Captured Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 2:30am, after the World Baseball Classic '09 transmission :)
This one's a real rarity. Currently, WSTE (Super Siete) is the only station remaining in Puerto Rico that signs off, since the other stations stopped doing so approximately 7 years ago or so. However, when they all used to closed down, they used the very same sign off (or at least really similar). Even though this was captured on 2009, the sign off it self has at least more than 15 years of age. Should bring back memories to some people.
As typical with every sign off, we are treated to a small logo ident with a newer logo, developed recently. The technical part of the sign-off, however, uses the Super Siete logo from 1987. After the technical information concludes, the national anthems of Puerto Rico and the US are presented, both recordings provided by the Puerto Rican National Guard. Normally, the channels used to cut to a Test Pattern with either a tone or audio from an AM radio station, but this one changes to a modern weather forecast (although a glitchy one). One loop of this is provided in this recording.
The translated speech is as follows (SuperSiete=SuperSeven):
You're watching TeleIsla, channel 7, WSTE Ponce/San Juan
SuperSiete concludes it's transmission for this day. We are SuperSiete, WSTE-TV Ponce/San Juan, Puerto Rico.
SuperSiete is proud to serve the entire island of Puerto Rico. We operate on Channel 7, from four transmitters localized throughout the island, with permission from the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC. In SuperSiete, your opinion is important. We need and receive your comments and suggestions. Send these to the station manager at:
WSTE-TV
Call Box 15096
San Juan, PR 00902
On behalf of all of us who work at SuperSiete, we wish you a very good day.
I hope everyone can enjoy this little gem, and I'm glad I captured it because rumor has it this sign-off will go soon, being replaced by infomercials :( I sure miss the good old days.
For the fake-bump followers, forgive the unusual post.
[EDIT] As dmhharris kindly pointed out, it seems the original year for this video was created in 1987.
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