Depending on your age, you may remember that TV stations used to sign off the air overnight. | The '90s

This is a 1960’s tv station sign-off playing the national anthem. It plays in normal speed, then slowed down, and again slowed even further. I didn’t list everything that comes across the screen but you should be able to see it all quite clearly as it replays the final time. A few things coming across the screen, for example: 1) Rebellion is not tolerated 2) Government is God 3) God is real, God is watching 4) Obey, Consume, Buy 5) Trust US government 6) Believe in Government God 7) Worship, Con

Who remembers when TV stations played the National Anthem? How about those early morning Off-the-air tones? As a kid falling asleep on the couch, the sign-off tone would be my wake-up...and years later would welcome me home after a late night out... The National Anthem, and the station Sign-Off: 2 things that no longer exist on TV today... | Secret Staten Island

Seven nostalgic TV station sign-offs from the era of broadcast TV