Comments on: Anthem trivia and protocol http://gorey.com.au/archives/1011 Random thoughts and observations from Mount Gambier Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: delmer http://gorey.com.au/archives/1011/comment-page-1#comment-72 delmer Sat, 04 Jun 2005 21:40:50 +0000 http://gorey.com.au/archives/1011#comment-72 This reminds me of television when I was younger. Probably about 1972 maybe as late as 1975. The stations used to shut down around midnight or 1. They'd play the National Anthem and they may have put a test pattern up until the start of the next day (every test pattern I've ever seen has a Native American at the center of it ... I've always wondered why.) One of the Cincinnati stations would play movies through the night, at least on Saturdays. The movies were sponsered by one of the Cincy breweries and they had a live host. It is said the host would drink through the night so that by the time the last movie was on he was pretty much three sheets to the wind. This reminds me of television when I was younger. Probably about 1972 maybe as late as 1975. The stations used to shut down around midnight or 1. They’d play the National Anthem and they may have put a test pattern up until the start of the next day (every test pattern I’ve ever seen has a Native American at the center of it … I’ve always wondered why.)

One of the Cincinnati stations would play movies through the night, at least on Saturdays. The movies were sponsered by one of the Cincy breweries and they had a live host. It is said the host would drink through the night so that by the time the last movie was on he was pretty much three sheets to the wind.

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