Old — Tv Broadcast

[Black and white test pattern with high-pitched tone. Static crackles. The tone fades.] [Cut to: Grainy, slightly out-of-focus shot of a waving American flag or a spinning globe.] [Text overlay in a serif font: "THIS CONCLUDES OUR BROADCAST DAY"]

“We’d like to thank you for spending your evening with us. From the antics of ‘The Honeymooners’ to the late movie, ‘The Ghost and Mr. Chicken’... we hope you laughed, we hope you dreamed, and we hope you remembered a simpler time.”

[The white dot shrinks, then pops into blackness. Static hiss returns for 3 seconds.] old tv broadcast

[The picture begins to collapse into a bright white dot in the center of the screen, then flickers.]

“From all of us at Channel 9... good night, and may your signal always find its way home.” [Black and white test pattern with high-pitched tone

[Video switches to a slow pan of a silent, empty TV studio. A single camera tilts downward. Dust motes float in the blue light.]

(Soft click of a stopwatch.)

“Good evening. The time is now... two-oh-seven AM, Eastern Standard Time. Channel 9, WKRP, serving your tri-state area, has completed its regular programming for this day, October the 12th, 1987.”

[Loud POP as the transmitter cuts off. Pure, hissing static. Then silence.] [END OF TAPE. PLEASE REWIND.] From the antics of ‘The Honeymooners’ to the