WKBW Buffalo Sign Off (1986)

[@pookerville]

A great tribute to both Canada and the USA!

[@jeffreybaker100]

God Bless Tom Jolls for all his voice contributions in the past at Channel 7 and for doing the weather on 7 and most of all, for being Commander Tom! Great job and he will be a legend forever! Thank you Tom Jolls! May God be with you!

[@chadwickwhite6107]

That's COMMANDER Tom to you!!!!!!

[@muzikdude1188]

Always loved that USAF national anthem sign-off clip.

[@christopherbubb2890]

I remember watching WKBW-TV on a visit to Niagara Falls around this time (I was maybe six or seven). First of all I found it neat that Buffalo had a channel 2, 4 and 7 just like Detroit, and that Buffalo's 7 was also an ABC affiliate and had a slightly different version of the Circle 7 logo from Detroit's WXYZ. Now that I've cut the cord and have the Set TV streaming app on my TV, I get to watch WKBW once again and see CKLW "20/20 News" legend Keith Radford in the anchor chair. :)

[@chadwickwhite6107]

Ah...Back when TV stations told the TRUTH. Who MISSES the good old days like ME?

[@RustyMuck]

Rather impressive that WKBW kept using the NAB TV code slide even _after_ CapCities sold them off and Tom Jolls had to re-record the VO

[@889martinrd6]

Rest in Peace Tom Jolls August 16,1933-June 7,2023

[@CelesteK]

Yeah with "Commander" Tom Jolls too. :)

[@therealdjsupernick]

Hey, Drake was born that year! And yes, he’s Canadian 😉

[@bryanyancy6100]

That is 7 ABC in Buffalo, New York from 1986. Here's O Canada and the Star-Spangled Banner before they say good night.

[@paulprovino1843]

sad how the country has changed so much since then did you hear the bishop telling immigrants there was no fear of deportation that is not true today!!

[@ajcarinomusic6511]

WKBW Sign Off Christmas 2011

[@paullarue2010]

I can't talk that fast!

[@jareddicarlo7816]

Someone wanna tell these guys that the TV Code isn’t being used anymore?

[@richardburkard9839]

Given what some people say about TV news in 2020, maybe it should be.

[@gidzmobug2323]

This is from 1986. The code was banished by the NAB (according to Wikipedia) in 1983. Maybe the station kept it voluntarily.

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Did they ever use a test pattern before?

[@wmbrown6]

Around 1980.