I remember this sign off from when I lived in Seattle starting in 1976. It was very effecting to me as I was very alone in that city when I first was there and I would watch TV until sign off back then. I view this post with great gratitude. I'm a professional classical musician and for a "religious" piece (and in my view an effective arrangement of a beautiful piece, the Doxology), the music with the visuals was very effective, moving and comforting.
Very nice rendition of both the doxology and our national anthem! Also, for the benefit and information of you and others who view this and to refresh your memory, the words of our national anthem were written by Francis Scott Key in the aftermath of the British attack on Baltimore's Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 when he saw the American flag still waving over the fort that morning and below are Mr. Key's words if you want to look them over while listening or sing along as you stand with your hand over your heart. The anthem begins at the 3:46 mark. O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I remember an earlier version of this that KING-TV used in the 1960's and '70's with different scenes. I believe the next to last scene showed a United Airlines DC-8 flying overhead; being an airplane enthusiast, that was my favorite version. Hoping to find it somewhere on TH-cam. Anyway, I miss the days when TV (and radio) stations played our National Anthem before signing off and at sign-on. Thanks for posting these memories.
That was the U.S. Navy's version of the SSB, where they viewed ships, submarines and a launching pad. At the near end they displayed a big Navy flag prior to the U.S. flag. If anybody finds that clip, please post it, I've haven't it in over 20 years! Thanks!
It varied from station to station, and on occasion could be attributed to whether the station ownership had a particular affiliation with a church. If you look under other sign-off messages that I've posted you will find WCBS in New York included a sermon message prior to the anthem.
What does separation of church and state have to do with a privately-owned broadcasting company? Fortunately, in addition to separation of church and state, we have separation of media and state (except for minimal censorship rights reserved by the FCC). It is so nice that they aired this and then went off-air until the morning news, instead of airing obnoxious infomercials and other paid programming overnight.
Its been so long to me when this analog system was used and the last thing u heard was a song about God n the Lord.. Does the starspangled banner mean what it used too? I feel we are in such moral decay and headed into the end of and age n the begining of a new age I wish we had more time.. God bless
Yes, it is sad and unfortunate to see such moral decay happening in our nation and when it comes to such issues as this, Scripture makes it clear that as the return of Jesus and the end of history draws nearer, we will see more and more of it. In fact, if you have a Bible and you take a moment to read such passages as Matthew 24 and 2 Timothy 3, I think you'll see the picture. Also, despite the trends that have been happening, I still believe that the Lord can bring a great revival to our nation, resulting in many sinners being brought to true repentance and saved. 🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️⛪
Lots of stations did the Short Faith Bit; it counted as Public Affairs, and sticking it here guaranteed it didn't bug too many people who weren't interested.
But that's the thing...while a TV network is addressing the public, they're private enterprises that can air whatever they choose so long as it isn't in violation of FCC rules. I imagine that the sermonettes and religious messages likely didn't offend very many people (of course, not many people were awake) and people that did watch overwhelmingly preferred said messages.
You had another sign off from king 5 from 1985 that was pulled down, it was a film if different shit of Seattle accompanied by like this smooth jazz music. Where did it go?
I hate that SSB film- But I assure that I love that 1st film. 2nd film just added an audio from KLRN in 1989 (not) but I remembered watching this in 2021. It scared me and I think that the thumbnail from my opinion looks like that they put the US Flag that I don't know why, but robatsea, I assure that this video scared me to death. I assure that I hate the thumbnail because it looks like that the moon with the US flag is almost collapsing from my opinion. This will be on my weird video list. My scariest part of it is that an astronaut waved to me and JUMPSCARED ME!! I was so scared and terrified that I can't watch this until today. Thank you, robatsea2009.
I miss those old TV sign-offs. My only beef is, this is about the third "sign-off/nat anthem" vid I see with religious overtones. Frankly, I just don't recall all this religious mumbo jumbo when I was growing up (whatever happened to seperation of church and state?). Being a native New Yorker from NYC proper, I recall the announcers on the network channels (CBS, NBC,ABC,etc.) signing off the station, and STRAIGHT TO the national anthem with none of this religious nonsense in between.
ursa41 I’m not religious but I appreciate some religious art and music. Those nature shots with the doxology was beautiful and touching in my opinion and I’m agnostic.
I agree with you, Owen. After all, much of the greatest art and music in history was religious in nature. This is not great art, but it is a nice arrangement of the doxology and it's use with the images of nature and animals is very effecting.
Very true. I can assure you, though, those "sermonettes" fell on deaf ears most of the time. People that would stay up that late, particularly on a Friday or Saturday night, were either "life's a bitch"-minded folks with nocturnal shifts who "didn't want to hear it" , or plain joe-schmoe couch potatoes (used to be one myself), and believe me, I don't know of too many of THOSE that are of a religious mind (esp. with a six pack and a carton w/ a pizza carton by your living room table) lol...
