looks like it could explain the audio bleed-over after the music faded.
And that station ID slide... wow. Even *if* the transmitter was working perfectly, that's barely legible. I agree it has to date back to day one of the station. (And, too, there's the mountain-like logo at the top left corner, that was also a part of the news set on the signoff video.)
Someone must have been having trouble racking up the next program... I think I can even hear some stray audio from the VTR at the end of the clip, after the "musical interlude" (if you can call it that!)
The station ID slide definitely merits a "please do not adjust your set" warning!
@sygo7g KTTW in Sioux Falls, South Dakota could be a good candidate.
EncoreEnterprisesLLC 1 year ago
TV to chew tobacco by.
zekepig 2 years ago 7
ROFL!
I have to admit, I'm not a fan of WYMT, but this makes them look like a million bucks.
joyfulskies 2 years ago
Talk about Low Budget hehe
PGMEagle 3 years ago
I purchased a digital converter box yesterday
(2/14/09) and out of all the channels I found,
I could find no TV station anywhere near
as entertaining as the one in the WKYH
clips! OHHH NO! I'VE BEEN SCREWED!!
neighborhoodnobody 3 years ago 8
You have anymore possible wkyh tv clips from hazard.Any promos or clips.
chubwright 3 years ago
The "music" was probably royalty-free stuff supplied to stations for commercial background sound. WKYH had no money for anything fancy, that is for sure.
donmussell12 3 years ago
I was curious as to what the first of the instrumentals played during the prolong station I.D. was. For that matter, the second one as well.
wmbrown6 3 years ago
I believe the first track is a strange cover of "The Magnificent Seven" theme.
tkaye2 2 years ago
It certainly looks like they have been using that slide since they signed on!
EncoreEnterprisesLLC 3 years ago
It also makes me wonder how they handled the NBC network feed, whether the picture quality would improve when NBC programming came on, or if it was just same low quality as the rest of the station.
EncoreEnterprisesLLC 3 years ago
i worked as an engineer there in 1973. back then we picked up the network feed off the from wcyb in bristol or wlex in lexington.used a conrac tuner. picture was ok sometimes. gave us lots of headaches.
oldsoundguy 2 years ago
I remember watching WKYH back in the early 1980s. The NBC Network Feeds were as best as the station itself could broadcast them. The picture quality was often fine but I remember the Audio portion of the Network Feeds sounding like a 1960s Transistor Radio tuned to an AM Station. When WYMT signed on in 1986 the difference in the Video and Audio quality were night and day.
jv41653 2 years ago
I presume then, that they were somehow waiting for a cue from WCYB or WLEX to join the NBC programming? It looks like it could explain the audio bleed-over after the music faded.
And that station ID slide... wow. Even *if* the transmitter was working perfectly, that's barely legible. I agree it has to date back to day one of the station. (And, too, there's the mountain-like logo at the top left corner, that was also a part of the news set on the signoff video.)
myronfalwell 2 years ago
Someone must have been having trouble racking up the next program... I think I can even hear some stray audio from the VTR at the end of the clip, after the "musical interlude" (if you can call it that!)
The station ID slide definitely merits a "please do not adjust your set" warning!
tkaye2 3 years ago
Wow...some station! The modern equivalent would be KCPO-LP from Sioux Falls, SD. Lots of technical slip ups on that station.
EncoreEnterprisesLLC 3 years ago
BTW, I wonder what test pattern they used when they signed off? By the looks of it, it could have still been an old black & white test pattern.
EncoreEnterprisesLLC 3 years ago
I cant believe how snowy this is but it does bring back memories. I used to watch cartoons on Saturday morning.
solemasher 3 years ago