KLRU analog sign-off

One minute after midnight on April 16th, 2009 KLRU ceased analog transmission. As a tribute to the station's history this original sign-off message was aired.

Before stations were broadcasting around the clock they were required to "sign off" before ending the broadcast day. These were often patriotic images put to the music of the Star Spangled Banner. This KLRN/KLRU sign-off is no exception and may be a trip down memory lane for many KLRU fans. This analog sign-off was broadcast from the original 2 tape, eschewing fancy digital technology one last time.

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[KLRU]

The date on our tape is 1981 but the video is older than that.

[nofrig]

WHAT THE HELL, THIS ISN'T TH' NATIONAL ANTH- oh, it's the fourth verse.

[JoeytheHDK]

Very nice and classy. I don't think I've ever heard any other than the first verse to the National Anthem sung before.

[JesseL85719]

@KLRU What date is it?

[MuffinDrumful]

Nice acoustic version of the antem

[SailorCallie]

@JohnnyDart76 South Central Texas, but you were close.

[JohnnyDart76]

@nrox653: You gotta remember though, this is Southwest TX we're talking about here.

[pvx]

Kudos to KLRU for airing their vintage signoff (and direct from the 2" quad tape of it even, just as it was done back then, no digital video servers here) to commemorate the end of analog tv. A fitting tribute, well done.

[richartrod]

A very classy farewell to the analog era. Per other posts, did this run without a voice-over announcer on the final station ID at the end, or was it done before the video? I am assuming back in the day when this aired at sign-off in the 1970's it did have an announcer.

It was a classy sendoff, just like WSRE in Pensacola and Georgia Public Broadcasting's WGTV.

[SailorCallie]

It's the first verse that everyone's familar with.

[Jerseysson27]

Classic response. But i think it sounds like joni mitchell or something who singing it.

[Jerseysson27]

Very nice, who sang this version? Joni Mitchell or someone of that similar?