WUAB Cleveland 1977- partial sign-off

This was at the end of a tape of channel 43's Saturday night syndicated country music shows block. The tape ran out before the station went completely off the air, but we get a movie promo (a boring nature documentary in prime-time on a commercial station?), retro-looking "Good Night" slide, Judge Bernard Friedman for Probation Friends Program, a PSA for American Heart Association with voiceover from Peter Thomas, then the News Final sign-off report with Bill Reese doing a radio-style news report with a slide displayed- the tape ran out before this was over.

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Entertainment

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• WUAB
• Lorain
• UHF
• 1970s

[QuietSundayLibrary]

"Pop Goes the Country" was one of the programs my grandmother used to watch with regularity until its cancellation in the mid-1980s. Many memories associated with that particular program; it's currently being re-broadcast with semi-regularity on RFDTV.

[eyeh8nbc]

@QuietSundayLibrary This station ran a block of 4 country music shows, which I have 4 different tapes of. The other shows were Dolly, That Nashville Music and Marty Robbins Spotlight.

[SaleGuy]

I hope that a full WUAB sign-on (w/test pattern) can be uploaded with the "Lorain" song and a morning news report.

[eyeh8nbc]

@sygo7g Not sure if that was how I was able to determine the dates of these recordings, but I was able to get them. I got 4 weeks in a row of these, starting with (I think) November 26. The reception on the last tape is much better than the rest- this was taped by the same people who gave the world the Lawrence Welk shows and WJKW newscasts.

[QuietSundayLibrary]

@sygo7g They've a number of intriguing programs: "Michigan Magazine", "Postcards From Nebraska" and the aforementioned "Hee-Haw" amongst them. It's expanding to different markets each month, so you may very well see it added to your cable provider's line-up in due time.

[SaleGuy]

Originally aired December 10-11, 1977 on Channel 43.

[usa02]

That is the late Jack Reynolds v/o the promo for "Search for Survival" for WUAB's Star Movie, the WUAB Station ID was v/o by Marty "Superhost" Sullivan and WUAB's News Final was v/o by Bill Reese.