TV Sign-Off Analog Shutdowns in Los Angeles 6-12-2009

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  • TV Sign-Off Analog Shutdowns in Los Angeles 6-12-2009.
    Recorded with two 20 year old JVC HR-S10000u SVHS VCR's and two 3 year old HD capable JVC HM-DT100s DVHS VCR's. HD portions recorded with a Mitsubishi HD-6000 DVR. Channel 2, 4, 5, 28, 50 were recorded on the HR-S10000u's and a set top antenna. Channel 7, 9, 11, 13 were recorded on the HM-DT100s's and an antenna on my balcony. The audio buzz in the KNBC portion and the crease in the KTLA portion tell me the two 10000u's are ready to retire if it wasn't obvious before.
    I had to remove the song that KTLA played during their credits REM-Its The End Of The World As We Know It, because after the first attempt UA-cam muted the whole 10 min clip. I didn't realize it would be a problem as it was only about 45 sec of the song.

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  • @SamuelDoesThings2011
    @SamuelDoesThings2011 Рік тому +58

    0:37 "Not disfunctional, but... yeah!" *literally starts disfunctioning inmediately*

    • @PrincessPopRoxx
      @PrincessPopRoxx Рік тому +4

      Or the “you’re getting all these bizarre emails that cause you to refer to someone else, and then-“ *static*

    • @jonavene12
      @jonavene12 7 місяців тому

      ​​​​@@PrincessPopRoxxyou get not you're getting and caused not cause

  • @rojibit9368
    @rojibit9368 7 років тому +100

    0:39 R.I.P. KCET (Analog Signal) 1964-2009
    2:00 R.I.P. KNBC (Analog Signal) 1949-2009
    3:40 R.I.P. KABC (Analog Signal) 1949-2009
    4:25 R.I.P. KCBS (Analog Signal) 1948-2009
    4:59 R.I.P. KCAL (Analog Signal) 1948-2009
    6:54 R.I.P. KTLA (Analog Signal) 1947-2009
    8:43 R.I.P. KOCE (Analog Signal) 1972-2009
    9:21 R.I.P. KTTV (Analog Signal) 1949-2009
    9:55 R.I.P. KCOP (Analog Signal) 1948-2009

    • @oscarflores1980
      @oscarflores1980 7 років тому +7

      Jose Carrillo here's the rest that are missing from the video: KOCE 56 12 : 01 AM RIP
      KLCS 58 3 : 00 PM RIP
      KSCI 18 3 : 00 PM RIP
      KWHY 22 UNKNOWN ANALOG SHUT DOWN TIME RIP
      KPXN 30 UNKNOWN ANALOG SHUT DOWN TIME RIP
      KMEX 34 11 : 59 PM RIP
      KFTR 46 UNKNOWN ANALOG SHUT DOWN TIME RIP
      KVEA 52 UNKNOWN ANALOG SHUT DOWN TIME RIP
      KAZA 54 11 : 59 PM RIP
      KRCA 62 UNKNOWN ANALOG SHUT DOWN TIME RIP
      KBEH 63 7 : 00 PM RIP

    • @sambaker7703
      @sambaker7703 7 років тому +5

      Props on the roll call !

    • @juliegaetos6959
      @juliegaetos6959 6 років тому +2

      These nine can be victims of digital switch. These may buried in the TV cemetery. It is written:
      " Rest in Peace: KCET, KNBC, KABC, KCBS, KCAL (KCBS's sibling), KTLA, KOCE (KCET's sibling from their parent Public Broadcasting Service), KTTV, and KCOP (KTTA's sibling from the FOX family). In loving memory to the viewers. d.2009."

    • @juliegaetos6959
      @juliegaetos6959 6 років тому +1

      Rest in peace for them.

    • @lolasanchez4222
      @lolasanchez4222 6 років тому

      and also ichc channel was in digital. R.I.P. ICHC Channel analog 1980-2017

  • @bluorangefyre
    @bluorangefyre 15 років тому +206

    Did I see correctly, that KTLA's analog signal actually came back on after a few minutes?

    • @juliegaetos6959
      @juliegaetos6959 5 років тому +37

      They're doing nightlight service. KCBS and KNBC as well, too.

