WRAL-TV 5, Raleigh NC Sign-Off 1989 

Thats ok . Youre right as rain... It moved me as well... Great piece!

The Wnew one had pictures from a small city in new york

Back when you have no choice but to go to bed.

Here's something you probably didn't know, jerrymouse2008: WRAL was the NBC affiliate for Raleigh from its initial sign-on in 1956 until 1962; then in 1962 (until 1985), the station was the area's ABC affiliate, before becoming a CBS affiliate in the fall of 1985 (by virtue of WTVD being swallowed up by Capital Cities, and becoming an ABC O&O), with WRAL remaining the Raleigh-Durham area's CBS affiliate until about six months ago, when they went back to NBC.

I actually already know this, but thanks for telling me.

Was that when Jesse Helms worked there?

Ronin Sherpa i remember meeting both of them myself during a field trip to WRAL studio when i was in 6th grade.

...no.

agree. It used to be a conservative TV station.

No, it hasn't, its changed in a good way.

There’s a thing called 24/7 broadcasting

@@paulgarrison6007 in which manner.

Yessss let's all try to bring back the tv sign offs in Raleigh in 2024!!!

Bullshit.

Today's content isn't junkworthy, And it does show moral fibre,

Absolutely. They didn't change their call letters from WTOP to WDVM until 1978, and they were one of the first stations to start using Flag Evolution.

I grew up in northern Virginia, and depending on how the atmosphere was behaving, we could pick up all the stations in both D.C. and Baltimore, most of the time CBS and and NBC in Richmond (the ABC affiliate, now WRIC, was and still is in Petersburg, so it was out of range), KYW and WCAU in Philadelphia and on rare occasions, WNBC in New York. WMAR, which went from CBS to NBC sometime in the 1970's, was owned at the time by the parent company of the Baltimore Sun (before Tribune), and its sign-ons and sign-offs included not only the SSB, but followed that with "Maryland, My Maryland" by the all-male choir the Chorus of the Chesapeake, with a film clip of the Sun building that had the caption "Read the Sunpapers" flashing across the top of the screen.

WMAR is one of the few stations that's been with each of the Big 3 networks (ABC, CBS and NBC).

Gracias para su traducion en espanol!

Raleigh isn't that far from Virginia.

Yeah, If the signal can reach you depending on where you lived in Southside Virginia and what kind of Antenna you're using but that was during the Analog era. Digital era is a different story. Trying to pick up the digital signal today is going to be difficult whether you use pair of Rabbit Ears or a Yagi-Uda Antenna. Trying to get both Picture and Sound without ticking from that distance and from a digital signal is going to be tough.

Rick Cortez No; the announcer for the Disney Channel was Jerry Bishop, the same guy who now announces for "Judge Judy"; the announcer for Disney movies has varied over the years.

@@sillygoose635 Nice non argument you got there Stevie. You're too stupid to refute anything in the comment so you just screech UR DUMB!!!!!!! in response

@@Deathfromabove5 right back at ya you fucking mongrel

Also, no, we will never have this again since we have 24hr television.

They certainly couldn't get away with the Confederate battle flag in the anthem at 2:20. Not in NC in 2019.

@@Deathfromabove5 You're so fucking dumb, you dimwit

Thanks to Trump.

As in Jesse Helms doing commentaries?

They moved on to being a not biased TV station

Hmm, no.

They've changed for the better,

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That signified the period when the United States was divided into TWO countries during the Civil War (1861-'65).....with *two* flags. That was part of our country's evolution. That cannot be forgotten.