WOC TV 6 Davenport sign-off 1980s

unfortunately truncated but here is the partial sign-off message circa the mid 1980s for Davenport's WOC TV (now better known as KWQC)

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[hvots]

I used to work the sign off in the 80's. When it was somenes last night at the station we used to do a quick edit job for the sign off. Those were the good old days !!

[robatsea2009]

@hvots I only wish the recording had been complete, as I appreciated the fact WOC was doing something different with their sign-off message

[duncombepat]

Nice job on this sign off...Ray Conniff's "Harmony". I like it! :

[wannawatchu66]

WOC had a "W" call sign in spite of Davenport being west of the Mississippi because when WOC-AM was issued its original license, the K/W boundary wasn't the Mississippi River; it was the western state lines of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The boundary was moved to the MS River in 1923, but not before licenses were issued for such stations as WRR and WFAA in Dallas, WBAP Fort Worth, WIL St. Louis, WCCO Minneapolis, and WHO Des Moines, among many others grandfathered.

[geoffds]

Wow...I haven't seen this since 1983 when I was in Kindergarten. This was also played in the mornings when the station signed back on.

[TomBarristerX]

It became KWQC in 1986. The AM and FM radio stations are still known as WOC. The (AM) radio station was one of the first in the country. At one time it was believed to be the second (commercial) radio station in existence (KDKA in Pittsburgh being the first); however, this was disproven by later research. It was the first station west of the Mississippi, and it's one of the few stations west of the Mississippi with a "W" prefix.

[EncoreEnterprisesLLC]

I didn't know Ray Conniff sun that tune. Thanks for the heads up. :)

BTW, Ray Conniff's Christmas music is the best.