    • @michaelhuynh8793
      @michaelhuynh8793 4 роки тому +14

      bluorangefyre It did for the nightlight
      Service

    • @martinsearcy
      @martinsearcy 2 роки тому +18

      You saw correctly KTLA went fully digital just about 5 months ago

    • @grady7420
      @grady7420 Рік тому

      ​@@juliegaetos6959 what is nightlight service?

    • @freddor4561
      @freddor4561 Рік тому +23

      ⁠@@grady7420 a continuous loop of FCC-provided information on how to switch to digital TV, along with any emergency broadcasts. There was no regular programming on nightlight service.

  • @samhall7133
    @samhall7133 Рік тому +31

    oddly 2009 was the last time I watched normal TV. Internet won me over.

  • @Radi0he4d1
    @Radi0he4d1 7 років тому +123

    8:12
    I think it's a little too late to tell people how to switch to DTV...

    • @ppnplus
      @ppnplus 2 роки тому

      Yeah. But, I think, at least people who already got the converter box/digital TV set would see it.

    • @sonotswifty
      @sonotswifty 2 роки тому +5

      It was an ad they had in circulation before the analog shutoff. I assume they kept that ad up for a couple more weeks because it tells you how to adjust the antennas on the digital

  • @KurisuYamato
    @KurisuYamato 7 років тому +47

    Man, I remember how much of a big deal the analog cutoff was, and how many people just didn't understand it at all. People bought converter boxes with new HDTV's, people with "SDTV" (Standard Definition TV's with a Digital Tuner in them, using a logo much like the HDTV logo) thought they had HD's (as that was confusing as well, ) and everyone complained about the "blocky shit" that happened when they had a bad digital signal.
    Ah, I don't miss the changeover. I do miss analog TV, for the sheer sake of ubiquity it had - working with old TV's for gaming and such would be more of a treat now if I could still watch some TV on the buggers (without needing a tuner box, of course)

  • @screamengine
    @screamengine 8 років тому +171

    All to avoid people receiving signals from the aliens in response to our old broadcasts. :p

  • @mac17601
    @mac17601 7 місяців тому +26

    To all Filipinos, if you're watching this... this is what will happened to the remaining Analog on-air broadcasters (PTV-4, TV5, GMA-7, RPN 9, ZOE TV 11, IBC-13, Net-25, GTV 27, UNTV 37, One Sports 41, and INC TV 48) in 2027...
    Other broadcasters (SBN 21, RJTV 29, BEAM 31, ZOE TV 33, and INC TV 49) is now on FULLY DIGITAL broadcast

    • @Chelaxim
      @Chelaxim 7 місяців тому +3

      Why does this read like a threat 💀

    • @juiuice
      @juiuice 6 місяців тому

      For real? Damn

    • @johnmicheal7087
      @johnmicheal7087 6 місяців тому +1

      As a Filipino, I'm agree for your point.

    • @rnaval6000official
      @rnaval6000official 24 дні тому

      you're telling me not all PHTV channels haven't switched to digital?
      ARE WE 16 YEARS BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD?

  • @ranboobeloved3777
    @ranboobeloved3777 Рік тому +34

    0:36 not dysfunctional? you sure??

  • @LacyCrusty
    @LacyCrusty 7 років тому +80

    0:39 Headphone warning.

  • @Thiscooldude123
    @Thiscooldude123 Рік тому +35

    4:59 they left us on a cliffhanger:(

    • @gamrwolf9655
      @gamrwolf9655 Рік тому +8

      So you get these bizarre emails cause you refer to somebody else and then-

    • @yoloitzalex8632
      @yoloitzalex8632 Рік тому

      Its a canon event

    • @MKTB22
      @MKTB22 Рік тому +4

      @@yoloitzalex8632not funny

  • @679steelers9
    @679steelers9 9 років тому +18

    4:17 Don't forget about the DTV switch. At lease she warned us

  • @pcjabber
    @pcjabber 8 років тому +29

    Thanks so much for preserving these historic moments & sharing them with the world :-)
    (Some were more exciting than others; I particularly enjoyed the KTLA one.)

