WGBH-TV Partial Sign Off (1973)

Source: After an airing of "The Compass Weekly" episode titled "Town and Gown".
Uploaded by Squidy
It was real... this whole time... no illusion... MSTS1 was no kidding.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Love this. "We offer programs that entertain, stimulate and inform. Our purpose is to help you cope better with the world in your own life." This is what PBS did for so many years...I miss those days.

[@MSTS1]

This is Great - So glad you guys found and posted it !! I only saw the 1975 version which had advanced a bit from this one from 1973. To re-create mine I only had 2 sources of info: an audio recording of the sign-off and- My Memory of the visuals. No VCR back then and, never got an Instamatic snapshot from the screen. I saw it a few times, I think between 6/75 and 9/75. I remember the framing also included the overhead studio lights darkening a few at a time, and the silhouetted man with the push broom (I called him the sweeper-guy) seemed to be there to indicate that the day was done, he was tidying up, and the station was leaving the air for the night. Nice work !

[@dylaninpieces2]

I don't wanna be rude. That said, why haven't you made new videos for years? Just being curious.

[@AlternativeTelevision]

@@dylaninpieces2his computer and stuff went kaput iirc

[@MSTS1]

@@dylaninpieces2 From 2007- 4.5 yrs going thru VHS tapes to make this Channel killed my last brand new VCR, which was a gift to me and I used it up for the sake of YT. The software became obsolete as PCs died off and were replaced, and this project came to an end.

[@MSTS1]

@@AlternativeTelevision I used everything to the hilt until the end.

[@CJaguar265]

How are you doing my friend

[@bytearchives]

Classic PBS

[@goofyradiodude]

Ah Yes-WGBH was a class act in the 70's

[@mr2del]

Thanks to whoever uploaded this. This was part of my time growing up during the 1970s

[@christopherjudge1138]

Talk about your psychedelic sign-off! Sesame
Street and Electric Company were BOTH
psychedelic, except for Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood!
Haven't seen this since I was little! BTW, I wonder
if you could post those old Massachusetts Educational
Television cards that would announce what shows
were.coming up next, you know, the drawings
by many school.children from the Boston-area,
use in the '70s-'80s, accompanied by various
pieces of classical music played over them!

[@hayleywaalen2612]

Looks so trippy

[@wmbrown6]

Does anyone know what kind of test pattern was used by WGBH prior to sign-on as of 1973?

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

What kind of pixel, I am seeing right now? : 0

[@Pdasilva0324]

Wow I'd never seen this before! I grew up with the pixelation WGBH/WGBX sign on and offs, with the same music (Rondo a Go Go). When did they switch from the graphics seen in this video to the pixelation that I remember?

[@spicy321]

I remember seeing this all the time as a youngster (born in '72). I was always fascinated by it and I'm glad it's finally been found. I seem to remember the change around 1978 or so, though I could be wrong. It could have been earlier.

[@Pdasilva0324]

Thank you. I thought it was 1977 or 78 but was not sure.@@spicy321

[@pmc1000]

Let’s go! We found it!

[@andrewscungio3200]

Surprisingly, this logo is similar to the one now shown on tv.

[@kaiokendo]

The number two was ready to kill lol

[@jareddicarlo7816]

How did you find this?!?

[@AlternativeTelevision]

Well, I guess the sweeper part came later.

[@AlternativeTelevision]

Eitherway, this is absolutely amazing!

[@SBIMoonSquid]

Might be a misremembering also, but fair point! -Squidy

[@lenaquino8400]

Request Could you make Wgbx partial sign off (1973

[@alejandrokudo5463]

What time did this came on?

[@christopherbubb2890]

No audio? Disabled?

[@matthewmccarthy8858]

How about some mid to late 90s of WGBH

[@yobelkcip]

BIG 2