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Best signoff song
- Thread starter phils07
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Roy Rogers-"Happy Trails".....Brought it back after a '20' year absence...
Decades ago (late 1970's), when WIFE-FM in Indianapolis lost their license for violating a collection of FCC rules & regs plus years of legal battles trying to get a reversal on the shutdown order, played this song just before the death sentence took place at midnight....
(I Did It) MY WAY, by Frank Sinatra.
(I Did It) MY WAY, by Frank Sinatra.
Come to think about it, I don't think it was Burdon's way... But Hartke's way.... ;D
Not a *final* sign off song (the station has long had
a new owner and format) but enjoy anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMrw1zxOpI
a new owner and format) but enjoy anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMrw1zxOpI
"Sounds of Silence," Simon & Garfunkel
WCMT in Martin, Tennessee, used to sign off every night by playing "Ram On" by Paul McCartney. No, I didn't understand that one, either. They are a 24-hour station now.
WCMT in Martin, Tennessee, used to sign off every night by playing "Ram On" by Paul McCartney. No, I didn't understand that one, either. They are a 24-hour station now.
What about "Good Night"?KOL said:
I would personally huge "Panic (Hang the DJ)" as a final song.
Among the songs I have actually heard as final songs in a format:
"Happy Trails"
"My Way" (Elvis Presley version)
"American Pie" - Don McLean
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley
"End Of The Road" - Boyz II Men
"Hold On To The Night" - Richard Marx
"Too Many People" - Paul McCartney
"Same Auld Lang Syne" - Dan Fogelberg
"Plush (acoustic)" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Roll With It" - Steve Winwood
"Don't Want To Lose You" - Gloria Estefan
"Don't Speak" - No Doubt
In some cases, those were also the first songs of the particular format.
Among the songs I have actually heard as final songs in a format:
"Happy Trails"
"My Way" (Elvis Presley version)
"American Pie" - Don McLean
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley
"End Of The Road" - Boyz II Men
"Hold On To The Night" - Richard Marx
"Too Many People" - Paul McCartney
"Same Auld Lang Syne" - Dan Fogelberg
"Plush (acoustic)" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Roll With It" - Steve Winwood
"Don't Want To Lose You" - Gloria Estefan
"Don't Speak" - No Doubt
In some cases, those were also the first songs of the particular format.
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Mark77
Guest
Here are some good sign-off songs, some of which haven't been mentioned yet.
"Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley - Many an alternative station has signed off with this song.
"We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
"Glycerine" - Bush - My ultimate sign-off song.
"Changes" - David Bowie
"Changes" - 2Pac
"Hello Goodbye" - The Beatles
"Closing Time" - Semisonic
"Tonight, Tonight" - Smashing Pumpkins - The former WKQX ended their last live show with this song.
"The Dance" - Garth Brooks
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Elton John
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"End of the World As We Know It" - REM
"A Change Gonna Come" - Sam Cooke
"The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
"Boom! It Was Over" - Robert Ellis Orral
"Long Live Rock" - The Who - The former WRXP signed off with this song.
"Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley - Many an alternative station has signed off with this song.
"We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
"Glycerine" - Bush - My ultimate sign-off song.
"Changes" - David Bowie
"Changes" - 2Pac
"Hello Goodbye" - The Beatles
"Closing Time" - Semisonic
"Tonight, Tonight" - Smashing Pumpkins - The former WKQX ended their last live show with this song.
"The Dance" - Garth Brooks
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Elton John
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"End of the World As We Know It" - REM
"A Change Gonna Come" - Sam Cooke
"The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
"Boom! It Was Over" - Robert Ellis Orral
"Long Live Rock" - The Who - The former WRXP signed off with this song.
Not their final sign-off but a good one.
WLCY-FM with Mrs. Miller singing the National Anthem.
It ran for quite a while before the management heard it.
http://www.radioyears.com/other/audio.cfm?pg=11&srch=general&srchfor=&id=13
WLCY-FM with Mrs. Miller singing the National Anthem.
It ran for quite a while before the management heard it.
http://www.radioyears.com/other/audio.cfm?pg=11&srch=general&srchfor=&id=13
Back in the late 60's and early 70's Stu Lankford at WAKO in Lawrenceville, IL would sign the (then) daytimer AM off at dusk with a neat one..... Dead carrier with sign off.. SO? Well the script went something like this......
"At this time, 910-WAKO-AM Lawrenceville signs off the air, as requried by the Federal Communications Commission. We ask you to now tune to 103.1 FM for continued quality programming on WAKO-FM........ The following HOURS of SILENCE are brought to you by the Brockman Funeral Home in Lawrenceville and Vincennes"....
I wonder if they had to log it as a multi-hour commercial content.... Even with the carrier off? Who was the lady that would listen to the silence and background AM noise in the night and think of the funeral home? Smart sale to Stu and the gang on the hill at the by-pass-split....
"At this time, 910-WAKO-AM Lawrenceville signs off the air, as requried by the Federal Communications Commission. We ask you to now tune to 103.1 FM for continued quality programming on WAKO-FM........ The following HOURS of SILENCE are brought to you by the Brockman Funeral Home in Lawrenceville and Vincennes"....
I wonder if they had to log it as a multi-hour commercial content.... Even with the carrier off? Who was the lady that would listen to the silence and background AM noise in the night and think of the funeral home? Smart sale to Stu and the gang on the hill at the by-pass-split....
K
kenglish
Guest
I always thought that "Old Rivers", by Walter Brennan, would be a good final sign-off song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s1q-gyw5L4
I'd just let the record keep turnin' and scratchin' for a minute or two afterward, then slowly lower the carrier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s1q-gyw5L4
I'd just let the record keep turnin' and scratchin' for a minute or two afterward, then slowly lower the carrier.
When a music format is switching to a talk format, I highly recommend the day the music died.
Anybody remember Lou Christie's "Beyond The Blue Horizon?"
F
FreddyE1977
Guest
WAMO, the longtime urban station in Pittsburgh, signed-off with the Jackson Five's
"Never Can Say Goodbye" before handing the station over to Catholic preachers.
I am personally partial to Tom Petty's "The Last DJ", but I know of no station
that has ever used it.
"Never Can Say Goodbye" before handing the station over to Catholic preachers.
I am personally partial to Tom Petty's "The Last DJ", but I know of no station
that has ever used it.
KEGL's departure from Rock (before going back to it later) ended the format with Eagles Fly by Sammy Haggar. For those of us that were KEGL fans almost from the beginning, it was highly appropriate.
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