Wow. This sign off - and especially this arrangement of the Doxology - has an emotional history for me (see my comment) and until now I didn't know Stokowski did the arrangement. There's a post on YT of this same recording which is pristine and amazing to hear with that awareness.
+Dorian Lynch (dodowrestlingfan) That has nothing to do with me - copyright holders have made claims to TH-cam and in return for leaving whatever particular clip up they were allowed to utilize ad banners for potential revenue. It's on some clips (and I agree that it's annoying) but not all clips.
Yes I can see. Nevertheless, a station serving THE People (both religous and non-religious alike)in a democracy such as ours under a republican form of government, such religious commentary should be reserved for the church services on a Sunday or whenever alone, and not on the air. They're addressing the PUBLIC (Americans of all backgrounds, beliefs and creeds--yes, that includes atheists a s well) not a church congregation! I'm surprised the FCC never stepped in and corrected the situation...
"Separation of church and state" is not in our founding documents. It is found in Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists. Besides, we can all choose for ourselves whether or not we want to listen to the sermonettes.
![CKY Winnipeg Sign-off [1987]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8G0oWpC0THQ/mqdefault.jpg)
What a great idea - The Star Spanged Banner and Apollo 17. When America was proud of it's space programme, and not afraid to show it - class !!
I remember this sign off from when I lived in Seattle starting in 1976. It was very effecting to me as I was very alone in that city when I first was there and I would watch TV until sign off back then. I view this post with great gratitude. I'm a professional classical musician and for a "religious" piece (and in my view an effective arrangement of a beautiful piece, the Doxology), the music with the visuals was very effective, moving and comforting.
Movie in the beginning is “The Way We Were”, featuring Robert Redford.
Very nice rendition of both the doxology and our national anthem!
Also, for the benefit and information of you and others who view this and to refresh your memory, the words of our national anthem were written by Francis Scott Key in the aftermath of the British attack on Baltimore's Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 when he saw the American flag still waving over the fort that morning and below are Mr. Key's words if you want to look them over while listening or sing along as you stand with your hand over your heart.
The anthem begins at the 3:46 mark.
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
o'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I remember an earlier version of this that KING-TV used in the 1960's and '70's with different scenes. I believe the next to last scene showed a United Airlines DC-8 flying overhead; being an airplane enthusiast, that was my favorite version. Hoping to find it somewhere on TH-cam. Anyway, I miss the days when TV (and radio) stations played our National Anthem before signing off and at sign-on. Thanks for posting these memories.
That version was used by sister station KREM-TV as late as 1987, I think?
The movie that shown was the end of the picture The Way We Were with Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford.
They filmed that movie only a few miles away from me.
You're right. Don't you just miss the good old days?? :-)
That was the U.S. Navy's version of the SSB, where they viewed ships, submarines and a launching pad. At the near end they displayed a big Navy flag prior to the U.S. flag. If anybody finds that clip, please post it, I've haven't it in over 20 years! Thanks!
This is the neatest sign-off yet! The great Doxology hymn and the National Anthem played against the background of Apollo 17!
Damn! I graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle the previous year in 1984. What a great find on TH-cam!
Been searching for this sign-off for ages. Thank you very much for posting it!
Ahh the days before US TV stations went 24 hours. :)
It varied from station to station, and on occasion could be attributed to whether the station ownership had a particular affiliation with a church. If you look under other sign-off messages that I've posted you will find WCBS in New York included a sermon message prior to the anthem.
And not always a Christian message, either. As I remember, there were a couple of rabbis.
What does separation of church and state have to do with a privately-owned broadcasting company? Fortunately, in addition to separation of church and state, we have separation of media and state (except for minimal censorship rights reserved by the FCC). It is so nice that they aired this and then went off-air until the morning news, instead of airing obnoxious infomercials and other paid programming overnight.
Its been so long to me when this analog system was used and the last thing u heard was a song about God n the Lord.. Does the starspangled banner mean what it used too? I feel we are in such moral decay and headed into the end of and age n the begining of a new age I wish we had more time.. God bless
Yes, it is sad and unfortunate to see such moral decay happening in our nation and when it comes to such issues as this, Scripture makes it clear that as the return of Jesus and the end of history draws nearer, we will see more and more of it. In fact, if you have a Bible and you take a moment to read such passages as Matthew 24 and 2 Timothy 3, I think you'll see the picture.
Also, despite the trends that have been happening, I still believe that the Lord can bring a great revival to our nation, resulting in many sinners being brought to true repentance and saved.
🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️⛪
Lots of stations did the Short Faith Bit; it counted as Public Affairs, and sticking it here guaranteed it didn't bug too many people who weren't interested.
But that's the thing...while a TV network is addressing the public, they're private enterprises that can air whatever they choose so long as it isn't in violation of FCC rules. I imagine that the sermonettes and religious messages likely didn't offend very many people (of course, not many people were awake) and people that did watch overwhelmingly preferred said messages.
