TV Sign-Off Analog Shutdowns in Los Angeles 6-12-2009

[mitalca35]

Ah, the people at KTLA celebrating like it's New Years Eve.

[d4MLiVE1]

If you could only do something like this for every city in America...

[LuisBelmontShow]

You forgot KMEX, KFTR, KVEA, KWHY, and KRCA.

[wattehel]

@LuisBelmontShow

I only had 4 VCR's and a DVR, and I didn't know their sign off time.

[LandondeeL]

It would have been great for one of the stations, KABC preferably, to sign off the analog age with "Mickey's Gala Premiere"....much like what happened to BBC-TV back in '39!

[geekgirltv2011]

@LandondeeL it is now the present day and that clip you're talking about did not air in the present day. the digital age era has "The Chew" on ABC which premiered monday september 26 2011 and airs informercials like FOX which is still on the air since January 3 2009.

[LessonNumber1]

kcet is an independant station now!

[geekgirltv2011]

@LessonNumber1 your right, my favorite is KCBS (used the same nightlight as WNBC in NYC from 4:26 to 4:32!)

[eTomodachi04]

Well...ít´s done!..But what about my country (El Salvador)???

[SmashCOBamberg]

Lol our local station just kinda quit

[uedsonjunior]

That was a good work. Congratulations from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That`s television history.

[JT2095]

0:38 whoops a bomb went off

[ILoveLogos75]

OH NO! THE END OF ANALOG TELEVISION IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOO!

[howellfilm]

Nice job with the video (it obviously took you a lot of work)! But, after seeing how other stations around the country did their analog signoffs, I'm a bit disappointed with LA's stations! Take a look at New York's WNBC! Thanks for the upload!

[MsGeek703]

KTLA, the first analog TV station, said bye bye to Analog in the classiest way.

[digitalmasterdata]

super great and excellent ! :) THX

[lennyzero]

Nicely edited together Wattehel! Really shows how much the switchover means to the USA. I just wish that the shutdowns in the UK would be celebrated as much as they have been in the US! You guys switched overnight, we've got 2 more years before the entire country is switched over and we've been doing it for 3 years already!

[kisrms]

Fuck digital, digital sucks!

[Macintosh3745]

@kisrms I agree!

[hilarioph]

The Philippines will have a 1st

Digital tv by 2015

[jason24568]

On KTLA-TV, Why they put a demo for converter box? (in digital portion)

A. To rescan other channels?

B. For other TVs don't have a converter box? (example: for child's room without converter box)

C. All of the above

[RetroBoyWontDie]

Nice stuff, wattehel. Esp. poignant to have Stan Chambers be physically involved in the changeover. Glad Leslie Sykes used "end of an era," because it really was one that only techies could truly appreciate.

[dianablanton1984]

Good post! Thanks for sharing the analog shutoff in Los Angeles!

PS: I DID hear REM before you muted the KTLA portion, but at least this video is still up there... :-)

[jason24568]

They must skip from KTLA5news' credit instead of muting the song in the credits

[cbehr91]

It sounds like you need to run a head cleaner through your HR-S10000Us.

[PointlessHP]

The KOCE one was hilarious.

[glitterbear101234]

I FREAKING LUV KCET LOGOS xD im a messed up girl! xDD

[bigdanisstillalive]

KTLA's sign-off was the best of that bunch I reckon. Nice job.

[VideoloverFan2008]

Can You Upload Reupload The Video With The Song It's The End Of The World Okay!

[wattehel]

I could but then the whole video would have no sound because YouTube would mute it.

[wattehel]

Yes it seems they kept it off until the end of the news then went into nightlight mode. Ch.2&4 are also in nightlight.

[bluorangefyre]

Did I see correctly, that KTLA's analog signal actually came back on after a few minutes?

[cbehr91]

It wasn't KTLA's programming. That was a short informational film about the DTV changeover and how to upgrade.

[jsimone6]

Ch 5 knows how to end an era... great video..