Who remembers when television networks signed off for the night

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Luckily I had NYC TV in the 1950s and a few stations stayed on most of, or all night. But when I was at college outside Baltimore and the late 1960s/early 1970s, several stations signed off at night.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@ChipmunkErnie And while most stations' sign-off was either an instrumental version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" or someone singing the first "rockets' red glare" verse, there was one station (either Baltimore ore Washington DC) that closed the day with an acoustic guitar/folk version of the second or third verse.