  • @dietwaffles5907
    @dietwaffles5907 Рік тому +18

    I love watching these, I should send this to one of my college professors, he'd get a kick out of it

  • @evangel7012
    @evangel7012 4 роки тому +7

    And with the switch over to digital, many rural and semi-rural areas across the nation saw the amount of channels they received over the air cut in half or more. While analog signals degraded over a certain distance and were still watchable for the most part, digital signals don't "travel" nearly as far and completely cut off when someone's antenna is outside of the 'strong single' range and would experience the breaking up of the signal when they are a moderate distance from the station's broadcasting location. Thus reducing the amount of channels they used to be able to receive. None of those problems were even highlighted before the switch over.

  • @theo4183
    @theo4183 7 років тому +33

    Growning up in the 21 century is crazy!

    • @bigdogthehedgehog5906
      @bigdogthehedgehog5906 5 років тому +1

      Little typos there, but, yeah, growing up in an era like this IS crazy.

  • @giggs-chan2004
    @giggs-chan2004 2 роки тому +38

    10 years from now, this will happen again. Except this time, it will be digital to streaming.

    • @fineday2k_wav
      @fineday2k_wav 2 роки тому +11

      pls stop giving them ideas

    • @hahaman124
      @hahaman124 2 роки тому +3

      do not

    • @nxx99
      @nxx99 2 роки тому +1

      You mean ATSC 1.0 (the thing that replaced analog initially) to next gen TV?

    • @giggs-chan2004
      @giggs-chan2004 2 роки тому +1

      @@nxx99 Likely

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop Рік тому +3

      Nope, from ATSC 1.0 (HDTV) to ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV), happening now but not enforced until ~ 2035....

  • @BottleOwater1776
    @BottleOwater1776 2 роки тому +20

    It’s been 14 years daddy i really really miss you

  • @lemons2300
    @lemons2300 5 років тому +6

    Some of these analog shutdowns are so abrupt it's like somebody's grandpa passing away before he even finished saying his final words

  • @ka7hqp182
    @ka7hqp182 9 років тому +17

    Really, Analog TV is gone. Just tell all the rural areas in this country as well as us in Las Vegas, NV that still have 2 analog TV stations on the air. The analog shutdown only affected Full Power Television stations and exempt were translators and "Franken FM stations" on channel 6 as they are still on the air. Oh, a "Franken, (Frankenstein) FM station" is a channel 6 Analog TV station that the audio can be picked up on an FM receiver and usually has spanish music and a loop of unrelated video.

    • @fancysnake1
      @fancysnake1 8 років тому +4

      +Dennis Romo LPTV stations are supposed to be off now but I can still receive a few strange stuff every now and then by LA. I got like 20 channels in San Diego last year and about 3-4 in Laughlin/Vegas.

  • @stevesibaja3123
    @stevesibaja3123 2 роки тому +8

    13 years later I still have my Digital Converter Box running in 2022

  • @BlackFlagHeathen
    @BlackFlagHeathen 11 місяців тому +18

    KMart and Radio Shack, two dinosaurs now extinct. Times have changed. :/

    • @meow.5219
      @meow.5219 11 місяців тому +1

      theres some kmarts and radio shacks still

    • @randomchannel9331
      @randomchannel9331 11 місяців тому +4

      @@meow.5219 radioshack only recently came back from the dead though

  • @Speedrunner7669
    @Speedrunner7669 26 днів тому +4

    6:50 Fun Fact: Thats a FAKE switch, because the signal shuts down after few seconds after the switch switched to digital

  • @ftgm090_finsuth_
    @ftgm090_finsuth_ 6 років тому +130

    5:25 Reporters Get Sweeped Of Air

  • @wattehel
    @wattehel  13 років тому +9

    @LuisBelmontShow
    I only had 4 VCR's and a DVR, and I didn't know their sign off time.

  • @stevesibaja3123
    @stevesibaja3123 2 роки тому +7

    On Friday June 12, 2009 it was a end of an era of Analog TV to switch to Digital TV 13 Years Later

    • @nxx99
      @nxx99 2 роки тому +1

      It's been 13 years daddy

    • @Brenling12
      @Brenling12 Рік тому +3

      well it was only for full power analog, not low powered

    • @lol-ih1tl
      @lol-ih1tl Рік тому +1

      In my country analog television lasted for 6 more years until 2015

  • @xandersthoughts
    @xandersthoughts 12 років тому +6

    Ah, the people at KTLA celebrating like it's New Years Eve.

