WCBS-TV Sign-Off and Sign-On 1977 Complete

The New York flagship station of the CBS Television Network back when it signed off for one hour each morning at 5 AM. Complete with "Give Us This Day" (featuring a Rabbi), sign-off, National Anthem film, one minute of vintage black-and-white WCBS-TV test pattern, then the sign-on with the classic NAB Television Code Seal.

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• sign-off
• sign-on
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• rabbi
• test
• pattern

[tomovox]

I love those slides they created for the station- like viewing old family slides on a projector-except with a nice big "2" included!

[donm631]

I am so having flashbacks of my father asleep on the couch with the TV on. It would always be on channel 2. I would sometimes wake up and watch the National Anthem. Thanks for the memories.

[LandondeeL]

6:05 Uh-oh! Somebody there was asleep at the switch!

[TheRetro64]

@columbusmozart Actually the WCBS tone was an A natural.

[dyinglikeflies]

@zjc92 Funny! (And I don't compliment much).

[albear972]

The dude at 1:40 has a good Ron Burgundy look going.

[moxie96]

This was on my local network for cbs being channel 5 in san francisco. Surprised I remember this stuff from at nearly not even born yet. i guess it stayed the same long enough for me to remember.

[zjc92]

Know what I want to see before I go to sleep? Holocaust poem.

[happymundo]

Wow the old sign off, now everything has to be a frekin 24 hour info.

[TSMontana]

@303Gregg Goes to show you how much society has changed. It doesn't value "rest" as much as it used to. Now, everything is 24 hours a day...even the busiest city on the entire planet took time to rest back then.