WKYH TV Hazard Kentucky Sign Off

Here is the sign off of WKYH from the labor day weekend in 1985

[@Hogstuff]

I assume this station was run on a shoe string budget at the time? Also, why would I be told to stay tuned to the station when they were signing off? Even for such a small DMA like Hazard/Eastern KY, you'd expect some more quality.

[@tkaye2]

No matter how low your station's art budget is, you've got to do better than cutting your call letters out of construction paper and tacking them to the wall. With each WKYH clip I watch, I wonder if the people running the place had ever left Hazard and viewed a real TV station.

[@warlaker]

Tkaye was right. When WWII began, stations did start playing the Anthem in support of America and the war effort and kept going from there, making it a tradition for most stations.

[@JesseL85719]

The sign-off V/O is from 1985 and by then, Megacycles was a word that felt very antiquated.

[@wmbrown6]

The soundtrack of this "SSB" was used for a custom-made film that went with sign-ons and -offs of WPIX New York (with a crossfade that was right out of their production values for "The Yule Log") up to 1979, per: watch?v=B6Aq6fhIVzk

[@pauljr.harrington1905]

This was the last year they used the WKYH call signs. It is now WYMT.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Also the last year they were an NBC affiliate, before changing to CBS.

[@wmbrown6]

Based on the pitch, it appears that the audio of this particular Army "SSB" film as used by WKYH (and also KBIM in Roswell, NM as of 1978), was also used for New York station WPIX's own film (seen from the late 1960's to about 1979) which had a loop of a 50-star flag flying in broad daylight, along the lines of: watch?v=fCw2Q-t8g5o watch?v=TG-ZHsBfWvQ . . . only without the lyrics printed below.

[@essvee86]

I'm somewhat disappointed that we didn't get to see Bo and Luke, and especially Daisy Duke!

[@Noone9227]

Newscasters -> “Great! Sign off......now we can go smoke again.

[@wmbrown6]

It was the same recording of the U.S. Army Band "SSB." The audio as presented here, however, was more reminiscent of the SSB clip used from the late 1960's to the late 1970's by WPIX in New York.

[@SPCmuncie]

Stay tuned to WKY-WKYH, Hazard's very own TV station has came to the end of another broadcast day.

[@lavontreyclarke3285]

"Sign Off WKYH TV:" "At this time, WKYH TV in Hazard, Kentucky, has come to the end of another broadcast day. Channel 57 operates on 728 to 734 megacycles, our power is 214 kilowatts visual maximum, and 28.9 kilowatts aural maximum. Our tower height is 442.2 ft which is 800ft above average terrain. It is 2,118 ft above sea level. Channel 57 is owned by Kentucky Central Television in Lexington, Kentucky. Channel 57 is an affiliate of the NBC Television Network. Be sure and join us in the morning at 7 AM for the best in programming from the mountains of Eastern Kentucky on WKYH TV, in Hazard. Now for the staff and management, we would like to wish you a pleasant good evening. Ladies and Gentlemen, our National Anthem."

[@spanky628]

This was great to watch. I remembered how they did this every night but had not watched it in many many years. Thanks for the video.

[@donmussell12]

Well, this is more than I ever thought about, for sure. I do find it odd that these sign-off national anthem movies dwell on war, violence and images of death, along with some other images that are a bit more uplifting. Welcome to America's true nature, I guess.

[@MarkMichaelSalin]

Their studio complex also at the top of the mountain? Cool!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

This was shortly before they changed the call letters from WKYH to WYMT (We're Your Mountain TV) and network affiliation from NBC to CBS.

[@NiteGrite]

the end was perfect

[@sophiaencarnacion8932]

WHY???

[@NiteGrite]

@@sophiaencarnacion8932 this comment 3 years old why did you reply to this?

[@mannbradmusic]

Very nice! Plus, for the courtesy of you and others who view this, the words of our national anthem were penned by Francis Scott Key in the aftermath of the Brittish attack on Fort McHenry during the war of 1812 and below are Mr. Key's words if you want to read them while listening or sing along as you stand with your hand over your heart. The anthem begins at the 1:07 mark. O say, can you see? By the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

[@tam0165]

WNCT/Ch. 9 used that SSB video throughout the 1980s; and it's being called the "Evolution of the U. S. Army" (from June 14, 1775 to today).

[@monicahorath]

Sign Off WKYH TV: At THIS TIME, WKYH TV in Hazard Kentucky Has come to the END of another Broadcast Day. Channel 57 operates on 728 to 734 Mega Cycles, our power is 214 kilowatts visual maximum, and 28.9 kilowatts aural maximum. Our Tower height is 442.2 ft which is 800ft above average terrain. It is 2,118 ft above sea level. Channel 57 is owned by Kentucky Central Television in Lexington, Kentucky. Channel 57 is an affiliate of the NBC Television Network. Be sure and join us in the morning at 7 AM for the best in programming from the mountains of eastern Kentucky on WKYH TV, in Hazard. Now for the Staff and Management, WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU A PLEASANT GOOD EVENING!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, Our NATIONAL ANTHEM.

[@Griz75]

Nailed it.

[@gladfan1989]

You're watching Hazard's very own WKYH TV, channel 57. (static)

[@RustyMuck]

Given that Kentucky Central (who bought channel 57 and converted it into WYMT) abandoned WKYH's studio and tx facility outright, I wouldn't be surprised if that news set is still there!

[@RustyMuck]

Was the newscast prerecorded, or did they signoff outright at 11:30PM this night? Note, too, that the signoff message already noted Kentucky Central Television as the new owner, meaning the change to WYMT was very, very close. Nice aerial shot of the tower, by the way.

[@ClarkEmbree]

From what I understand, it was little more than a few rooms attached to the transmitter tower. Not exactly a "complex" lol

[@Musicradio77Network]

Nice film, and happy belated 4th of July.

[@aaroncamposano385]

WKYH-TV 57 it's now affliated with CBS affliation while WLEX-TV 18 it's now affliated with NBC affliation.

[@pm41224]

WKYH-TV is now WYMT-TV.

[@SonicUndergroundL0L]

I thought WKYH was owned by Boss Hogg?

[@ChrisK42]

You're thinking of Hazard County, GA

[@philipmclaughlin9636]

The cast of the Dukes did go to Hazzard KY. It's on KZbin

[@iamnomad101]

Megacycles? Weren't they called megahertz by then? When was the sign off v/o from?

[@JimmySand9]

214,000 watts for a high UHF in the mountains? It's a wonder anyone was able to pick this station up.

[@chubwright79]

Dave shuffett of kentucky life and joey kessler.Was either or both part of the transistion to wymt.

[@zekesowner2654]

Tobacco chewing TV

[@wmbrown6]

As did KBIM/Ch. 10 in Roswell, NM in the late 1970's.

[@IanGorton]

Wonder if this is the Hazard that Richard Marx wrote that song about

[@iamnomad101]

I believe one of tkaye2's comments below may explain this occurrence (the one with the "call letters out of construction paper" and "real TV station" thing).

[@kurtkauffman4326]

WKYH stood for KentuckY Hazard.

[@JesseL85719]

1985.

[@ClarkEmbree]

I believe it burned down a few years after they abandoned it.

[@nomadcowatbk]

no test pattern?

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Odd television station signoff, without benefit of any on-screen graphics.

[@giathomas9899]

Hazzard county

[@imrustyokay]

Perry County, actually. This ain't the Duke Boys' Hazard. (Although Ironically, the Dukes of Hazzard aired on CBS, whom WKYH, Rechristened as WYMT, would affiliate with.)