WNJS-TV 23 Sign-off

Here is another Channel 23 sign off that I found in my collection. It uses the "Positively New Jersey" film short followed by older NJN graphics. This clip is cut off at the end.

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• WNJS
• TV
• sign-off
• sign off

[jerseyboy75]

At 55 seconds isnt that dudley from Different Strokes?

[TechnerVideo]

Yep, it sure looks like him.

[customagent74]

At the end of this song on the last note, I used to interupt the signal w/2 quick hits as a way to say "goodnight" to my girlfriend (now wife) living in Wildwood at the beach when I was on duty in Trenton at the end of the broadcast day. We had a long distance relationship then and only saw each other on weekends. I always wondered if anyone noticed and nobody from NJN ever caught it. Around 1997/98 I did this on the WNJS feed which served S. Jersey. She would sit up and wait for my 2 "flashes".

[TechnerVideo]

I knew the engineer of WNJS. His initals were C.L. and he owned WCSD-FM in Warminster. I worked on that station.

[MissTarinJade]

I used to watch this sign-off every night when I was little and I would sing along with the song. We had WNJT-Channel 52 in my area. The sunset ending was also featured on our sign-offs.

I think we still have this on videotape somewhere.

[xanfan5378]

@customagent74 You know what? I remember those flashes! :) How sweet to know what they were really for!

[IceManNYR]

Thanks for posting this! I'll miss NJN once it goes off the air on Friday.

[mikejt]

i can remember staying in wildwood as a child during the summer and i would listen to this song every night while i waited for this channel to switch over to a channel called the box which showed music videos. one of my happiest childhood memories

[BradTheProducer]

1:59 - Steve Jobs?!

[AlwaysLearning2K]

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who used to stay up just to watch this. I remember I was 15 years old at gradma's house and she only had an old UHF/VHF television and I would wait for this song before going to bed. I miss the days when stations used to sign off. These days everything is 24/7 and TV is no exception. Thanks for posting (and for memories).

[walkerth58]

Dudley, nah, I dunno who is it but it's not Dudley!

[NGSPC4Life]

I remember seeing this on saturday after "the red green show" i use to stay tuned to watch the sign off