The FCC probably didn't care much about that back then. They were only concerned about Howard Stern's outrageous bits :) lol
@ursa41--"separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution. That was from Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists.
That is KING 5 in Seattle from 1985. #dingdingding
You had another sign off from king 5 from 1985 that was pulled down, it was a film if different shit of Seattle accompanied by like this smooth jazz music. Where did it go?
Awesome! BTW, what choir and what orchestra recorded "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow" and who arranged it?
Leopold Skotowski
@@yeah.its.joshua Thank you!
I hate that SSB film-
But I assure that I love that 1st film.
2nd film just added an audio from KLRN in 1989 (not) but I remembered watching this in 2021. It scared me and I think that the thumbnail from my opinion looks like that they put the US Flag that I don't know why, but robatsea, I assure that this video scared me to death.
I assure that I hate the thumbnail because it looks like that the moon with the US flag is almost collapsing from my opinion. This will be on my weird video list. My scariest part of it is that an astronaut waved to me and JUMPSCARED ME!! I was so scared and terrified that I can't watch this until today. Thank you, robatsea2009.
At least they don't go on forever with their sign offs like WCBS and KCRA. I mean, is all that really necessary?
Interesting this was *well* into the Shuttle era, and they used a Sat 5 launch.
I remember trying to get KING TV 5 on satellite in the 1990s on C Band....it was always scrambling for some reason?...
i would like to see a full sign-off of WTAP-TV in Parkersburg, WV.
2:04 Now he looks like he would enjoy Nintendo Switch..and someone's attic to play it in
Does anyone know what the deal is with that weird interference at the beginning of the SSB?
Grin. Good stuff
Does anyone know if KING kept this version of the anthem after Challenger exploded in 1986?
Probably not. There’s a sign off from 1990 that has a different film.
The film snippet of the flag flying at the end of this "SSB" appears to have been drawn from that on:
watch?v=B6Aq6fhIVzk
I miss those old TV sign-offs. My only beef is, this is about the third "sign-off/nat anthem" vid I see with religious overtones. Frankly, I just don't recall all this religious mumbo jumbo when I was growing up (whatever happened to seperation of church and state?). Being a native New Yorker from NYC proper, I recall the announcers on the network channels (CBS, NBC,ABC,etc.) signing off the station, and STRAIGHT TO the national anthem with none of this religious nonsense in between.
ursa41 I’m not religious but I appreciate some religious art and music. Those nature shots with the doxology was beautiful and touching in my opinion and I’m agnostic.
I agree with you, Owen. After all, much of the greatest art and music in history was religious in nature. This is not great art, but it is a nice arrangement of the doxology and it's use with the images of nature and animals is very effecting.
Imagine what KIRO might have shown at sign-off, when it was in effect owned by the LDS Church.
Shots of wildlife with a Hymn.....Who's the KING they refer to?
hmmmmmm???
I am not a hundred percent sure, but my prayer is that they are referring to Jesus Christ, who is the true King.
KING refers to King County.
I see!
@@mrceleb2006 ...which, officially at least, is now named after Martin Luther King Jr. It wasn't always so.
3:45
Very true. I can assure you, though, those "sermonettes" fell on deaf ears most of the time. People that would stay up that late, particularly on a Friday or Saturday night, were either "life's a bitch"-minded folks with nocturnal shifts who "didn't want to hear it" , or plain joe-schmoe couch potatoes (used to be one myself), and believe me, I don't know of too many of THOSE that are of a religious mind (esp. with a six pack and a carton w/ a pizza carton by your living room table) lol...
ursa41 What about those who were straight in from the pub or club who wanted to watch The Hitman And Her, or God's Gift before bed?
Well, Donny Pearson... you know that Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow was composed by Leopold Stokowski.
DamianCreepypastaTales Cool. I thought the ending almost reminded me of that of Peter Wilhouskey's arrangement of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Wow. This sign off - and especially this arrangement of the Doxology - has an emotional history for me (see my comment) and until now I didn't know Stokowski did the arrangement. There's a post on YT of this same recording which is pristine and amazing to hear with that awareness.
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+Dorian Lynch (dodowrestlingfan) That has nothing to do with me - copyright holders have made claims to TH-cam and in return for leaving whatever particular clip up they were allowed to utilize ad banners for potential revenue. It's on some clips (and I agree that it's annoying) but not all clips.
you are galaxies385.
Yes I can see. Nevertheless, a station serving THE People (both religous and non-religious alike)in a democracy such as ours under a republican form of government, such religious commentary should be reserved for the church services on a Sunday or whenever alone, and not on the air. They're addressing the PUBLIC (Americans of all backgrounds, beliefs and creeds--yes, that includes atheists a s well) not a church congregation! I'm surprised the FCC never stepped in and corrected the situation...
"Separation of church and state" is not in our founding documents. It is found in Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists.
Besides, we can all choose for ourselves whether or not we want to listen to the sermonettes.