WNYW SIGN ON

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[VINNIE316]

What happened to the sign offs they dnt even do them anymore it's been a trademark staple for yearsssssssss !!!!!!!! where they go ?

[johnissoevil]

@wmbrown6 Too bad not all NYC stations used this, because unlike the standard test pattern, this would not have scared the crap out of me. :-)

[wmbrown6]

@johnissoevil - This was an NTSC version of the Philips PM5544 test pattern, which was very rare. CKY in Winnipeg, Manitoba, also used this pattern in this form, as you'll see if you check around.

[johnissoevil]

Bizarre looking test pattern. I remember in the MetroMedia days less than a year earlier, they had the color bars across the screen with WNEW-TV's logo superimposed. This had to be 86, because it's after the switch to FOX/WNYW and before the new SSB film that was also on WTAF Philly.

[TheNewGateStudios]

Great bringing back the "Caissons"/"Flag Evolution SSB" with shots of New Jersey to go with it! IT was a classic New York SSB film and will never be forgotten!

[wmbrown6]

@NEPatriot - It's supposed to be 1 kHz. Of course, with analogue taping, especially VHS or Beta sans hi-fi audio, the frequency tends to wobble.

[NEPatriot]

Is it me, or foes that tone in the beginning sound kind of weird? wmbrown, any gauge on the frequency of it?

[MSTS1]

That's a good one Ray, (well, all your stuff is...)

[wmbrown6]

Within a few months of this sign-on (more specifically, June of 1986), WNYW reverted to the original filmed "Flag Evolution" SSB that was used in its entirety up to 1978; this, per:

watch?v=n04NWWvpezE

[DanZero77]

Not only was this a nice find, I love all the older - styled scenery in the America montage.