Do you know any non DXers who listen to out of market stations?

[Schroedingers Cat]

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[Schroedingers Cat]

When was the last time WCBS-TV signed off the air for the night on a regular basis?

The "Vertical Hold" double entendre, and the "Hi High" ambiguity were clever.

Then of course, the Ariel Aerial dichotomy.

When did TV sets stop having an accessible Vertical Hold control? I remember that they became less accessible and prominent in the late 1970s to early 1980s. As a DXer, you did sometimes have to fool around with the Vertical Hold to stabilize a weak signal.

 

[KeithE4]

I think "Timothy" was banned on WLS but not WCFL. Rupert Holmes wrote it to get recognition. It finally worked with "Escape".

Holmes had a hit in late 1969 with Jennifer Tompkins, although billed as "The Street People" rather than under his own name. Given the lyrics, it might be described as "PG-13 Bubblegum."

 

[Kemosabe]

When was the last time WCBS-TV signed off the air for the night on a regular basis?

WCBS-TV was usually the last New York station to sign off—after The Late Late Show (when that name referred to a movie). Sometimes the interstitial test pattern (between broadcast days) lasted less than 30 minutes. IIRC, channel 2's last regular sign-offs occurred in the ‘80s (or was it the ‘90s?) on weekends only.

When did TV sets stop having an accessible Vertical Hold control?

It know it happened after The Outer Limits left ABC.

 

[Kemosabe]

I think "Timothy" was banned on WLS but not WCFL. Rupert Holmes wrote it to get recognition. It finally worked with "Escape".

Unfortunately for Timothy, there was no escape for him.

 

[crainbebo]

Yeah, I think it was mid-late '80s for a very very short time. Of course they never changed over from that classic B&W test pattern from about 1950-ish.

 

[Route66Fan]

When did TV sets stop having an accessible Vertical Hold control? I remember that they became less accessible and prominent in the late 1970s to early 1980s. As a DXer, you did sometimes have to fool around with the Vertical Hold to stabilize a weak signal.

I know that portable battery operated CRT TV's made up into the late 1990's-early 2000's still had both Vertical & Horizontal Hold controls.

 

[KeithE4]

I know that portable battery operated CRT TV's made up into the late 1990's-early 2000's still had both Vertical & Horizontal Hold controls.

Every analog TV I owned had a Vertical Hold control, but none made after around 1980 had a Horizontal Hold.