Back in 1981/1982, I resided just outside of Chillicothe OH and had the fondest memories of watching WCMH-TV, every Saturday morning and mostly watched The Flintstone Funnies, Daffy Duck & Speedy, The Smurfs, Sport Billy, etc.!!!
I know Tom Browne is best known for Funkin for Jamaica, but Forever More is great. It has a Herb Alpert-esque feel to it, like a faster version of Rise
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! I've been looking for this signoff for years, it was such an integral part of my childhood, when I'd stay up way past my bedtime with my old black and white Zenith 19-inch set on (usually to watch Letterman). Also wanted to mention those great shots of the old downtown skyline. (Note the old Roy's Jewelers sign in the street-level shot, the corner of Broad and High Streets...that's where Channel 4's studios are now. Prophetic!)
That sign off might be the reason I ended up working in television. I definitely remember staying up just to watch it. That and the Jazz show on QFM Sunday Night. Gooood times
@@Pdasilva0324 What was once a staple on the "smooth jazz" format. Which is now only in Baltimore, MD on a low power FM that has transit news and information on the Light Rail and Subway when they don't play music. Their slogan is "The station that moves you!"
One more note: there was another version that featured an earlier, white on black (film?) animated Channel 4 logo at 2:31-2:33. I'd love to see that one too.
I also always wondered what song that was, and who the famous Channel 4 announcer was...yes, his voice was very familiar to me growing up. What was the guy's name, anyway?
This is so fascinating to me. I always wondered how they went about broadcasting TV shows back in the 80s and early 90s... Is there another video that goes into more depth on the process? was the whole process of set it and forget it and let it roll through the day or did each and every TV show get broadcasted from an analog tape being played in a studio and supervised by one individual for each show to queue in and out for commercials and whatnot? I know things are so much different nowadays being everything is digital, just curious what all went into each and every program on different channels being broadcast from a sitcom, to a talk show, to a cartoon exc.
Network programming came by microwave feed to the affiliate prior to satellite. Commercials were done live or cued on VTR up until a machine like the TCR-100 would run an entire commercial block from cartridges. Lots of machines that no longer exist basically.
I worked at KDOC-TV, a small independent station in the Los Angeles suburb of Anaheim, in the 90's. Our programs and commercials were recorded onto analog videotape from satellite feeds or in-house master tape recordings. The tapes were then encoded and played through an automated playback system that was manually adjusted to keep programs on time. A lot of videocassettes had to be manually swapped out and in between numerous VCR's, especially during commercial breaks.
@@russellpavlov1343 Yeah I love those commercials but that's the same sign off as the video on this page. I'd love to see a sign off from the late 80's and 90's
The Song is "Forever More" by Tom Browne
It resembles “Rise” by Herb Alpert.
That is the most funkest and awesome sign off and on I've seen!
Back in 1981/1982, I resided just outside of Chillicothe OH and had the fondest memories of watching WCMH-TV, every Saturday morning and mostly watched The Flintstone Funnies, Daffy Duck & Speedy, The Smurfs, Sport Billy, etc.!!!
1984.
I've been trying to find this song for 30 years! "Forever More" by Tom Browne was just added to my playlist. Thank you!
I know Tom Browne is best known for Funkin for Jamaica, but Forever More is great. It has a Herb Alpert-esque feel to it, like a faster version of Rise
👏👏🙏🙏
Kinda has a Steely Dan vibe.
Bro, why this slap so HARD?!? I’m jammin’ over here. 🎷🎷🎷
Forever More by Tom Browne
@@jasonbertalotto2355 NICE! Thank you fam!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! I've been looking for this signoff for years, it was such an integral part of my childhood, when I'd stay up way past my bedtime with my old black and white Zenith 19-inch set on (usually to watch Letterman). Also wanted to mention those great shots of the old downtown skyline. (Note the old Roy's Jewelers sign in the street-level shot, the corner of Broad and High Streets...that's where Channel 4's studios are now. Prophetic!)
This is some baby making sign off music.
From his 1980 album "Love Approach" (originally GRP/Arista GRP-5008, later re-catalogued GRP-5502).
Hands down the best sign off in Ohio and US television history
This is probably the coolest sign-off/sign-on I've ever seen!!!
Back when TV used 2 turn off at night nice throwback!
This shit is so good at 3:35 in the morning on a Saturday in a cold October night
just like today
The days before computers powered everything in television. From cuing up programs, and commercials, to the slides and everything else these days.
I like the photographing of those slides!
Yes. Even though I didn’t grow up with TV sign-offs (I was born after they ceased), at least I have common sense.
