Television Test Patterns

[Ptarmigan]

Remember those test patterns you see in the middle of the night on television. Televisions stations called it the night. Either it is the color bar pattern or with black and white, the Indian head. Also, you hear a tone played at a certain frequency, music, or feed from a radio station.

Indian Head


SMPTE Color Test Pattern


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kufKgNqJR9U[/youtube]

[Splashdown]

And don't forget the National Anthem every morning!

 

[Thor]

Every Morning and every night at sign off. The "tone" was a 1 KHz test tone.

[Chris_]

And don't forget the National Anthem every morning!

 

And the Indian crying at night.

[Ptarmigan]

And don't forget the National Anthem every morning!

 

I remember the anthem too. Cool stuff. Here's High Flight which they use before sign off.

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=sJeVePBjm78[/youtube]

[Lord Undies]

I remember when some stations signed on everyday with a devotional and a pray.  A Christian prayer.

[Airwolf]

Sometimes around here depending on which of the 3 local stations did it,they would play the national anthem to a video with the US military as a theme.

[jtyangel]

I remember those...sigh

[HACKSAW]

There is a radio station around here that plays the National Anthem everynight at midnight.

[Flame]

There is a radio station around here that plays the National Anthem everynight at midnight.

radio station herep lays the Nat'l Anthem every  day at noon.  Of course, it's a Christian station, but still.

[Chris_]

There is a radio station around here that plays the National Anthem everynight at midnight.

radio station herep lays the Nat'l Anthem every  day at noon.  Of course, it's a Christian station, but still.

One of the country radio stations plays the National Anthem, sung by George Jones every morning.   

[Splashdown]

I remember when some stations signed on everyday with a devotional and a pray.  A Christian prayer.

Whoa! A network station?