WNBC-TV 4 sign off Monday morning, June 23, 1986. Received from Philadelphia. Recorded VHS EP-speed. Due to file size restrictions, I have a separate video available with pre-sign off news programming.
WABC-TV 7 sign-off with National Anthem. Broadcasting from the World Trade Center in Manhattan. 60 -70 Mile DX reception. Clip starts with a glimpse of WDCA-TV 20 in Washington D.C. Aircheck date: On or about June 20, 1986. Source: VHS SP mode.
News, Sports and Weather highlights with announcer Bill Wolf just before station sign-off, Monday morning June 23, 1986. Recorded VHS EP mode from Philadelphia. Due to file size restrictions, I have a separate video available with the actual sign off that followed that morning.
Here is a stirring version of the Star-Spangled Banner (SSB) that was played by WTAF-TV just prior to the station's actual sign-off (which I uploaded as a separate video due to file size restrictions). It is the same SSB that WNYW-TV 5 in NYC used at the time. Interestingly, WNYW was FOX at the time and WTAF later became a FOX station. 1986 aircheck recorded locally VHS SP-mode.
April 18, 1950, 12:30 p.m. - The Elliot Lawrence band performs at Shibe Park during the season opener. Elliot explains how they later played at the opening game of the 1950 World Series.
Here is KYW-TV 3 signing off on or about January 1, 1986. Recorded from Philadelphia on VHS SP-mode. I have a separate file uploaded with the KYW-TV slide and tone that followed later that same morning.
WJZ-13, another Group W station in Baltimore, used the same Star-Spangled Banner video. It may have been from the same film print (see WJZ sign-off Dec. 1981 YouTube video).
Old WPHL-17 sign-off when they were owned by the Providence Journal Company. Aircheck date: on or about June 20, 1986. Source: original VHS videotape SP mode.
1986 aircheck. During the eighties, New Jersey Network used this sign-off for all their stations with the warped image at the end. Recorded VHS EP-mode.