I agree, very touching. The moment Earnest turned off the analog transmitter, I felt as if a baton had been passed. In a way, it was a profound statement and a salute to the many years of analog broadcasting. It was almost as if we were witnessing the passing of an old friend. 73 de NØJAA
To answer "AmericanOtaku83's" question about WTVJ's digital transmitter... it was moved back to the channel 4 tower upon the switchover, giving WTVJ a full-market signal once again.
Your exactly right! Also, one hour after I turned it off the temperature in the room went from 77 degrees to 59 degrees!! I had to turn the AC to nearly off.
Every transmitter has a remote warning system tied to it. This transmitter used a hardware/software system that detected normal and abnormal readings on the transmitter. When readings were detected the software sends an email to engineers responsible to maiintainthe transmitter. I have an mp3 on my computer that plays the NBC chimes when I receive email. What you heard was simply my laptop telling me that I had mail
To the people that asked the transmitter is still sitting there 4+ years later... eerily quiet in there... the racks full of video equipment are pretty much stripped bare....
The cut off of programing was on 6/12/09 but NBC6 like many stations around the country ran the infomational video about the digital conversion for two weeks after the official analog shutoff date.
That's not how it's supposed to work. Analog signals previously used by tv has been transferred to first responders (paramedics, firefighters and police) and mobile telecommunications companies.
gladfan1989 well, as Ralph Renick began using that line at WTVJ’s advent in 1949... it is possible. Do note that WKRP was also based off of nearby WQXI-AM in Atlanta.
This is the old tower in Homestead that belonged to WCIX before 1995, right? Also, where is the new digital tower located and more importantly, does this bring WTVJ on par with the other Miami stations?
And now WTVJ's digital signal is NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0). An ATSC 1.0 simulcast is on WSCV's multiplex. I'm one of the few that can receive NextGen TV broadcasts out of Miami, and I'm in Greenacres near Lake Worth in Palm Beach County. I have better luck tuning into NextGen TV out of Miami than my own NextGen lighthouse in West Palm Beach (WWHB-CD). That station is low-powered and the signal is nonexistant where I live.
WTVJ was one of the stations nationwide that aired the "Nightlight" video loop after the switch to digital. Normal programming ended on June 12th, with the Nightlight loop airing for 2 weeks afterwards until the final analog signoff on the 26th.
"We've come a long way in the last six decades, but not so far that we don't view the flipping of a switch as less important than actual news. We'll always be serving...self-serving, bragging about being places first, despite the fact that it's our job, and we'll always trumpet ratings successes as if the internet didn't exist, our relevance dwindling by the hour."
@@jav05 some stations had a broadcast where they show how to setup a converter box and instructions and they had 2 weeks to show that in a analog format
It's likely the oldest surviving footage of Ralph Renick in existence, clearly chosen to bring things full circle for WTVJ's analog era. (Plus Bob Mayer was a protégé of Renick.)
The chimes were simply my laptop receiving an email from the transmitter remote control computer
@@Rosalinnd You've commented to the engineer who uploaded the video. What are you on about? 🙄
I agree, very touching. The moment Earnest turned off the analog transmitter, I felt as if a baton had been passed. In a way, it was a profound statement and a salute to the many years of analog broadcasting. It was almost as if we were witnessing the passing of an old friend.
73 de NØJAA
To answer "AmericanOtaku83's" question about WTVJ's digital transmitter... it was moved back to the channel 4 tower upon the switchover, giving WTVJ a full-market signal once again.
Thank you. It was my pleasure. I figured there were a lot of "techies" like myself that what like to see this historic event.
Your the only one who filmed this all?
@@uenoe233tatrkbussid 1:55 ohh news black white screen that on NBC
Your exactly right! Also, one hour after I turned it off the temperature in the room went from 77 degrees to 59 degrees!! I had to turn the AC to nearly off.
Every transmitter has a remote warning system tied to it. This transmitter used a hardware/software system that detected normal and abnormal readings on the transmitter. When readings were detected the software sends an email to engineers responsible to maiintainthe transmitter. I have an mp3 on my computer that plays the NBC chimes when I receive email. What you heard was simply my laptop telling me that I had mail
@NBC6Engineer 2:27 What was that sound effect, was it NBC?
Cool analog and digital equipment
So basically your computer was telling you something was wrong
Goodnight, and may the good news be yours.
To the people that asked the transmitter is still sitting there 4+ years later... eerily quiet in there... the racks full of video equipment are pretty much stripped bare....
Is this still accurate?
Touching. After sleeping next to a faulty exciter if/when FM radio shuts down I'm not sure I could hit that breaker for the last time.
