WJW TV8 Analog Sign Off - June 12, 2009 

I was flipping through channels to watch all of the analog ones drop; I switched to 8 just as this started, and this button-push was when I witnessed the DTV switch. After the analog of WJW dropped, I flipped around to find most of the others were out as well.

2:07 Goodbye to analog, hello digital. Punch it *bzzzzzzszzzszzzszzt*

Thanks for capturing that slice of Cleveland TV history.

His last words on analog…. “Punch it, Jim.”

2:10 R.I.P. Headphone Users

6:31 R.I.P HEADPHONES USER

At 10AM,Fox 8(WJW-TV) will shut down both the analog service on Ch.8 (Which you just saw.) and the digital on Ch.31 you seeing here. Then ,in a few minutes, WJW-TV VCh.8-1 (Ch.90 or above) is new digital service signal broadcast replacements will come up VCh.8-1(Ch.90 or above).

2:10 Punch it, Ji-explosion💥

This video has been recorded on analog service channel 8,off the air,on Friday,12-6-2009 right before 10AM morning or noon by Bola Oxmux.

What follows are the final moments of analog broadcasting for WJW-TV Ch.8 Cleveland into DTV Swtichover and WJW-DT-TV VCh.8-1(Ch.90 or above)!

Nice way to say times have chanced

6:22 I Don’t Have Signal

Nice to see you have an Insignia digital converter box! My menu screen is identical to that one.

So this happens the same day I was born like stop stealing my thunder

Punch it- *BZZZZZTZZZZZZZZTZZZZZZZZZZ*

Actually WJW is 11kW on CH8 - the 30kW is just an unbuilt construction permit (and is so directional that it actually would be worst than the current signal, sending all the power north). With 19's recent power increase they've gotten a lot better, now TV8 is clearly the worst digital signal now

how many years of memories

2:21 LG Smart TV Starts Now!

I remember in my area where they did switch .they said same thing. I was on dish Network at time .and the channel never went out like they said it would do for few mins but hear from some people local channels was out for 2 days on cable . But on Dish all local channels was in HD so idk

@jonghyunchung Yeah, I cut out some garbage out of the recording right after the analog carrier drop.

2:04 Good Bye

The infamous station that once had Ghoulardi. Fare Thee Well. ⚰️

My parents had AT&T U-Verse at the time of the analog TV shutdown, so no big deal.

2:10 Scared Me.

i have reached all the channels in digital, but the weakest signal is on WBNX. during summer months, i can pick up detroit, toledo, youngstown, and zanesville at dusk. my signal is stong for DTV.

Yes, if the station is broadcasting in HD.

I'm surprised you managed to pick up Channel 8 on its new signal. They should have just styed on Channel 31. Now they are down there with channel 19 as the worst signal in the area.

Channel 8 (chinese channel in SG) is also broadcasted in CH31

What show's end credits were those?

@nsa12345 WLIO in Lima also now operates on RF channel 8 (virtually channel 35) with 27.5 kW of power - easily dwarfing WJW's signal. Unless WJW applies to move to a different RF channel, they are sadly stuck with what they've got. To be fair, I can understand the legacy points of having WJW wanting to stay on RF channel 8. WOIO being on RF channel 10 (headbutting non-digital CFPL/10 in London, ON) never made, and still makes, no sense. That's Raycom for you.

I Scared When I Was Little! I Got DTC Digital TV!

@myronfalwell, From what I've heard, WOIO couldn't go back to 19, because it would be too close to adjacent-channel WFMJ in Youngstown on RF20. There's also an RF19 digital station in London, ON. They could go to 31, AFAIK, since WJW apparently doesn't want it.

Maybe, this same channel programme signoff on WJW-TV pre-transition digital service signal, which has been broadcast over the air on Channel 31 or Channel 8 for most of the past decade.

Now the channel 31 or 8 digital service signal is gone! Goodbye analog tv......

Only 30 seconds to scan? We in Italy we take 3 minutes! And only 30 channels? We in Italy we have over 200 channels!

Very true, but the digital signals here were received with an outdoor antenna - with an indoor antenna, the new CH8 signal is even flakier than 19, at least where I am.

2:10

10:02 AM

Punch it - (static)

While at the minute at 1:00

2:08 bro shouldnt have punched it

The Entire country did it

So, it's 2024, and we can't even still see it in warrensville heights. 19 is the same way. Are strongest channels from warrensville Heights include three, five, and 55. Wbnx really comes in in warrensville Heights however wvps in akron, ion, just cannot show up at all. And wav can't even come on either. Along with w e a oh, and sometimes channel 25 w i z. Sorry, missing letters. Wzid, and wvt wvps. Although, that's probably a signal and karlstein somewhere again, the call letters for ION that I was trying to say for akron, is, wvp x.

Cool

Cleveland Ohioand west Virginia

And the number on the screen is WRONG! They forgot the 1. On screen: 888.CALL.FCC Real number: 1888.CALL.FCC

And faux 8 should of stayed off the air