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January 28, 2010
things seldom seen in these days of 24 hour broadcasting
Time was, and not so long ago, television broadcasting started and stopped on a daily basis.
Before broadcasting the afternoon or evening programmes [there were no programmes during the day – you were supposed to be out climbing trees] a test card would be on screen.
At the end of the day the rich voice of the continuity announcer would say goodnight, the national anthem would play, then the TV picture would blink off, dying to a tiny bright white spot in the middle of the screen which would glow for a few seconds before it too went out.
And that was that.
the image is a studio camera test card - not the familiar broadcast test card
Posted by john at January 28, 2010 10:15 PM