WLVI Sign On

[jake1966]

How many remember music during WLVI sign on during the 70s/80s. Did it originate with WLVI or with WKBG?

[Frequency1]

the music is by Bert Kaempfert " That Happy Feeling "

[NHRadio]

WKBG. I remember seeing it often.

[chrish]

I remember it too now that you mention it. Bert Kaempfert was a staple artist at many of the Beautiful music stations I worked for over the years....very well recorded music that had a great thumping bass line. It would be nice to hear "Red roses for a blue lady" on an FM stereo signal again. It always amazes me what people remember, I am somewhat the same when it comes to obscure information

[NHRadio]

While we're on this subject, did the music have any real purpose? A test pattern and tone are obvious, but why the music?

[mgpt6]

I was told back in the 70s that Advent used WJIB-FM  as their source when working on their FM tuners because it had the best   air chain in Boston.

[chrish]

Back in the day the WJIB audio was pretty much as good as it gets

[Peter Q. George (K1XRB)]

While we're on this subject, did the music have any real purpose? A test pattern and tone are obvious, but why the music?

In Boston, Kaiser/Globe Broadcasting owned both WJIB and WKBG/WLVI (as well as WCAS in Cambridge). In the beginning,  the music on Channel 56 during their test pattern periods was from the WJIB music library.  They did it to check for tonal quality and to make sure the levels were proper for TV broadcast.  Channel 56 generally signed-on after 11:00 AM back in the 60's and early 70's.  Eventually, it just became a tradition to put 'JIB music on 56 at the beginning of the broadcast day. 

Here's a little sample of WKBG/WLVI back in the day.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXj0EHiA-X0

[FRM-Yankey]

While we're on this subject, did the music have any real purpose? A test pattern and tone are obvious, but why the music?

In Boston, Kaiser/Globe Broadcasting owned both WJIB and WKBG/WLVI (as well as WCAS in Cambridge). In the beginning,  the music on Channel 56 during their test pattern periods was from the WJIB music library.  They did it to check for tonal quality and to make sure the levels were proper for TV broadcast.  Channel 56 generally signed-on after 11:00 AM back in the 60's and early 70's.  Eventually, it just became a tradition to put 'JIB music on 56 at the beginning of the broadcast day. 
Is there anyone out there that has any video on the old WTAO-TV from the early 50's
Here's a little sample of WKBG/WLVI back in the day.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXj0EHiA-X0

Is there anyone out there that has any video on the old WTAO-TV from the early 50's

[Laurence Glavin]

Back in the day the WJIB audio was pretty much as good as it gets

WGBH-FM was about as good as it got as well.  One night a week, an engineer from KLH audio, Victor Campos,  would play a first-generation-from-the-master-tapes of symphonic music with virtually no limiting.  I'm surprised the transmitter didn't go up in flames when they played "Also Sprach Zarathustra" performed by the by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra!