wnet 1980 sign off plus

one of the last clips i uploaded on the previous channel

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• wnet
• pbs
• 1980
• sign
• off
• tapthat2012

[johnissoevil]

You're not missing much these days. 13 and the rest of PBS has gone to crap in the last decade or so.

[cbsfm101]

I like the synthesizer music in the "Tonight on Thirteen" promo, as well as the Scrabble-board-like pattern.

[TaichiStraightlife]

I don't think this is from 1980... I was a TD there then, and I don't think Ann Pennypacker would've been a TD yet... not until maybe 1985 or later... still, a precious momento, thanks.-L.

[wmbrown6]

@JesseL85719 - "Matinee at the Bijou" was in B&W, but after it ended, WNET engineers apparently forgot to turn back on the chroma until midway through the checkerboarded "Thirteen" bumper as Pat Dawson announced the show would be back in two weeks.

[RGSJenkins88]

@johnissoevil WNET airs 4 hours a week of NJ issues, while WWOR airs 3 hours of NJ issues and small fraction of that is NJ news.

[johnissoevil]

@JesseL85719 From about 1999 until last year, Newark appeared nowhere in the legal ID, the IDs would always say "WNET Thirteen New York." The only time Newark would really be mentioned during that time was when they did the weekly sign off.  I just find it unfair that Lautinburg has been challenging WWOR-TV's license renewal since 07 by making untrue accusations about "lack of service to New Jersey," yet WNET gets away with very minimal attention to Newark.

[JesseL85719]

@johnissoevil WRONG! NYC respected their city of licensed and their own license was added to their logo at the bottom of their own city of license.

[JesseL85719]

Why is this video in black and white? I want to know because back then and now, they use color broadcasts. Don't believe me? See more 80's WNET videos and find out.

[SuperSpaceGirlTV]

I like the 80's music :)

[tanquantwal]

I remember this channel. I used to look at Sesame Street on it in the 80s.

[TheBRONXTHRUEXP]

When WNET used to sign-off,I often received WJZ Baltimore when it was an ABC affiliate,usually with very clear audio & video.I used to watch "The Eyewitness News Repeat".Also,tried for WNYT Albany,but never could get it due to it's lower power,directional antenna,and being more to the north-west than the other Albany stations (this was in order to protect WNET from interference).