WNBC(TV) analog nightlight shutdown - the final 2 minutes

This really IS the end of WNBC's analog broadcasts on channel 4 in New York. The station ceased regular analog programming on the channel on June 12, 2009 at 12:30PM. For the next 2 weeks, a loop of DTV instructional videos played, then on June 26 at 10:58 AM, it ended like this.
This is the last 2 minutes, picking up with the end of the last cycle of the NAB's DTV video. What followed was some black, some bars, a variation of a 1970's WNBC-TV test pattern, a brief logo montage, then analog hash. Note that there's no audio with the bars, black or the TP. Other than the server which played back the videos, there were no devices in the nightlight equipment chain that could generate audio. This is the extended version, (the shorter, final 1-minute version is also available here) which shows in real time the transition from nightlight to GOODBYE.

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[title26]

why is there a PAL test pattern?

[kiotr2009]

¿ PAL is a television transmission standard, not a flavor of test pattern.

[oiromaha]

wait a minute... The NAB guy said that this message would repeat itself again an a few minutes. It never did. The NAB guy lied to me!

But on a another note, thanks for uploading this video! NBC have proven it still has some class up at 30 Rock. At least it didn't pull a WNYW and just cut power at the end of a show.

BTW: I was kidding about the NAB guy. It was a joke. A bad joke, but a joke.

[MultiJesse1995]

every time it would say goodbye, i would press the shift button, and it would go static. then, at the end, i would say WHOO-HOO!!!!!!! I DID IT!!! I MADE THE SWITCH!!!!!!!

[MultiJesse1995]

0:00 to 0:20 - end of english nab video

0:21 to 0:38 - black screen

0:39 to 0:57 - wnbc in new york colorbars

0:58 to 1:58 - logo montage

1:59 to 2:22 - death of analog

thanks for the video!

[geekgirltv2011]

@ImDavidGurney it will not happen.

[ImDavidGurney]

They should bring back analog for MSNBC.

[TheEZPAXIIChannel]

TB6 i think before its shutdown (IN RUSSIA) had this but without sound

[karateru]

in　Japanese

アメリカのアナログ終了も歴史回顧型や通常放送ぶちきり型などい­ろいろありますね。

これは歴史回顧型、やっぱり世界ではじめて本放送を行ったテレビ­局だけに。

日本では、今度の大地震で関東地方は節電のためアナログ終了は1­ヶ月前倒しもありうるとありました。

日本で最初にテレビ放送を開始した日本テレビも、歴代鳩の休日を­流して終わればいいと思います。

[wrtlpfmpf]

@kiotr2009 Well actually there are test patterns which only make sense on a single system.

The FUBK is a prime example of this. It contains 2 grey areas which do not survive recoding into any other standard. On a misaligned decoder those grey areas will be saturated.

Other test patterns only make sense for SECAM systems. However NTSC seems to be unique for not having any specialiced NTSC patterns.

[keiichiudagawa]

anpanman!

[mustangred]

@bakerandbaker1 The point was to show some of the old patterns and IDs. Moron.

[M200XL]

Was it really THAT damaging to the economy to have analog tv??? Come on. Now I cant watch a channel as basic/simple as cbs without a stupid box :P