I know many TV snobs who will spend hours telling me that TV is worthless and deadens brains, but growing up, a huge chunk of my learning came from all kinds of things on TV, including this signoff. I had never heard Holst's Planets until I heard it on KABC every night before I went to bed - it will forever be one of my favorite pieces of music all because of this brief clip that I hold dear. The music is "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" in case anybody cares. Thanks for posting it. Now back to my brain-dead life. :)
@@marcasjohnson6828 It's always fun to see a reply to a comment from so many years ago. And now I get to go to bed just like in the old days, listening to the KABC signoff and The Planets. Night night. :)
That was a Chukyo TV analogue shutdown BGM, not TV Aichi (since I uploaded one on my another account). And Chukyo TV is Nippon TV affiliated station in Nagoya, Japan.
Thanks for posting this sign-off. Growing up in the L.A. area, I would wake up in the middle of the night seeing a later version of this with the High Flight/Moog SSB films. Interestingly, KCOP showed Moog SSB until the switched to a US Navy rendition of SSB.
Two favorites of mine: In the 1990s (Maybe they still do) Geogria Public Broadcasting signed off with Ray Charles doing "Georgia". Also, in the 1970s in Jacksonville, Fla., one station signed off with "Lonely People" from America, with scenes from the Soyuz-Apollo link and handshake in space. Pretty cool. Though this one is pretty unique.
Not exactly; in WABC's case, up to the end of the "TV Code" in 1982, the first few seconds were the ABC logo slide as used in a given year, followed by the TV Code insignia - THEN the "circle 7" logo covering much of the screen. (With "WABC-TV New York" on one line in bright turquoise blue lettering, unlike the yellow-colored, two-line fonts of KABC.) Only after the TV Code's end would WABC's logo slide be shown for the whole sign-off.
It’s Jupiter the bringer of Jollity, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Orchestra is the New Philharmonia Orchestra in England. Recorded in 1967 by His Master’s Voice of EMI.
Channel 7 KABC TV, Los Angeles, owned by American Broadcasting Companys Inc, with studios and exclusive offices of ABC Television Center, KABC TV operates on Channel 7 by the authority of the Federal Communications Commission. Be with us tomorrow on Channel 7 when we return to the air at 6:00am with Daybreak L.A. In the meantime, we invite you to tune to KABC Radio 79 on your AM dial for the Ray Green Show. And now, with the playing of our National Anthem, this is Len Beardsley bidding you a good morning for the entire staff of KABC...TV.
Ray Briem. Back in my radio days, our n/t AM station used the carry his program, which was done from KABC and also syndicated. He had some great stories, including the one where he was talking to someone in Jordan on his HAM radio, only to figure out from the license number that it was King Hussein (who was also an avid amateur radio operator).
They did signoffs every night until sometime (I think) in the mid 1990s, when stations went to 24 hour broadcasting. There are older ones on RUclips (some going back to the 1950s), but there may not be any existing ones from KABC older than this.
@@almostfm Yup. From what I read in textbooks from taking several media studies classes in college, every station (not counting the then brand new Digital cable channels)went off the air by say 2am local time at the latest. The only exceptions for 24/7 overnight programming was of course for historic breaking news. 1)1960 US Presidential Elections at least for CBS and NBC. 2)ABC (technically) on the weekend following the JFK assassination playing in I believe 20-30 minute mini biography of the slain 35 POTUS overnights. 3)The RFK Assassination. 4)Apollo 11 Moon Landing in July 1969. Feel free to correct me guys.
@@almostfmThe oldest sign offs from KABC-TV Channel 7 Los Angeles that are on RUclips as of August 2023 date back to 1976. There are some others from 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, and 1989, which appears to be the last year that KABC--TV Channel 7 did sign offs. Some television stations in the United States still sign off regularly.
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I know many TV snobs who will spend hours telling me that TV is worthless and deadens brains, but growing up, a huge chunk of my learning came from all kinds of things on TV, including this signoff. I had never heard Holst's Planets until I heard it on KABC every night before I went to bed - it will forever be one of my favorite pieces of music all because of this brief clip that I hold dear. The music is "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" in case anybody cares. Thanks for posting it. Now back to my brain-dead life. :)
GiggleFishy TV, like anything else, can be used for good or ill. Education is a good use.
