Videos of your local analog stations going dark

[upstate29651]

How about posting some you tubes of stations switching from analog to digital? Post em!

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[nathannah]

WISN-TV in Milwaukee goes out in grand style...

...while WGBA in Green Bay goes out like a stuck Band-Aid, just getting it over with ASAP.

I have WITI and WTMJ also in Milwaukee, but it'll take me a couple days to get those up. I have to get the videos off my DVR and transfer them to VHS (gasp!), then hook up the VCR to my TV card.

That's at least one thing I won't miss about analog; the ease of sharing video is much better in digital.

 

[fybush]

Would you settle for some pictures of engineers pushing the buttons?

http://www.fybush.com/sites/2009/site-090612.html

 

[jayxs]

KRIV Houston "FOX 26":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UrcgQqXrlk

 

[maokh]

Here were some of the analog captures I could pull off .. they are both interesting to watch. KSTW actually made a nice little "goodbye" clip.

KCPQ 13 - Seattle, WA - 8:59 am - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ9KCQtWF-c
KSTW 11 - Seattle, WA - 11:59 am - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeTB5tkGrM

 

[johnnya2k6]

Here's KTVF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jokFgB-8Qc (the TV on the left)

 

[AlanB]

WFAA-Dallas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgmSAmvG8Y

 

[johnnya2k6]

By the way...since I talked over it before they went to snow, KTVF's last words in analog were near the end of a Toyota Prius commercial during Conan O'Brien: "It's harmony between man, nature, and machine."

And here's KTLA's signoff with none other than Stan Chambers doing the honors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mjuJHWWS84

 

[Jul]

Where are the Philadelphia analog sign-off videos?

 

[TheDingo]

I have the final analog moments of WZDX, WHNT, and WAFF from Huntsville AL recorded on my macbook, some time this weekend I will get the video converted and uploaded. Until then, here's WAAY 31 from Feb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGqPBjLYJFA and the last DX of WDEF-TV ever from Chattanooga (poor quality though) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwgIHHkxFb8&feature=channel

 

[KML0224]

I recorded the last 4 minutes of WVIT-TV (NBC) channel 30 New Britain/Hartford (CT). It's on a DVD+RW disc. I don't know how to upload any of this to youtube.com. Ugh!

 

[willcail]

WCMH did a nice video of photos of the station over the years. The background music was the National Anthem. Then the title card stating WCMH NBC4 then it was over.

WBNS just fade the title analog shutoff card and thats it.

WSYX went into night light mode until June 26.

 

[TheDingo]

Got my video all uploaded now

12:01 AM: WAFF 48 signs off uneventfully in the middle of Jimmy Fallon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2P9LnrTWf0
12:00 PM: WZDX 54 signs off uneventfully http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJEuYr_mWlA
12:30 PM: WHNT 19 signs off following the mid day newscast, with some coverage, part 1 - coverage at the beginning of newscast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkbEKdb9mbk (I don't know why it's so choppy at the beginning, it wasn't in EyeTV before exporting), part 2, end of newscast leading up to signoff (3 minutes of commercials removed) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsU-C8k0oE

 

[TheDingo]

Also, here is the shutoff for WBRC 6 in Birmingham AL http://www.myfoxal.com/dpp/news/20090612_all_digital_tv_begins

 

[softmachine]

WISN-TV in Milwaukee goes out in grand style...

...while WGBA in Green Bay goes out like a stuck Band-Aid, just getting it over with ASAP.

I have WITI and WTMJ also in Milwaukee, but it'll take me a couple days to get those up. I have to get the videos off my DVR and transfer them to VHS (gasp!), then hook up the VCR to my TV card.

That's at least one thing I won't miss about analog; the ease of sharing video is much better in digital.

I think you might be able to cut out the middleman there.

 

[dhett]

I have just posted five videos of Phoenix, Arizona, stations on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/dhettesh.

I was able to record KTVK 3, KPHO 5, KPNX 12, KNXV 15 and KTVW 33.

 

[Matt]

Here's the UNC-TV Public Broadcasting network, specifically WUNL in Winston-Salem.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWZhQpRhbGg [/url]

I also recorded WCWG-20 from Lexington, NC, but YouTube won't permit it to be shown because they were showing "Family Guy" when the station left the air.

Later . . . .

 

[azumanga]

I also recorded WCWG-20 from Lexington, NC, but YouTube won't permit it to be shown because they were showing "Family Guy" when the station left the air.

Which means fat chance finding the closedown for WPCH (the former WTBS) -- they also shut the power during Family Guy (2 minutes into the show).

 

[RJ Kanary]

KDKA-TV 2 in Pittsburgh did a nice montage.

http://kdka.com/video/[email protected]

They’ve got class in Washington, too. Must be a former DuMont station thing.

“At WTTG, a Fox affiliate in Washington, the 11 a.m. newscast concluded with the signoff used when the station was a part of the old DuMont Broadcasting Network playing The Star-Spangled Banner, followed by a test signal. Then at noon, the station showed an engineer pushing a red button to shut off the analog broadcast.”

 

[JeeperOne]

I recorded the last 4 minutes of WVIT-TV (NBC) channel 30 New Britain/Hartford (CT). It's on a DVD+RW disc. I don't know how to upload any of this to youtube.com. Ugh!

What format did you encode the videos in? If they're in AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (iPod MP4 not to be confused with much older & outdated MS-MPEG-4 format), FLV or WMV formats, you're good to go. Just get an account, click on the UPLOAD VIDEOS button & start uploading.

Then wait a few minutes for processing & then share with the rest of us once they are "live".

Hope this helps

Cheers