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altrokradio Says:

Jun 13, 2009 - High marks from me for displaying a sense of history.

switchersolo Says:

Jun 13, 2009 - I couldn't agree more ... very classy, in my opinion.

james32746 Says:

Jun 13, 2009 - It was in color for me using an outdoor antenna and pre-amp in Lake Mary, I recorded it as well, but it was deleted it by mistake.

dyno1316 Says:

Jun 14, 2009 - They added the WLOF cat to the sign off, which is very unusual for COX to do so, since they bought Channel 9 from the original owners. Noted at the 10-11 second mark, after the ID like the beginning of General Hospital, but for a fraction of a second. Great job with the analog sign off!

Hurricane1223 Says:

Jun 16, 2009 - my guess is Bob Opsal was announcing this

JimmySand9 Says:

Jun 16, 2009 - It's definately Bob-O.

mathiasvolta Says:

Jun 17, 2009 - Thank you for upload ! 5*

cpc24 Says:

Jun 17, 2009 - The slow fade was very nice, like an old TV switching off.

jaybee1973jaybee Says:

Jun 18, 2009 - Very well done, WFTV. Two thumbs up! Maybe someone with technical knowledge could explain why the sign-off apparently was in color in some portions of the viewing area and in black-and-white in others.

switchersolo Says:

Jun 18, 2009 - I agree ... WFTV did a great job. Very classy. As far as the black and white goes, I recorded the DTV show that WFTV started at 12:30, and most of that was in color ... then at about 12:50, there was a gradual increase in the noise in the signal and the color went away ... I figured that maybe they were reducing output power on analog channel 9. I was also using an outdoor antenna with a pre-amp in Winter Park.

OTownNews Says:

Jun 20, 2009 - Very impressive, especially considering they didn't do an anniversary special last year.

harleykman Says:

Jul 7, 2009 - The color portion of the signal is overlaid on top of the black-and-white signal. This means that if you are viewing at a distance, you might only receive the BW image without any color. In some cases, if you're really distant, you might only hear the audio but see no video. Ahhh the fun of analog. ;-)

BadGurl404 Says:

Jul 10, 2009 - 12:59? That must've been the start of "All My Children".

gladfan1989 Says:

Jul 26, 2009 - And so, an era of television broadcasting has come to an end. Albeit rather short, it was done very well. Even though the signal was powered down, it was very appropriate that this was shown in glorious BW. And the WLOF cat was a very nice touch. But most appropriately, was the way the station faded away. Beautiful end to, what will be, a bygone era.

switchersolo Says:

Jul 27, 2009 - Thank you, Gladfan! I agree with you completely ... I wish that more stations showed the respect and class that WFTV did in remembering their past, and how it was in the beginning. Heck, I would have been happy if some of them just ran a simple sign-off announcement rather than just dumping the carriers. Thank you for the comments!

title26 Says:

Aug 19, 2009 - it looks like its body is going into shock and its life is being zapped away.

duncombepat Says:

Sep 16, 2009 - Nice job with the sign off! Liked the cat!