“From all of us at Channel 9... good night, and may your signal always find its way home.”
“Good evening. The time is now... two-oh-seven AM, Eastern Standard Time. Channel 9, WKRP, serving your tri-state area, has completed its regular programming for this day, October the 12th, 1987.” old tv broadcast
[Video switches to a slow pan of a silent, empty TV studio. A single camera tilts downward. Dust motes float in the blue light.] “From all of us at Channel 9
[Loud POP as the transmitter cuts off. Pure, hissing static. Then silence.] [END OF TAPE. PLEASE REWIND.] Eastern Standard Time. Channel 9
(The sound of a needle drop onto vinyl. A slow, patriotic instrumental plays faintly—"The Star-Spangled Banner" or "Nearer My God to Thee.")