Sign-Off Sequences – For Portlanders Only

KATU Sign-Off Sequence — 1988

This was recorded May 12, 1988, and is identical to previous KATU signoffs EXCEPT the ending is completely different, using

OPB changed their signoffs a lot more frequently than everyone else. This was captured on the night of August 7,

More from the beginning of KRCW (then KEBN). Like I said in the previous two posts about this, they began

You’re looking at the VERY beginning: the start of KRCW, a station that’s gone through three call letters in its

Here’s another one. KPDX had definitely gone 24 hours by this point, but apparently federal regulations required them to say

Guess what I found out today? When stations stopped turning off their signals every night, they DIDN’T stop airing these

Check it out — with this recent discovery, FPO now has the sign-off sequences from ALL the Portland TV stations!

Sometimes, this happened instead. Since I wasn’t around for this era, I have no idea how often the light bulb

While other stations had abandoned lengthy signoffs by the early 80’s, KOIN was still going the whole nine yards. Over

OPB was still shutting down for the night in the mid-80’s. This variant showed a pastiche of main titles for