WPIX Signon - July '93

WPIX sign on that includes a copyright notice and transmitter info. Broadcast on 7/5/93.

WPIX now transmits its signal from the Empire State Building.

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[SuperAdventures]

Few if ant NYC stations do sign on/offs anyone don't they??? I know WPIX doesn't, as they run through the night with either old sitcom re-runs of paid programming, the mortal enemy of sign on/offs. :) Thanks to infomercials the art of sign on/offs is dying. Nice early '90's WPIX ID too. WAs this recorded off of antenna, I can kinda figure by the shaky picture. Thanks!

[bostonnewsarchives]

Actually, I should have mentioned that WPIX didn't sign off prior to this "sign on". This aired at/around midnight in the middle of a Twilight Zone marathon. And this was recorded from cable, not off air. The shaky picture is most likely from the quality of the tape which is now 13+ years old. Thanks for your comment!

[jmar1973]

Wow..

From the days when channels actually used to sign off!

The first thing I'd see after a summertime all nighter of Atari,or I guess in this case Super Nintendo,LOL..

[asnycnow15]

back then,every station [including WPIX,WNYW,WWOR] had their transmitter @WTC untill 2000,2001[before 9/11]when WABC,WNBC,[WWOR,WPXN,WNET,WLIW etc...]moved theirs to the empire state building ,when the towers came down some stations lost 1/2 of their signal....

[naganofan1]

this is my birthday 7/5/93

[CelesteK]

Not anymore it doesn't.

[oreochick24]

The North Tower. The one with the antenna.

[soneyo]

The best Signon from July 1993.

[nikkotg13]

what tower of the world trade center did it transmit from

[garrisonskunk]

I have a few of these on tapes I made in the early 90s. WPIX wouldn't actually sign-off, they'd have something like a rerun of "Trapper John, MD" air from 5AM - 6AM, air this, then air something like "Farm Report" or "Siskel and Ebert" at 6AM

[JMFabianoRPL]

Can Ralph sound less enthusiastic?

[MadScout]

I don't the Peace Tower will be transmitting anything when it erected in 2011 because broadcast TV stations are going fully digital. Unless you have a digital TV or digital receiver by Feb 2009, you're screwed when watching TV.