Original upload date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:27:04 GMT
In the final minutes of Friday, June 12, 2009 KDKA, broadcasting on VHF Channel 2 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ceased analog NTSC television broadcasts shortly after 11:59 PM eastern time, in accord
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ance with FCC requirements.
This is that last analog signal, received by myself a little over 2 miles from their transmitter, recorded to my computer in DV format, and edited for time (the actual"signing-off" bits are untouched. I just cut down on the Letterman clips and commercials beforehand. If you want to skip Letterman entirely, just skip forward to around 3:07) The time at the bottom should be a fairly accurate indicator of the local time when it was broadcast.
This recording is presented for educational purposes only, in accordance with the Fair Use guidelines of U.S. Copyright law.