GiggleFishy I'm with you on this. I also learned a lot from TV including watching sign-offs like these ❤ 😊
@@marcasjohnson6828 It's always fun to see a reply to a comment from so many years ago. And now I get to go to bed just like in the old days, listening to the KABC signoff and The Planets. Night night. :)
Thanks for the post... I have long remembered the line 'and touched the face of God'. Now, turn to ch 5 for Movies 'til Dawn. Ah memories.
Grew up in SoCal and remember this well.
Gustav Holst The Planet: Jupiter was used in TV Aichi (An TV Tokyo Affiliate in Nagoya Japan) sign on and off
That was a Chukyo TV analogue shutdown BGM, not TV Aichi (since I uploaded one on my another account). And Chukyo TV is Nippon TV affiliated station in Nagoya, Japan.
Thanks for posting this sign-off. Growing up in the L.A. area, I would wake up in the middle of the night seeing a later version of this with the High Flight/Moog SSB films. Interestingly, KCOP showed Moog SSB until the switched to a US Navy rendition of SSB.
Two favorites of mine: In the 1990s (Maybe they still do) Geogria Public Broadcasting signed off with Ray Charles doing "Georgia". Also, in the 1970s in Jacksonville, Fla., one station signed off with "Lonely People" from America, with scenes from the Soyuz-Apollo link and handshake in space. Pretty cool. Though this one is pretty unique.
Not exactly; in WABC's case, up to the end of the "TV Code" in 1982, the first few seconds were the ABC logo slide as used in a given year, followed by the TV Code insignia - THEN the "circle 7" logo covering much of the screen. (With "WABC-TV New York" on one line in bright turquoise blue lettering, unlike the yellow-colored, two-line fonts of KABC.) Only after the TV Code's end would WABC's logo slide be shown for the whole sign-off.
Gustav Holst the planets (Jupiter)
Is that RIchard Boone reading High Flight?
What's the song at the beginning? Sounds lovely.
I Agree
It’s Jupiter the bringer of Jollity, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Orchestra is the New Philharmonia Orchestra in England. Recorded in 1967 by His Master’s Voice of EMI.
Channel 7 KABC TV, Los Angeles, owned by American Broadcasting Companys Inc, with studios and exclusive offices of ABC Television Center, KABC TV operates on Channel 7 by the authority of the Federal Communications Commission.
Be with us tomorrow on Channel 7 when we return to the air at 6:00am with Daybreak L.A.
In the meantime, we invite you to tune to KABC Radio 79 on your AM dial for the Ray Green Show.
And now, with the playing of our National Anthem, this is Len Beardsley bidding you a good morning for
the entire staff of KABC...TV.
Ray Briem. Back in my radio days, our n/t AM station used the carry his program, which was done from KABC and also syndicated. He had some great stories, including the one where he was talking to someone in Jordan on his HAM radio, only to figure out from the license number that it was King Hussein (who was also an avid amateur radio operator).
KABC-TV ABC 7 Kate Smith's SSB 1965-1975, The Bicentennial SSB 1976 & Moog SSB 1977-1990.
Were there also sign offs earlier than 1976? I know this one was from December 1978.
They did signoffs every night until sometime (I think) in the mid 1990s, when stations went to 24 hour broadcasting. There are older ones on RUclips (some going back to the 1950s), but there may not be any existing ones from KABC older than this.
@@almostfm Yup. From what I read in textbooks from taking several media studies classes in college, every station (not counting the then brand new Digital cable channels)went off the air by say 2am local time at the latest. The only exceptions for 24/7 overnight programming was of course for historic breaking news. 1)1960 US Presidential Elections at least for CBS and NBC. 2)ABC (technically) on the weekend following the JFK assassination playing in I believe 20-30 minute mini biography of the slain 35 POTUS overnights. 3)The RFK Assassination. 4)Apollo 11 Moon Landing in July 1969. Feel free to correct me guys.
@@almostfmThe oldest sign offs from KABC-TV Channel 7 Los Angeles that are on RUclips as of August 2023 date back to 1976. There are some others from 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, and 1989, which appears to be the last year that KABC--TV Channel 7 did sign offs. Some television stations in the United States still sign off regularly.
video published in 2012 comments made in 2007. seems legit
What is the name of the song playing at the beginning of the video?
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from Gustav Holst.
Better known as "I Vow to Thee, My Country"
@@warlaker Well, better known in the UK, anyway.
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