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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2011, 06:49:44 AM »

During the Top 40 days of WAAM in Ann Arbor, Mi in the mid-70's, we signed-off with the last half of the Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater (beginning with "Now it's time to say goodbye...").  At sign-on, we used "Reveille Rock" by Johnny & The Hurricanes ("...Wake up!"). 
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2011, 12:31:26 PM »

In 2004, when Houston's Rock 101 KLOL switched to Spanish, their last song was The Who's "I'm Free", which was the first song that they played when they switched to Album Rock in 1970.

KDOK-FM Tyler, TX played "American Pie" (The day the music died) when they switched from classic hits to news-talk in 2009.
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2012, 03:33:39 PM »

How about playing Star Spangled Banner? I have signed off with it.
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2012, 01:10:19 PM »



Good Night - The Beatles
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2012, 08:46:36 PM »



Good Night - The Beatles

KDUX 104.7 Aberdeen, WA in the '80s (as a CHR) used to sign-off at midnight with this (and "Carry That Weight").

Unfortunately, the cart they played this off of seemed to get s-l-o-w-e-r over time......Last time I heard it, Paul McCartney was sounding like Vaughn Monroe.......

I'm sorry, but if I were the last jock of the night, I'd have re-carted that thing myself if the PD didn't do anything about it.......
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2012, 09:01:07 PM »

On April Fools Day 1983, after two and a half years with a country format, KHJ in Los Angeles went back to pop music (mostly oldies). The last country song they played was The Last Country Song by Ed Bruce---such an obvious choice!---and then came Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock. Many listeners thought the format change was a stunt. It wasn't.
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2012, 02:42:01 PM »

Beatles - The End






 OR, Good Night - Beatles
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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2012, 03:23:06 PM »

Beatles - The End

WBZ-FM (106.7) in Boston would sign-off with "Good Night" by The Beatles at 2:00 AM back in the early 70's.






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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2012, 09:41:43 AM »

Willie Nelson "The Party's Over."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCp_jTXq_do

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Re: Best signoff song
« Reply #29 on: December 29, 2012, 08:24:28 PM »

This one tops my list.  It's the sign-off that was used by WFAA-TV in Dallas beginning in the 1970's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUDi2Ocak9c

When the switch to digital happened that sign-off was the last thing that aired on WFAA-TV's analog signal.
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