This Was What Aired Late at Night
Remember this? It used to pop up on the TV screen on every channel back in the 1980s whenever the TV station went off the air at night. No late night infomercials or reruns of “I Love Lucy.” This is all that popped up after the last show of the evening aired. But first, they played the National Anthem while showing a waving flag on the screen. Then this off-the-air screen served as a sad reminder to viewers that it was time to go to sleep.