KYW-TV 3 Test Pattern

Here is KYW's test pattern and tone during the morning on or about January 1, 1986. Recorded locally. VHS SP-mode. Actual sign-off uploaded as separate video file.

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• TV
• sign-off
• Philadelphia

[enigma413]

I love this.

[Synicade]

I like the part where it made that beep noise :)

[wmbrown6]

@saml760 - Have you ever thought of putting up your clip of the KYW test pattern? I would presume that the calibration of the film chain/slide scanner used to transmit this TP slide would have differed from what's on here?

[saml760]

i have this one on VHS videootape too,but from around May of 86.

[Nokorola]

Very neat, thank you for sharing.

[eightiesguy69]

ahh..the good old days..test patterns..colorful one at that

[wmbrown6]

In addition, the film chains KYW used around this point were RCA TK-27's.

[wmbrown6]

One other Group W station used this exact same test pattern design, that I know of: WJZ-TV (Ch. 13) in Baltimore, MD. The calls (set in the famous font) were on the lower left quad, directly above the city and state of license; from what I've seen, there was no "13 in a 13 in a 13" for the WJZ pattern as there was on KYW or even WBZ-TV (Ch. 4) in Boston.

[phillyradiogeek]

That test pattern would make for great desktop wallpaper!

[Julius121081]

It was Gary Geers that did the sign on.