Thank you so much for saving this and uploading it in such fantastic quality! This is amazing 🤩
Quite the sign off. Especially all of that old school tech of the 80's.
they do some really complicated shit at the end of the day to make sure shit gets broadcast tomorrow! I mean fuck an oscilloscope!
At the 0:37 mark, atop the lens casing for the RCA TK-46 camera is a QTV VPS-100 videoprompter apparatus that was first seen in the mid-1970's.
That sign off might be the reason I ended up working in television. I definitely remember staying up just to watch it. That and the Jazz show on QFM Sunday Night.
Gooood times
I find my self in the werid part of UA-cam Again, AND I'M GROOVING
This is the best way to go to bed!
0:54 2-inch Quadruplex videotape...what a relic!
@Ian16545 He did their V/O's throughout the '80s and even into the early '90s. WBNS had a longtime V/O guy as well.
Herb Alpert Rise vibes
this music couldn't be any smoother
Ahh yes.
"Forever More" by Tom Browne
Sounds very similar to Rise by Herb Alpert.
@@Pdasilva0324 What was once a staple on the "smooth jazz" format. Which is now only in Baltimore, MD on a low power FM that has transit news and information on the Light Rail and Subway when they don't play music. Their slogan is "The station that moves you!"
Better than SSB. I wish other stations closed like that!
The Moog SSB was pretty funky, but other than that yeah!
MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE!!!
I love this classic sign-off!!
WCMH didn’t have to go this hard though.
WCMH 4 castlehaven waterpark opening - July 30, 2007
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One more note: there was another version that featured an earlier, white on black (film?) animated Channel 4 logo at 2:31-2:33. I'd love to see that one too.
Going by the NBC logo @ 2:38, this appears to be 1984-85
This is tv back in the day
My gosh... this is *THE JAM* ^_^ love it
Say, who's that announcer at the start of the clip? He's been an integral part of NBC4 for most of the 80's and early 90's, from what I gather...
Voice over man is very hot!
What is his name though?
I also always wondered what song that was, and who the famous Channel 4 announcer was...yes, his voice was very familiar to me growing up. What was the guy's name, anyway?
0:52 very geek digital watch.
2:00-2:16 - also known as Columbus' "media corridor".
Cartoon network launched Adult Swim in 2000 actually
who cares
Smooth.
In 1998 Cartoon Network did the handover
WTF no way
This is so fascinating to me. I always wondered how they went about broadcasting TV shows back in the 80s and early 90s... Is there another video that goes into more depth on the process? was the whole process of set it and forget it and let it roll through the day or did each and every TV show get broadcasted from an analog tape being played in a studio and supervised by one individual for each show to queue in and out for commercials and whatnot? I know things are so much different nowadays being everything is digital, just curious what all went into each and every program on different channels being broadcast from a sitcom, to a talk show, to a cartoon exc.
Network programming came by microwave feed to the affiliate prior to satellite. Commercials were done live or cued on VTR up until a machine like the TCR-100 would run an entire commercial block from cartridges. Lots of machines that no longer exist basically.
I worked at KDOC-TV, a small independent station in the Los Angeles suburb of Anaheim, in the 90's. Our programs and commercials were recorded onto analog videotape from satellite feeds or in-house master tape recordings. The tapes were then encoded and played through an automated playback system that was manually adjusted to keep programs on time. A lot of videocassettes had to be manually swapped out and in between numerous VCR's, especially during commercial breaks.
@@richartrod very interesting... Thanks for the info. 👍🏾
@@richartrod KDOC was recently sold. I believe that it is a religious broadcaster now.
I have a video of WCMH NBC4 sign-off and sign on on Monday, August 26, 1996 and I will posted sometime soon.
Hey, what ever happened to that sign off?
@@chrisparker7256, check out this video. ua-cam.com/video/r0cYxWuPX9E/v-deo.html
@@russellpavlov1343 Yeah I love those commercials but that's the same sign off as the video on this page. I'd love to see a sign off from the late 80's and 90's
1984 Or 85.
Purely funky! Is that a George Benson track in the background?
Tom Browne. The song is Forever More.
Okay why does the music sound like it belongs in a really bad porno movie?
I take it you’ve watched a lot of bad porn... 😂😂😂 jk
@RolloSmokes On second listen, it could be a Herb Alpert track. If anyone knows the name of the song, please shares that info.
It's not, but sounds an awful lot like Rise, from the same era (1980ish).
The track is called "Forever More" By Tom Browne..
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Tom Browne Song lits!!!
Tom Browne Forvermore LP Love Approach