TFTP Signs-Off for the Week: Station Sign-Off from KHQ/Spokane (1986)

Each Friday afternoon, TFTP signs-off for the week by featuring a classic station sign-off segment for your enjoyment and to bid a farewell until Monday...

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This mid-1980s sign-off sequence is from Spokane, Washington, station KHQ, which has been the NBC affiliate going all the way back to its inception in 1952. (The station still uses the "Q6" branding we see in several spots in this sequence.) The sign-off begins with the very end of a late-movie airing of a 1977 TV movie called "Relentless" (starring Will Sampson of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" fame), which is followed by a brief promo for the upcoming late-movie airing of another TV movie called "The Four Feathers". A film of the song "The Navy Hymn" precedes the customary "Star-Spangled Banner".

The standard ownership and technical voiceover here is laid over fascinating images of some of the workings of a 1980s station, including the loading and shelving of the large reels of videotape and smaller video/audio cartridges used at the time. The sequence ends with a brief "Trouble Coming. Please Stand By" blue screen before going to color bars.