My well missed Hometown of Roanoke, VA. I used to watch these channels as they left the airwaves for the night, Watch when they turned off the star on the Mill Mountain. I will return to my hometown one day. Oh how I miss those times by when I took so many things for granite. Oh to sit & watch the trains for hours, talking to the engineers as they got off from the train under the Jefferson Street bridge. Just thought I would share the things I miss seeing, & things that may never be seen again.
not really Richmond VA did the same thing with Fox except they used a TV Slide instead of the stage color bars. Philly played the hits each morning with bars and music.
"This is WSLS Channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia beginning another day of broadcast activity. WSLS operates with 316,000 watts of visual power on Channel 10. Programs are relayed from our studios on Church AVE. and 3rd Street in Downtown Roanoke to our transmitter on top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke Country. By station KIL-45 on a assigned frequency of 7.0625 gHz. Today's programming will begin shortly... (Spirit of Virginia)."
I am surprised they didn’t display the NBC peacock next to the 10!! This was MANDATORY from 1995 to nowadays,NBC got upset if any of their affiliates didn’t do this from 1995 until nowadays!!
The same sync generator ABS-CBN (a former Philippine broadcast network), through their flagship station DWWX-TV (transmitter located in Quezon City), used from 1995 until they upgraded into HD in 2015 or 2016; it only shows the words: "ABS-CBN CH. 2". ABS-CBN went off the air in 2020 due to the expiration of the network's franchise.
"This is WSLS Channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia ending another day of broadcast activity. WSLS operates with 316,000 watts of visual power on Channel 10. Programs are relayed from our studios on Church AVE and 3rd Street in Downtown Roanoke to our transmitter on top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke Country. By station KIL-45 on a assigned frequency of 7.0625 gHz. This concludes today's programming."
This is WSLS channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia beginning another day of Broadcast activity. WSLS operates with 316,000 of visual power on channel 10. Programs are relayed from our studios on Church Ave. and 3rd Street in Downtown Roanoke to our Transmitter on top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke County. By station KIL-45 on a assigned frequency of 7.0625 gHz. Today's programming will begin shortly... (Spirit of Virginia)
Thats been tooooo many decades ago! HA HA! I remember when TV was picked up by rabbit ears, and they signed off for the night. Yeah, Im that old... I also remember when Cox Cable started up in Roanoke, MTV and the sorts... wow I thought... Now I only watch Netflix on my Roku... HA HA! How things change...
Well if you UNDERSTOOD communications and how the signal works on the airwaves during the analog years you would know. But I'm not a Radio or TV engineer, either. But I do know how the signal works between the station and home reception. First off, KIL-45... That's their studio to transmitter microwave relay station. What that does, is taking both video and audio signal that is being recorded from the studio and sending the same information for home reception. And 7.0625 GHz, that's the frequency they operate on. Since Hertz (Hz) is measured in Cycles or Waves it translates to 7,062,500,000 cycles per second. That's how fast the signal travels from the studio to the transmitter to the home receiver.
My well missed Hometown of Roanoke, VA. I used to watch these channels as they left the airwaves for the night, Watch when they turned off the star on the Mill Mountain. I will return to my hometown one day. Oh how I miss those times by when I took so many things for granite. Oh to sit & watch the trains for hours, talking to the engineers as they got off from the train under the Jefferson Street bridge. Just thought I would share the things I miss seeing, & things that may never be seen again.
The song is "A child is born" By Stanley Jordan
the color bars and music peice in the test pattern makes sure the video and audio is working proply before they start transmission
NOW THAT'S A COOL SIGN-OFF.
COLOR BARS WITH MUSIC
@Dylan Day Not all TV or Radio stations would play the National Anthem during the days of Analog.
not really Richmond VA did the same thing with Fox except they used a TV Slide instead of the stage color bars. Philly played the hits each morning with bars and music.
The guitar music during the color bars is "A child is born" by Stanley Jordan
"This is WSLS Channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia beginning another day of broadcast activity. WSLS operates with 316,000 watts of visual power on Channel 10. Programs are relayed from our studios on Church AVE. and 3rd Street in Downtown Roanoke to our transmitter on top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke Country. By station KIL-45 on a assigned frequency of 7.0625 gHz. Today's programming will begin shortly... (Spirit of Virginia)."
the og lo-fi radio
I am surprised they didn’t display the NBC peacock next to the 10!! This was MANDATORY from 1995 to nowadays,NBC got upset if any of their affiliates didn’t do this from 1995 until nowadays!!
Used to live din that area, miss the mountains.
Mill mountain star
The color bars were from a Tektronix TSG-170A (or SPG-170A) test pattern generator.
The same sync generator ABS-CBN (a former Philippine broadcast network), through their flagship station DWWX-TV (transmitter located in Quezon City), used from 1995 until they upgraded into HD in 2015 or 2016; it only shows the words: "ABS-CBN CH. 2". ABS-CBN went off the air in 2020 due to the expiration of the network's franchise.
Bill Meck is now at Lexington, Kentucky’s WLEX.
"This is WSLS Channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia ending another day of broadcast activity. WSLS operates with 316,000 watts of visual power on Channel 10. Programs are relayed from our studios on Church AVE and 3rd Street in Downtown Roanoke to our transmitter on top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke Country. By station KIL-45 on a assigned frequency of 7.0625 gHz. This concludes today's programming."
(black screen followed by color bars with station call letters & STL on-screen.)
This is WSLS channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia beginning another day of Broadcast activity. WSLS operates with 316,000 of visual power on channel 10. Programs are relayed from our studios on Church Ave. and 3rd Street in Downtown Roanoke to our Transmitter on top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke County. By station KIL-45 on a assigned frequency of 7.0625 gHz. Today's programming will begin shortly... (Spirit of Virginia)
@4:32 It's a hard-knock life!
JJ Surma WTF! The actor from the movie Annie is still this young in 1993. I thought the movie was made longer ago.
Thats been tooooo many decades ago! HA HA! I remember when TV was picked up by rabbit ears, and they signed off for the night. Yeah, Im that old... I also remember when Cox Cable started up in Roanoke, MTV and the sorts... wow I thought... Now I only watch Netflix on my Roku... HA HA! How things change...
Anyone know the music track name for the “SEE-NEWS”?
Sounds like Jose Feliciano playing that song.
3:41
0:45
What does KIL45/7.0625ghz mean away?
Well if you UNDERSTOOD communications and how the signal works on the airwaves during the analog years you would know. But I'm not a Radio or TV engineer, either. But I do know how the signal works between the station and home reception. First off, KIL-45... That's their studio to transmitter microwave relay station. What that does, is taking both video and audio signal that is being recorded from the studio and sending the same information for home reception. And 7.0625 GHz, that's the frequency they operate on. Since Hertz (Hz) is measured in Cycles or Waves it translates to 7,062,500,000 cycles per second. That's how fast the signal travels from the studio to the transmitter to the home receiver.
No SSB Or Any Patriotic Tune
wsls is not on is gon
007thryn Watson hodgetts no I live in va its there. 10.1 wsls-hd And also has 10.2 get tv network, and 10.3 me tv network
wsls nbc 10 owned by graham media group
WSLS nbc 10 owned by graham media group