WNAC-TV final sign-off 1982

These are the ultimate moments of Boston station WNAC-TV as it signed off for the final time on May 22, 1982. A few hours later, a new licensee, WNEV-TV/New England Television Corporation, took to the air.

The FCC stripped WNAC-TV of its license due to the malfeasance of its owner, RKO General/General Tire and Rubber Company.

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[shitepokeschist]

I believe the announcer was Leif Jensen. I'm sure he's passed on by now.

[VintageTelevision]

@shitepokeschist

As of 2003, anyway, Leif was residing on Cape Cod. His son Gregg is a broadcaster at WBZ-AM.

[BigVideoFan88]

What year did WNEV become WHDH? Was that when it became an NBC station in the mid-'90s?

[VintageTelevision]

1989, I believe.

[sky1beam]

WNAC moved to Rhode Island

[VintageTelevision]

WNAC-TV/Channel 7 did not "move" to Rhode Island. A Providence station appropriated the call letters of the former RKO General station in Boston.

[Brac1]

So - what, no announcement? No last words to say "Hey folks, we're not coming back?"

[titaniclady1]

God, that voice! UHOH...THEY'RE HERE!

[pancakeman22]

This channel died off, but it had its call letters used years later for Rhode Island viewers.

[looneytunes9000]

WOW! 21,793 VIEWS!

[rockhopper10r]

@johnissoevil WNAC showed CBS's Saturday morning lineup, with only occasional preemptions. In fact, in the '70s, I remember fewer preemptions of CBS's schedule on WNAC than of NBC's on WBZ or of ABC's on WCVB.

[VaultMasterDBT]

March, 1990.

[johnissoevil]

Oh yeah, forgot about that one. That's the station that reunited as sister stations with WWOR under Fox ownership in 2001.

[wmbrown6]

Actually, there was one other RKO-owned station that was network-affiliated: WHBQ-TV in Memphis, TN.

[RyanCunningham100]

What a blue colored/coloured sign off. Anyway, bye, WNAC!

[johnissoevil]

RKO's other stations were indy stations that were adult oriented. So I'm curious, did RKO preempt the CBS Saturday morning cartoons to match the format of the sister stations?