Tuesday, October 12, 2010

WTOP - End of Broadcast Day (1964)

5 comments:

Barbara said...

did you know Walter Cronkite was the first news anchor at that station?

Man, that announcer was depressing!

No TV until 6:50 a.m.? Those were the days!

Geoff said...

I'm pretty sure this is a recreation... actual audio, a couple of stills, and a filter to make it look like old film.

Barbara said...

In our town, KOVR played High Flight and then this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNgecUK3SJA

On KCRA, they played this...up until 1986!! Hard to believe it's only been 30 years!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJeVePBjm78

Bob Bourne said...

That Bee is AWESOME!

Barbara said...

The Bee is awesome, isn't he? We used to stay up just to see that.