  • @natnaelberhanu-i8w
    @natnaelberhanu-i8w Рік тому +6

    I had a panasonic tv/vcr combo and when we moved to a different home back in 07, my dad accidentally yanked the antenna so I was unable to receive channels. The strange thing was I believed this was an analog tv I had. My uncle actually figured out how to get the channels back and this was after analog was shut down. I was able to watch the original channel package I had.

  • @IlPuyoPuyotchi
    @IlPuyoPuyotchi 10 років тому +21

    Kcop (MyNetworkTV) is last Remaining analog TV in Los Angeles

    • @ApartmentKing66
      @ApartmentKing66 9 років тому +2

      How can it be? I thought the digital switch was a federal mandate...in 2009.

    • @ApartmentKing66
      @ApartmentKing66 9 років тому +2

      Yeah, that's what I thought. I don't know where Cookie got the idea that KCOP is still analog.

    • @trallere6813
      @trallere6813 4 роки тому

      It's been 5 years
      Oof

    • @morganrussman
      @morganrussman 4 роки тому

      @@ApartmentKing66 well, I think that was for full power stations.

  • @knut
    @knut 9 років тому +14

    Oh man, this video made me nostalgic for the awful KCBS analog reception.

  • @MarkMeadows90
    @MarkMeadows90 2 роки тому +10

    I don't know why I find it funny at 3:41. News anchor give you a grinning look before the moment you get shot lol

    • @myrizzigaming
      @myrizzigaming 2 роки тому

      ASO in TV Digital? (Analog Switch Off)

  • @lqweiii
    @lqweiii 7 років тому +21

    6:43 i think it's only a switch to shut off the analog broadcast. that not influence to a digital broadcast.

  • @knut
    @knut 7 років тому +23

    Wow, I had forgotten how awful KCBS Ch 2 looked in analog.

    • @Zcooger
      @Zcooger 7 років тому +9

      It was also NTSC fault, terrible system. So sad PAL was only used in EU and several countries.

  • @ayah1andsky2kidsofficalcha93
    @ayah1andsky2kidsofficalcha93 Рік тому +13

    Every Channel: STATIC
    KNBC: DTV Commerical

    • @meow.5219
      @meow.5219 11 місяців тому +2

      knbc was a "nightlight channel" looping a video about switching to digital for like 30 days

    • @卡拉永遠OK唱不完
      @卡拉永遠OK唱不完 10 місяців тому +2

      And also KCBS.

  • @DJPaoloDelaCruz
    @DJPaoloDelaCruz 7 років тому +24

    Copyrigĥt claims, supposedly, for the KTLA portion on the REM song.

  • @YCrCb444
    @YCrCb444 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for the video. I was one of the engineers on Mt. Wilson for KOCE that flipped the switch. We also saw the KTLA change at the transmitter site.

  • @nakyer
    @nakyer 11 років тому +9

    Weird. They did this in the middle of the day? Our local stations went off at midnight.

  • @beckybecky125
    @beckybecky125 7 років тому +32

    8:39 the tv held an onion

  • @SSFVnG2010
    @SSFVnG2010 2 роки тому +9

    6:55 I CAN FINALLY WATCH THE FULL CELEBRATION OF THE ANALOG TV SHUT DOWN!

  • @UltimateAzumanger
    @UltimateAzumanger 2 роки тому +9

    4:59 *HEY!!!* I was watching that!

  • @ronan-outoftime
    @ronan-outoftime Рік тому +6

    got no idea why they played it's the end of the world as we know it at the end of the ktla program but i'm here for it

  • @LamerGamer0
    @LamerGamer0 11 місяців тому +9

    imagine just chilling on the couch watching some teley and a freaking nuke goes off

