The Last Day of Analog TV in the US Documented

In this video I document the last day of analog NTSC TV broadcasting in the United States on July 13th, 2021. I show TV stations that are still on the air and as they shut down thanks to viewer submitted videos. Besides a few translators in Alaska analog TV should no longer exist in the US. Were there any TV stations that stayed on the air past the deadline?

Link to my video explaining the future of Franken FMs on 87.7FM:

Thanks to the following people who submitted footage:

Steve Martilotta from Syracuse (WVOA-LP Shutdown)”

Steve Ehrhardt from Missouri (WVOA-LP DX):

YouTuber Jesus Villalpando (WSRW-LP Shutdown):

YouTube channel pepsiru1es92 (WAWW-LP footage):

Youtube channel Jman to the 64 (WDCN-LP Shutdown):

Youtuber Michael Huynh:

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[pepsirues]

It’s an honor to be immortalized in an Antenna man video! Thanks again for documenting this.

[SUS]

The snow, ghosting and other artifacts of analog TV were a lot easier to take than the never ending drop outs, freeze ups and glitches of digital reception.

[Bluelightsinthesky]

The shut down is just eerie. Especially at the end of the clip, it’s like not being able to have time for anything, it’s like not having time to escape for a nuclear explosion.

[manoflego]

That's pretty amazing to witness the death of a station like that. Gives me chills. Although it's also a bit funny to see it just cut off mid commercial.

[Markimark]

RIP analog TV in America, I remember when all our local analog channels shut down in 2009, I recorded CBS and was tuning to PBS from a Sega Game Gear. I liked analog signals better because they don’t freeze and don’t have scanning issues especially with PBS stations.

[CelticShae]

I have a feeling that in 40 years, Tyler is gonna be hella famous. Future generations looking back will understand and appreciate this work. Thanks for this, Antenna Man. This moment is filled with melancholy and nostalgia for so many of us. Thanks for catching and collecting this moment.

[fuijika]

Thanks for immortalizing this. Here goes away a cultural technological phenomenon. When two different technology can pickup the same signal. RIP Franken FM

[mikecampbell]

My earliest TV memories are from 1961 when I was 4. We had one TV channel on a tiny screen in glorious black and white.

[manoflego]

Holy cow they're still using an Atari Video Music System? That's an obscure bit of hardware.

[nakayle]

The nice thing about analog was you could diagnosis reception problems just be looking at the picture. Noise, multi-path, co-channel, weak signal were all identifiable by the effect they made to the picture so you knew what to fix. With digital- the picture is either there or it isn't and if it isn't you have no clue why.

[CullenCraft]

I joined the broadcast community at a time when everything is changing. It's heartbreaking to see the signals drop to static. The end of 100ish years of history.

[majordisappointment]

Screw the FCC analog was the best when i was young loved getting those late night skip tv transmissions from all over. It really was thrilling to watch different programming from another local.

[theartdump]

There's still some analog channels left in Canada, but it's still crazy to think it's been completely wiped out elsewhere. I'm sure we'll follow suit in the coming years but for now I'll enjoy the nostalgia of the fuzzy screens and static. Thanks for an awesome video!

[algorithminc.]

I'm into engineering of modern high-tech, but old-school is really important to understanding modern high-tech ... and where it all came from. There were many brilliant old-school ideas, as people didn't have modern computing to rely on. This actually saddens me ... similar to the many major shortwave stations that disappeared in recent years. Great channel and great treatment of this event ... thanks.

[MrBnsftrain]

So this explains how I was able to hear a 'radio play' as a kid! I remember playing around with the radio we had in the bathroom when I was six years old and hearing a McDonald's ad and what might be Julie Kavener's voice saying "I will be your worst enemy". That probably gave me the idea later that same year to ask my mom if it's possible to listen to an ABC Family Christmas movie on the car radio as we had to leave before the movie was halfway done.

[staticintheatmosphere]

its like a part my childhood being taken away

[mazda]

Despite the fact that I haven't used Analog TV since 2009, this is still incredibly sad to me

[jmantothe]

Thanks for including me in your video! It took a while to get the video signal, because it was so weak that I had to go to the tower to get a clear signal
Also, I'll have to update my channel banner and stuff, I made it years ago and it looks pretty bad, so hopefully it'll look better than before!

[glorbojibbins]

Rest in peace 🕊️




You will be missed

[arttoons.]

I remember watching a channel called Noggin and i whitnessed the day it finally shut down. I don't remember what day it was, but it was scary with the noise and the color bar showing up.