[BC] Low-Tech "EAS"

[Mark Humphrey]

On 8/18/06, DHultsman5 at aol.com <DHultsman5 at aol.com> wrote:

> Also remember the ealy days of TV after running a test pattern for two  hours
> to get the transmitter all warmed up, many time they would show a plain
> clock with recorded music the last hour before air time.  Later on some ran
> random slides with music.

I recall that the founders of KDHX-TV in St. Louis (an offshoot of the
former KDNA-FM) wanted each evening's "sign-off" to feature a live
shot of the night crew walking to the studio door and turning out the
lights.  The station would broadcast "black" all night until sign-on,
when the door would be seen opening and the lights turned on again.

This practice might be frowned upon today, as a contribution to
"global warming" with no "redeeming benefit" -- although an "artiste"
might disagree...

Mark