  • @baronbrrrrett
    @baronbrrrrett Рік тому +19

    4:21 is it just me or is that perfectly timed 😂😂😂

  • @kelvinoabina8543
    @kelvinoabina8543 8 років тому +8

    What happened to switch off their Analog Channels in Los Angeles?
    Let's see what happened in Friday, June 12, 2009.
    KCET Ch. 28 - 12:07 AM (4:07 PM - MNL Time)
    KNBC Ch. 4 - 11:30 AM (6/13/09 @ 3:30 AM - MNL Time)
    KABC Ch. 7 - 12:00 NN (6/13/09 @ 4:00 AM - MNL Time)
    KCBS Ch. 2 & KCAL Ch. 9 - 1:10 PM (6/13/09 @ 5:10 AM - MNL Time)
    KTLA Ch. 5 - 10:45 PM (6/13/09 @ 2:45 PM - MNL Time)
    KOCE Ch. 50 - 11:30 PM (6/13/09 @ 3:30 PM - MNL Time)

  • @Yougotsomefellas
    @Yougotsomefellas 9 років тому +49

    7:22 "Analog picture just fluttering in the screen, so long..." That old guy sounded like he was gonna go home and kill himself. :( Poor guy. He was around for the start! And he has to see this! *huggles the old guy*

  • @beyondobscure
    @beyondobscure 2 роки тому +22

    Since there's still people commenting here, I'm going to ask if anyone can help me find a seemingly very rare video, that went a little like this.
    I believe it was the Pittsburgh KDKA, KYW, or a similar analog station. Interestingly enough, after the shutoff, a 1 in a million occurrence happened, and the person recording began receiving signal from all the way in Los Angeles, or perhaps it was Seattle. The video was about 6 or so minutes long. It was really cool in my opinion, and I've spent a long time looking for it.

  • @eljheids1115
    @eljheids1115 9 років тому +14

    The Philippines will adopt Japan's ISDB-T digital television broadcasting system, though we're still using America's NTSC.

    • @juliegaetos6959
      @juliegaetos6959 5 років тому

      It's true. NTSC was mostly used, while PAL only used in Europe. Pero dahil may ibang bansa pa sa Asia ang naka-PAL, gumamit sila ng DVB-T.

    • @ruchellemacalia9438
      @ruchellemacalia9438 5 років тому +1

      Rence Dablo Whether you like it or not, PAL is always better than NTSC and always will be until the last analogue channels will closedown forever. Too bad we use the bad telly standard.
      Note: The word "telly" is the common, informal British term of "TV".

  • @ehrensto
    @ehrensto Рік тому +7

    KABC7's switch was top notch timing

  • @vonsopas
    @vonsopas Рік тому +7

    Funny, I stopped watching TV around 2003 when my old Hitachi CRT 80's TV broke for the last time (I may be what was called a "cord-cutter") and got a screen for streaming from a PC or playing Xbox back in 2010 or 11. I then just learned that you had to scan for channels (and so far haven't had the time to watch TV since)

  • @silvereagle2061
    @silvereagle2061 7 років тому +32

    I remember this. Just like I remember Y2K

  • @kevin3514
    @kevin3514 8 років тому +14

    lol now in France we can broadcast our programs on the analog SECAM band

  • @MagnusOfficial
    @MagnusOfficial 4 роки тому +4

    man, having a secondary unit just to watch tv is a waste of money. besides, analog has the advantage of being watchable during rainy days.

  • @BlackFlagHeathen
    @BlackFlagHeathen 11 місяців тому +7

    DTV… now there’s a term I haven’t heard in years! Probably since 2009, actually. Lol

  • @fistjedi
    @fistjedi Рік тому +2

    Thank you for preserving these memories!

  • @pedrocontreras64pc
    @pedrocontreras64pc Рік тому +9

    Goddamn this is such an obscure menor for me I was in elementary around that age

  • @usaisnojoke
    @usaisnojoke 6 років тому +3

    Biggest mistake ever made. Digital sucks major ass, hands down. I always liked how channel 13 mimicked KTTV 11. They may have well just signed off 10 years prior since it was a copy. TV is a joke anyhow and just garbage. Good video btw!

  • @larryaldrich4351
    @larryaldrich4351 Рік тому +5

    Digital TV forced us into pay television because the antenna dependent boob-tube has poor reception.

  • @alexslavinzki2408
    @alexslavinzki2408 6 років тому +37

    Great they cut off Dave Mathews on KCET - a classic....lol funny

    • @sweiland75
      @sweiland75 6 років тому

      The sound when it cut off sounded like rapid gun fire.
      LOL

  • @Lampshade51
    @Lampshade51 7 років тому +35

    KTLA was the classy one.

