Switch to DTV times for each station on June 12th

[John L]

I'm hoping some of you guys will be able to capture and upload the signoffs to YouTube or similar? I'd love to see them, but I'll be at work.

Same Here.

WBBM-DT will change from ch. 3 to ch. 12 at Noon today, the sametime WISN-TV signs off.

My guess is WBBM-TV made arrangements with WISN-TV in regards to the transition.

-John L.

[techguy1975]

I'm hoping some of you guys will be able to capture and upload the signoffs to YouTube or similar? I'd love to see them, but I'll be at work.

I'll try to get ch. 36..  Its the only station I can get in clear using the coax going from my TV..  Right now, ch 12 seems to be effectively off the air..  They have some kind of slide up right now...I can't get them in good enough to tell what ti says

[LoadStar]

I'll try to get ch. 36..  Its the only station I can get in clear using the coax going from my TV..  Right now, ch 12 seems to be effectively off the air..  They have some kind of slide up right now...I can't get them in good enough to tell what ti says

Yeah, same here in Waukesha.

On 12, I could barely make out that it was a static slide with the station logo and the national and local DTV transition phone bank numbers.

Can't get anything else with this piece of junk antenna I picked up from Wally World. Oh, well, $9 not so well spent.

[mrschimpf]

I'll try to get ch. 36..  Its the only station I can get in clear using the coax going from my TV..  Right now, ch 12 seems to be effectively off the air..  They have some kind of slide up right now...I can't get them in good enough to tell what ti says

They went off at 8:30am with a station history narrated by Jerry Taff and ended with the "So Happy Together on Channel 12" campaign, then cut over to the slide. I woke about about ten minutes before and I didn't hear that they were going to end at 8:30am before I just happened to tune in. Basically the slide gives station and FCC numbers and "Effective TODAY AT 12 NOON, WISN-TV will stop analog broadcasting."

[techguy1975]

Just saw Ch. 36 fade into the distance..  I didn't know they were airing it on their DTV side, otherwise I would of left my the coax connected to the splitter, but, I guess it was kind of appropiiate I was watching it that way.  The signal wasn't the best, it was snowy, just like back in the old days of TV.  They had a nice package piece before going to the national anthem with scenes from around Milwaukee.  After that they faded into the Indian Head test pattern with tone..  then cut to black, a minute later the signal litterally faded away as the transmitter powered down.  I was able to see ch. 12's slide, it basically said that they would stop analog broadcasting at noon.

So...this is it...  For those of you who saw the birth of analog TV in Milwaukee, and now its death, thiis has got to be a especially special day for you.  I was watching part of the I Remember with Dick talking about the glory days of TV.  I would of loved to see TV back then.  In my 34 years on this earth, TV has always been pretty much what it is today.

I'll be rolling tape on Ch's 4 & 6 since I gotta head to work now..

R.I.P Analog!

[WITI6fan]

Can't get anything else with this piece of junk antenna I picked up from Wally World. Oh, well, $9 not so well spent.

Same here.

But my small black and white portable TV was picking up WSAV from Savannah, GA around 8AM with a pretty clear signal. Too bad it doesn't have video out.

[LoadStar]

Here are the signoff videos, as provided by the local affiliates:
WTMJ: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/47915287.html?video=YHI&t=a
WITI:http://www.fox6now.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3859878
WISN: http://www.wisn.com/video/19738428/index.html
WMVS/WMVT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHnz7tlgEpE
WDJT: abruptly left the air, no signoff
WVTV and WCGV: transitioned to digital back at the original date.

[techguy1975]

Here are the signoff videos, as provided by the local affiliates:
WTMJ: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/47915287.html?video=YHI&t=a
WITI:http://www.fox6now.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3859878
WISN: http://www.wisn.com/video/19738428/index.html

WDJT and WMVS/WMVT have not posted their signoffs, as far as I can find. WVTV and WCGV, of course, transitioned to digital back at the original date.

WDJT hasn't posted it because they haven't done it yet...They are supposed to sign off at 11:59

[LoadStar]

WDJT hasn't posted it because they haven't done it yet...They are supposed to sign off at 11:59

Ahh. Guess I should pull my old Silver Sensor antenna out and give it a look.

Now, technically both WISN and WTMJ played the videos linked to above before going to the "if you are seeing this, you're still watching analog" card, not when they actually went off the air.

Did either play a secondary signoff prior to turning off the transmitter? I kind of doubt it.

[LoadStar]

Oh, and wasn't WISN's just a rerun of the package created for the station's 50th anniversary back in 2004?

[techguy1975]

Unfortunately I did not get a chance to check 4 or 12 since I was at work when they pulled the plug..  One to check tonight is ch. 6.  I listed to their informational loop on the radio on the way home from work, and they said everything ends tonight.  Now, that could be just a push to get people to make the switch, or they could be actually killing the analog signal at 11:59

[techguy1975]

Someone on another board brought up a very good point.  With analog TV fading into the sunset, it struck me that Dick Nitelinger is not here to share this day with us.  It is too bad, I'm sure he would of loved to see this.  Although, I have a feeling he is up in heaven right now watching this.  Probably gets crystal clear reception of all the stations up there.  God bless you Dick, rest in piece

[John L]

Someone on another board brought up a very good point.  With analog TV fading into the sunset, it struck me that Dick Nitelinger is not here to share this day with us.  It is too bad, I'm sure he would of loved to see this.  Although, I have a feeling he is up in heaven right now watching this.  Probably gets crystal clear reception of all the stations up there.  God bless you Dick, rest in piece

I thought about Dick earlier today, especially when I was reading some bicycle posts from his brother on another board.  I bet he would be going crazy and perhaps would have been at one of the TV stations himself like WTMJ-TV perhaps.

-John L.

[LoadStar]

WDJT hasn't posted it because they haven't done it yet...They are supposed to sign off at 11:59

Heh - so much for a signoff from WDJT. They just unceremoniously turned off the transmitter... no signoff, no nothing. Which is weird, because I think WDJT actually HAS a signoff, since I think they were one of the last stations in the area to go off the air during the early morning hours.

[techguy1975]

Heh - so much for a signoff from WDJT. They just unceremoniously turned off the transmitter... no signoff, no nothing. Which is weird, because I think WDJT actually HAS a signoff, since I think they were one of the last stations in the area to go off the air during the early morning hours.

they did...  I caught some of their sign offs back when they were still Classic TV 58.  Too bad..I would of loved to see something more