Pretty amusing that you used the NBC Chimes as the email notification sound 😊
LOL. If I got that message before the analog shutdown I would have had to make a mad dash to the transmitter.
Who got the email from transmitter on June 26th 2009, I think they would say:
Oh it's analog end no need to be worry about that.
The cut off of programing was on 6/12/09 but NBC6 like many stations around the country ran the infomational video about the digital conversion for two weeks after the official analog shutoff date.
Who will forget the one historic moment when the NBC Peacock moved into what was then channel 4 WTVJ and poked the station's Eye out?
i wonder what happens to all this old equipment!
NTSC analog television should have been kept on standby in case the ATSC signal fails
Yeah
Until the pixelation issue is addressed
Uhh, no.
That's not how it's supposed to work. Analog signals previously used by tv has been transferred to first responders (paramedics, firefighters and police) and mobile telecommunications companies.
And now we conclude our broadcast day :D
"Not with a bang, but with a whimper..."
If you don't know, the chime upon NBC6 Analog Shutoff is a slow version of the usual NBC chime.
Analog 6 was back on, but for a lp station til 2021
The tower was probably at flea power when the chimes came on. It looks like he cut it to half power then poof.. (just a guess...)
ParanormalRob I'm pretty sure your right
I would have like to seen this transmitter converted to digital. Would have saved more money
The NBC chimes that played, did it play that whenever there was a problem with the transmitter or was that added in the video later?
NBC6 Engineer are use as Email notification sound. The transmistter have a automatic emailing status.
WTVJ's First Digital Broadcast - June 26, 2009
I wonder if Les Nessman from WKRP stole Ralph Renick's tag line.
gladfan1989 well, as Ralph Renick began using that line at WTVJ’s advent in 1949... it is possible. Do note that WKRP was also based off of nearby WQXI-AM in Atlanta.
And THAT'S a way to sign off analog television
This signing off looking to hearing Ralph Renick catchphrase thought that group used it several times.
the chimes play when you turned it off
he got an email from the transmitter
@@aidepetternwait thatss how they work?
This is the old tower in Homestead that belonged to WCIX before 1995, right? Also, where is the new digital tower located and more importantly, does this bring WTVJ on par with the other Miami stations?
1: Yes. The same tower destroyed in Andrew
2: At the same location as the other Miami Towers, In Miami Gardens on the Broward-Dade Line.
3: Yes.
And now WTVJ's digital signal is NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0). An ATSC 1.0 simulcast is on WSCV's multiplex. I'm one of the few that can receive NextGen TV broadcasts out of Miami, and I'm in Greenacres near Lake Worth in Palm Beach County. I have better luck tuning into NextGen TV out of Miami than my own NextGen lighthouse in West Palm Beach (WWHB-CD). That station is low-powered and the signal is nonexistant where I live.
This is like the theme for Yugoslav news in the 1970s.
Silence. Eerie silence...
Touching!
Why was it on June 26?
Congress extended the deadline since most Americans weren't ready yet on the original February 17, 2009 deadline.
WTVJ was one of the stations nationwide that aired the "Nightlight" video loop after the switch to digital. Normal programming ended on June 12th, with the Nightlight loop airing for 2 weeks afterwards until the final analog signoff on the 26th.
@@itscringecat oh makes sense
that's how channels are shut down huh? *in a general scenario
Where is Part 1?
Look it up on the uploader's channel.
@raystinger05 They had Nightlight mode on.
2:26 NBC
2:28 ohh email in nbc and news black white screen
"We've come a long way in the last six decades, but not so far that we don't view the flipping of a switch as less important than actual news. We'll always be serving...self-serving, bragging about being places first, despite the fact that it's our job, and we'll always trumpet ratings successes as if the internet didn't exist, our relevance dwindling by the hour."
I really, really, really want all the TX. 11,000 feet up? World wide. Recourses are here, and meticulous is the word. Anyways, cool upload.
Damn
On that day this happened and MJ‘s death🙏🏻💐
@@jav05 It was June 25th
@@jav05 some stations had a broadcast where they show how to setup a converter box and instructions and they had 2 weeks to show that in a analog format
2:26 I heard NBC chimes (G-E-C)
Me too
#NBC #WTVJ #WFTV #PBS #CBS
A sign of a problem, lol.
1:41
e bueno e yo diria e que muy desgraciado
His nface (old b&w clip) is so ugly but I like it
It's Ralph Renick!!
It's likely the oldest surviving footage of Ralph Renick in existence, clearly chosen to bring things full circle for WTVJ's analog era. (Plus Bob Mayer was a protégé of Renick.)
The chimes were simply my laptop receiving an email from the transmitter remote control computer