  • @jay43396
    @jay43396 Місяць тому +4

    At 5:30 you can see a static bar on the top of the screen.

  • @Kaoras
    @Kaoras 11 років тому +6

    Maybe during the late 90's it would've gotten attention, but since I haven't seen a proper signoff or signon since the ancient days of satellite (C-Band dish), I'm not surprised no one's holding it against them.
    When I was little, I used to wait and watch for the signoffs/signins, though. I loved them! I think Scifi's old animations were my favorite (given we got a proper dish before either Scifi or Food existed. I remember mum waiting very patiently for Food Network)

  • @Max_Proto
    @Max_Proto 5 років тому +2

    The Digital switch must have been awkward with any tornado warnings that day...

  • @Rileyton
    @Rileyton 2 роки тому +9

    It’s funny how people are still commenting on this video to this day.

  • @klaskeyone
    @klaskeyone Рік тому +9

    6:40 is when the analog go to digital

  • @zimtheailen1919
    @zimtheailen1919 4 роки тому +8

    What we lost in June 2009
    Anolog
    MICHAEL JACKSON

  • @18436Melissa
    @18436Melissa Рік тому +10

    I honestly miss analog tv, However the switch only applied to full powered stations, There are still low powered stations in my area but I cannot get a signal, Signal boosters are optimal.

    • @TheLordOfNothing
      @TheLordOfNothing 3 місяці тому

      I know this comment is old, but weren't all low power transmitters required to shut off back in July of 2021?

    • @18436Melissa
      @18436Melissa 3 місяці тому

      @@TheLordOfNothing Well, yeah but I still miss analog tv whatsoever.

    • @TheLordOfNothing
      @TheLordOfNothing 3 місяці тому

      @@18436Melissa Me too. I don't watch TV as frequently, but when I do, it's over the air. (I do have streaming services)
      However, the one channel I frequently watch, our local NBC affiliate, comes in maybe 30% of the time with no hitches. With analog, sure, there would've been snow and fuzz, but with digital, it's tiling, pixelating, and audio cutouts that make the viewing experience not very good.

  • @lackedpuppet9022
    @lackedpuppet9022 7 років тому +13

    So when Cloo shuts down its transmitter, it'll look like this.

  • @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP
    @MrFeelGoodJson24YTP 14 років тому +2

    On KTLA-TV, Why they put a demo for converter box? (in digital portion)
    A. To rescan other channels?
    B. For other TVs don't have a converter box? (example: for child's room without converter box)
    C. All of the above

  • @gabrielmiller668
    @gabrielmiller668 5 років тому +2

    There was absolutely no need make the switch! .... keeping both analog and digital and analog at the same time would have been better since with analog we lost the most reliable signal !

  • @RobertHellier
    @RobertHellier 8 років тому +4

    I have to say.. that advert with two older people messing about with DTV box and TV still on...is very silly thing to show, should always switch off before making any connections........ or get electric shocks.......

  • @dalicebentleychannel
    @dalicebentleychannel Рік тому +9

    In Order:
    KCBS 2
    KNBC 4
    KTLA 5
    KABC 7
    KCAL 9
    KTTV 11
    KCOP 13
    KCET 28
    KOCE 50

  • @IlPuyoPuyotchi
    @IlPuyoPuyotchi 10 років тому +8

    Ktla is The CW affiliate in Los Angeles

    • @juliegaetos6959
      @juliegaetos6959 6 років тому

      Yeah. There are stations like WESH had two owners, NBC and The CW.

    • @michaelhuynh8793
      @michaelhuynh8793 4 роки тому

      CRRE2003 AKA the Yuru chara fan Formerly wb now cw. Now formerly upn wb was on air intill 2006 intill. They changed to the cw

