End of and era....
 

In regards to the upcoming end of analog television I was wondering if anyone here knows, or has had any thoughts of what the end will really be like.

Will they announce the end, or will it just happen when they get around to flicking a switch.:scratch2:

I think it would be proper to have the last show be a looking back kind of documentary on television, from its start until today.

Another cool idea would be for the networks to broadcast the spinning likeness of Felix (I think) the cat for the last hour. That was supposedly one of the first images broadcasted in the early days.

Another idea I had was an Andy Griffith marathon for the entire last day.:thmbsp:

I'm hoping this event is something with some formality as it would be a good thing to record on the VCR, while it still works...:yes:

I was thinking "Topper", "The Thin Man", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"...

John

I intend to set up a couple of sets on our two analog channels, KAIT 8 and KEMV 6 to see just what will happen that night.

Is there a scheduled time?

Were suppost to be following along in a year or 2 in Canada .
So much for DXing with a vintage TV .
Best I done was on the 1954 Crosley . KCRA Sacramento .
That was a great moment .

"This is how the World Ends, then...Not with a Bang, but with a Whimper..."

I Married Joan, My Little Margie, December Brides....

When you see the angry mob with torches and pitchforks in front of thr Funny Cookie Company building you will know the changeover has taken place.

A 12-hour marathon of the movie "Freddy Got Fingered..." :D

They should play the National Anthem before they convert to digital. Just like in the old days when TV stations signed off at night.

I haven't heard anything from KTLA in Los Angeles yet, but I have eMails in to some people I know there. KTLA has pride in their history as the first commercial TV station on the west coast, and they also had a prewar TV experimental station (W6XYZ) owned by Paramount Pictures. If I had to guess, I'd bet they'll do something special. The first face seen on KTLA was Bob Hope, so sadly that's not possible. But they DO have a newsman; Stan Chambers, STILL WORKING THERE who started in '47 when they went on the air! I hope he gets involved.

Charles

I have been planning to do some kind of event -- maybe stack a small b/w set on my color roundie, tune them to different stations, and use a video camera to record the moment.

If you had a pirate TV station, it would be funny to instantly replace the missing signal with a scene of you and a pal sitting on a couch with ragged jeans, singing the theme from "Wayne's World." The sad part is that nobody would be watching to see it! :)

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

I already took the day off from work, stacking 25+ sets up(gently):) on all available channels and watching them all go to static with my camera. I think we have until midnight on the 12th, at least a few stations here said that. I may be wrong but since most of the stations in my area are just the digital station repeated on analog, therefore any special programming for analog would be on the digital station too. They might just throw the switch and that's it, but I hope not. Let's at least show the National Anthem or a test pattern or something.......

I think Merrylander is right: some folks just don't pay 'tention to nuthin', and when the TV goes to snow they won't have a clue and when they finally find out, there'll be all kinds of uproar. I'll bet we'll all be buying them new TV's for free. Sigh.

Reece

Verizon and AT%T should buy them new TVs, they got 90% of the bandwidth.