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Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:16 pm to TigerLicks
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Morgus and Chopsley were much better at it.
I don't remember them. Where were they?
I grew up in Dallas till 1974 then Baton Rouge ever since
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:22 pm to Tarps99
Such a beautiful song.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:22 pm to BabyTac
High Flight was the sign off for some.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:24 pm to BabyTac
Yes.
National anthem and then the test pattern.
A better world.
I remember when WBRZ was about to go on the air in the morning, they had a camera panning back and forth over:
Clock
Thermometer
Hydrometer
Barometer
for a half hour before they started broadcasting
National anthem and then the test pattern.
A better world.
I remember when WBRZ was about to go on the air in the morning, they had a camera panning back and forth over:
Clock
Thermometer
Hydrometer
Barometer
for a half hour before they started broadcasting
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:25 pm to BabyTac
I do. Was kind of an odd thing looking back, suddenly feeling very isolated. 
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:26 pm to BabyTac
We always watch the fuzzy channels on the free cable box, may see a titty every once and a while…
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:27 pm to BabyTac
High Flight
To reach out and touch the face of God…
To reach out and touch the face of God…
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:29 pm to BabyTac
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:34 pm to Disco Ball
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I don't remember them. Where were they?
Morgus had his laboratory in an old ice house in N.O. where he, Chopsly and Eric the skeletal head hooked up to electronics would work their magic on Saturday nights.
One of his crowning achievements to science was when he measured the speed of dark.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:35 pm to jlovel7
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Amazing there was a time in living memory where there was no realized market for programming of any kind for like 5 straight hours.
That’s a good way to put it.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 9:56 pm to Disco Ball
For all of you television engineers on TD, I don't need to tell you what the test patterns are, but for the rest of you, wondering about what those test patterns do, well, here you go:
The "Indian Head" test pattern is famous for the portrait of the Native American chief. This is supposed to be used by both TV engineers, servicers and TV owners to adjust contrast and gray tones.
The tapered black lines at the top and sides (often numbered 20, 30, or 35) measured clarity. If you could see the lines clearly as they narrowed, your TV had high resolution; if they blurred together, your set was out of focus.
The bullseye circles tests for the correct aspect ratio and linearity. If the circles looked like eggs, the "vertical hold" or "horizontal width" knobs on the back of the TV needed twisting. On the picture tube,b there are multiple magnets, called 'astignators', and technicians can move these to adjust the TV if the circles weren't uniformly round.
The radiating bars next to the chief helped viewers adjust grey scale (brightness and contrast). You wanted to see distinct shades of gray rather than just a blob of white or black.
The background grid allowed technicians to ensure the picture was centered and not tilted or skewed.
The "Indian Head" test pattern is famous for the portrait of the Native American chief. This is supposed to be used by both TV engineers, servicers and TV owners to adjust contrast and gray tones.
The tapered black lines at the top and sides (often numbered 20, 30, or 35) measured clarity. If you could see the lines clearly as they narrowed, your TV had high resolution; if they blurred together, your set was out of focus.
The bullseye circles tests for the correct aspect ratio and linearity. If the circles looked like eggs, the "vertical hold" or "horizontal width" knobs on the back of the TV needed twisting. On the picture tube,b there are multiple magnets, called 'astignators', and technicians can move these to adjust the TV if the circles weren't uniformly round.
The radiating bars next to the chief helped viewers adjust grey scale (brightness and contrast). You wanted to see distinct shades of gray rather than just a blob of white or black.
The background grid allowed technicians to ensure the picture was centered and not tilted or skewed.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:30 pm to UptownJoeBrown
This should have been our sign-off image...
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:32 pm to BabyTac
There was something so special about staying up late, watching a late-show, when all the other channels had signed off. The commercials were more low-key, and usually a mix of local car dealerships and sofa/furniture stores, along with ragged 16mm prints of PSA's.
You could just totally 'taste' the lateness of the hour down to your bones. It was so unique. But it all disappeared with 24-hour-a-day cable programming, and infomercials and such, making 1:00am and 2:00am seem just as loud as brassy as the middle of the day.
You could just totally 'taste' the lateness of the hour down to your bones. It was so unique. But it all disappeared with 24-hour-a-day cable programming, and infomercials and such, making 1:00am and 2:00am seem just as loud as brassy as the middle of the day.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:33 pm to BabyTac
Wow 6 downvote, this country is lost
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:46 pm to BabyTac
It was awesome when they'd show the last commercial, then there would be a voice over showing over the station logo. They'd then be saying all this information about the station, the address, the watts, then they'd be like "and that concludes our broadcast day" and there would show the flag and the star spangled banner. Then it would turn to a bunch of vertical lines in different colors. And it would be that all the way until the next morning at 5am.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 10:50 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
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You could just totally 'taste' the lateness of the hour down to your bones. It was so unique. But it all disappeared with 24-hour-a-day cable programming, and infomercials and such, making 1:00am and 2:00am seem just as loud as brassy as the middle of the day.
I know exactly what you are describing. That feeling of the world being dark, dangerous, exciting and you're out there, alone in it, dealing with it. Inviting it in but knowingly apprehensive. This song does justice to it...
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:51 pm to Auburn80
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High Flight was the sign off for some.
One of my favorite videos. Remember seeing it when stations signed off in OK when I was a kid.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:27 am to OK Roughneck
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