  • @jessecoffey4737
    @jessecoffey4737 6 місяців тому +7

    MY ASSESSMENTS OF THESE SHUTOFFS:
    KCET'S: Can't say that a lot of Dave Matthews fans would have been pleased with the analog signal cutting off right in the middle of his interview with Charlie Rose, although this eerily foreshadows what would happen to Charlie Rose's career at the start of the #MeToo movement.
    KNBC'S: Some very odd timing here, switching to the DTV transition loop right in the middle of . . . a mattress commercial?
    KABC'S: By far the most professionally handled shut-off here. Looking back at these shutoffs, this appears to be among the few of its kind that were actually done right, with proper timing so that it actually shut off right when it was supposed to. Most of the stations that shut down their signals on June 12 either jumped the gun on the front of switching off the signal or cut off in the middle, or just toward the end, of any show was scheduled to air before midnight of the next day.
    KCBS': Good to know that channel 2 counted "11 million survivors" of its analog days . . . I guess.
    KCAL'S: I wonder if any footage survives of the KCAL transmitter technician shutting down from Mount Wilson that the station, which was notorious for having a rocky history in its analog era, said was streamed on their website. As for what we look at in this video . . . those with knowledge of that history will see some kind of symbolism in the shutdown occurring right in the middle of that judge's line of dialogue.
    KTLA'S: Los Angeles' first-ever television station committed a fitfully eventful termination of its analog transmitter, even if it took the guy in the control room a few seconds after the switch was pulled up to actually press that off button.
    KOCE'S: Peculiar how a guy playing the violin would have the last images transmitted over the analog feed of what would soon replace KCET as PBS' primary Southern California station.
    KTTV'S: In retrospect, this particular shutoff happens to be a typical example of Rupert Murdoch's particular brand of insensitivity. Apparently, Fox 11 in LA thought that the last people who still watched that station on their analog feed were drug addicts who were in dire need of psychological help.
    KCOP'S: Dang, they couldn't let the healthcare ad finish before turning the transmitter off? That's weird.

  • @wattehel
    @wattehel  15 років тому +3

    Yes it seems they kept it off until the end of the news then went into nightlight mode. Ch.2&4 are also in nightlight.

    • @juliegaetos6959
      @juliegaetos6959 5 років тому

      What date did Channel 2 and 4 stopped nightlight mode? What date also did Channel 5 stopped nightlight mode?
      I confused because Channel 4 in New York (WNBC), Washington D.C. (WRC), and Miami through channel 6 (WTVJ) did its nightlight with other NBC stations (other NBCs not, like channel 7 in Boston (WHDH)). Channel 2 in New York (WCBS), Atlanta through channel 46 (WGCL), and others did this too.

  • @angrychu4418
    @angrychu4418 2 роки тому +7

    Digital and analog: 3, 2, 1 (pushes the sucker) yeeeeee
    Analog: noshoooooooooooooooooooooooo (signs off)
    Digital: (continues the program with no problems)

  • @SilverDaFox
    @SilverDaFox Рік тому +10

    2:12
    KABC
    *epic music*
    LIVE FROM ABC 7

  • @zacksstuff
    @zacksstuff 5 років тому +1

    It's pretty depressing when the switchoff happens during a commercial break.

  • @wattehel
    @wattehel  11 років тому +7

    ???
    These were all recorded in the USA so....

  • @doloreshuntoon7698
    @doloreshuntoon7698 8 років тому +6

    Thanks for the memories!

  • @unavailablechannel2574
    @unavailablechannel2574 8 років тому +15

    I think they should bring it back because i have crt tvs and portable tvs and they dont work

    • @gamezvideos2
      @gamezvideos2 7 років тому +6

      Unavailable Channel You can buy a digital receptor and connect it by rca cables or rf to your tv's

    • @The_Real_DCT
      @The_Real_DCT 7 років тому +8

      Never will happen, the analog spectrum has already been sold off.

    • @morganrussman
      @morganrussman 6 років тому

      Same here, I have a tv from may 2001, completely analog, and even to remotely watch over the air tv, I HAVE to have a converter box, screw us people that have older tv's that don't also work on digital.

    • @RaysGamingChannel2003
      @RaysGamingChannel2003 Рік тому

      @@The_Real_DCT you can probably do a pirate analog TV Station or a Franken FM but don’t start a pirate analog tv station

  • @RBKluuzGH
    @RBKluuzGH 11 місяців тому +5

    "What happened?"
    Doesnt finish what hes saying before it shuts off 😂

  • @UTVIsPommunist
    @UTVIsPommunist Місяць тому +4

    0:39 Scare Factor: Nightmare

  • @intelscotland5946
    @intelscotland5946 4 роки тому +1

    Stan, no, you were not. You were setting up your TV. Not switching on KTLA for the first time ever!

