WGHP FOX 8 (High Point NC) Analog Sign-off 12 June 2009

Hands down, this is the best of the analog TV farewells from the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. Features the final five minutes or so of the FOX 8 10:00 News with Bob Buckley and Julie Luck. There's a trip down Channel 8's memory lane, the National Anthem, and the button-pushing ceremony at the transmitter site in Sophia, NC. This was recorded "over the air" using rabbit ears and a VCR. I've also included at the end a recording from cable of the final moments at the transmitter site, followed by the opening of that night's episode of "Seinfeld".

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[snake88usa]

i got a question to SignOffsGuy do you live in NC lol because you have a lot from NC. I live in North Carolina

[SignOffsGuy]

I do live in NC. in fact, I live in the Piedmont Triad between Winston-Salem and Kernersville. I recorded several dozen sign-offs of NC-SC-VA TV stations between Autumn 1988 and June 1993. All were received over-the-air at my home. I also recorded a few from Eastern NC stations off the cable during vacations at Topsail Island, NC during 1993-2000.

[blackandblue10]

1:37 was that Holly Strano? She's with WKYC Cleveland now

[SignOffsGuy]

Yes, that is Holly! She did the weather on FOX 8 for a few years back in the early 2000s.

[3zy]

On his Twitter feed about the DTV transition, the Fox 8 engineer told us to expect something special for the occasion, and they didn't disappoint. I understand the art department was especially proud of that 60s vintage KJL-88 slate.

[SignOffsGuy]

Yeah, the KJL-88 slide was cool. I was too young to remember that particular one, though. The one I remember from the 1970s was of a different design. I wish they could've thrown in the Seal of Good Practice for good measure.

[gladfan1989]

This was one of the better goodbyes to analog. Some were abrupt, without hoopla, others, like this, paid a fitting tribute to a bygone era for television.

[LessonNumber1]

the anthem is from when WGHP was an ABC TV station in the 1970's

[efan2011]

@owlavalanche

Cindy Farmer I believe. She was the one with long blonde hair. She cut it now and is on the morning show.

[hilarioph]

Not only DTV is more digital. Even the digital episode

of Seinfeld. Just like the dvd. Everything is digital

[Jimmyspin11]

Bob Buckley is a punk He got pushy with our news crew at a American Idol event at the Greensboro Coliseum. He also looks like a Zombie without make up. The engineering staff got bit when WGHP VHF-8DT was so weak they had to get the FCC in there to grant them a move to WGHP UHF 35 DT what a mess. Everyone else is really nice at FOX except Buckley.

[pctgraverobba]

okay. i was there.

[rustynail874]

lies

[pctgraverobba]

that bob buckley is a dick.

i accidently cut him off om traffic once in winston and he has some serious road rage. he screamed and called me a cocksucker

[nakayle]

WGHP's DTV transmission had been on a temporary UHF channel.

They were turning the ch-8 DTV signal on after the analog vacated ch-8.

[buddybuddy0920]

Why would they turn on DTV if it has already been on for years.