  • @leoguy1979
    @leoguy1979 Рік тому +8

    Omg I totally forgot about it. I remember when This happend and I also remember how you were able to see every detail in the people face 😂😂😂 some not so flattering in HD 😂

  • @conexn
    @conexn 5 років тому +4

    All I know was Analog was so much better in some ways, at least if you had a weak signal you could still watch the channel, with digital, you have to have I think at least a 70% signal or you no watching it, plus it pop up a lot pixels on weaker signals that really mess up the show. For those people that live out in the fringe area's, they for the most part are just shit out of luck.
    I also do not like the .1, .2 say channel 4.1 and 4.2, why not just have channel 4 or channel 5, if they are going to have a off shoot then put the 4.1? But luckily I have sat and do not use regular ant's, have not for a long time. Lots of good TV's got thrown away, still have all 5 of mine, but what really sucks is the TV in my truck that was analog only, and who wants to try and find a digital box to mount inside the cab then have to scan in channels as you go down the highway all the time if on a road trip, with analog it just faded out and you could change channels and find the next channel in range.
    These new TV's might have a better picture, but there life span is not all that great for the most part, and lets face it, how many old tube TV's are still working from the 50's, 60's, and 70's? Those old TV's just would not die it seems. I can still remember being a kid in the 80's playing with the high voltage flybacks of old B&W Tv's, it is a wonder I am still alive...LOL

  • @AutisticShyGuy
    @AutisticShyGuy 5 років тому +1

    I was "born with analog, but lived with digital"

  • @Freestyle29482
    @Freestyle29482 11 років тому +5

    0:40 "But then again" *gets shot* that's what it sounded like.

  • @anonymousnobody5001
    @anonymousnobody5001 2 роки тому +4

    That's why we still have box dial tvs...

  • @WORLD_OF_CALEB_OFFICIAL
    @WORLD_OF_CALEB_OFFICIAL 7 місяців тому +20

    Who’s here in 2024?

  • @LandondeeL
    @LandondeeL 13 років тому +3

    It would have been great for one of the stations, KABC preferably, to sign off the analog age with "Mickey's Gala Premiere"....much like what happened to BBC-TV back in '39!

  • @msgeek703
    @msgeek703 14 років тому +5

    KTLA, the first analog TV station, said bye bye to Analog in the classiest way.

    • @wagnerjunior5935
      @wagnerjunior5935 4 роки тому

      At 10:58 PM, The analog television woke up while starting up and switched to the nightlight.

  • @henrimation5456
    @henrimation5456 4 роки тому +1

    2009: Anolog TV shuts down.
    2020: Cord-Cutting cable.

  • @kfifidfogofrhuglchb2406
    @kfifidfogofrhuglchb2406 5 років тому +1

    NOO!!! PLEASE DO NOT TURN OF ANALOG BROADCAST!! I WILL MISS YOU ANALOG BROADCAST R.I.P D':

  • @jvargas6034
    @jvargas6034 2 роки тому +4

    Did Any Los Angeles Or San Diego TV Station Go Digital On February 17 2009 Or It Was Mostly On June 12 2009

    • @Jaymbermations
      @Jaymbermations Рік тому +1

      think some of them might have switched before the deadline, but most of them were up and running until DTV day

  • @wattehel
    @wattehel  15 років тому +3

    I could but then the whole video would have no sound because UA-cam would mute it.

  • @SSFVnG2010
    @SSFVnG2010 2 роки тому +6

    5:09 Link please? (DTV Footage)

  • @ritchienavarro2920
    @ritchienavarro2920 6 років тому +1

    I WAS 12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME WHEN ANALOG TV ENDED on 06-12-2009

  • @hobbygamer6220
    @hobbygamer6220 5 років тому +1

    If you're not paying, and indeed HUNDREDS per month, now for television you're not gonna be watching television anymore. Have a great weekend everybody

  • @KyChan2K
    @KyChan2K 5 років тому +2

    It's funny how this happened 10 years ago. Where did the time go?

  • @EuropeanMapper
    @EuropeanMapper 7 років тому +14

    yes albania will change it too some months later