1970s-early 80s[]
Sign-on (voiced by Warren "Clip" Smith)[]
WKBW-TV 7 Buffalo, NY Sign on 1980s
This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operates on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
(U.S. Navy Flag SSB and WIVB O Canada plays, followed by Just a Minute)
Sign-off (voiced by Warren "Clip" Smith)[]
(Slide saying "ASK GOD" and Fr. Patrick Peyton's trademark quote "The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together" appears)
Voiceover: So why not ask in your home a simple prayer will do it, and remember, "The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together".
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
Buffalo WKBW 7 sign off 1982
This is channel 7, WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Plaza, Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operated on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 megahertz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
(WIVB O Canada and WIVB SSB are both played)
February 9, 1979[]
Sign-on[]
This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operates on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
(U.S. Navy Flag SSB and WIVB O Canada plays, followed by Just a Minute)
Sign-off[]
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
This is channel 7, WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Plaza, Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operated on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 megahertz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
(WIVB O Canada and WIVB SSB are both played)
May 18, 1979[]
Sign-on[]
(Good Morning.) This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operates on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station. (Our programming service will begin in a moment following the playing of the national anthems of United States and Canada).
(U.S. Navy Flag SSB and WIVB O Canada plays, followed by Just a Minute)
Sign-off[]
(Slide saying "ASK GOD" and Fr. Patrick Peyton's trademark quote "The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together" appers)
Voiceover: So why not ask in your home a simple prayer will do it, and remember, "The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together".
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
This is channel 7, WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Plaza, Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operated on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 megahertz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed. (And now speaking for the staff and management of channel 7, WKBW-TV, we bid you a pleasant good night, and good morning. Ladies and gentlemen, the national anthems of Canada and United States).
(WIVB O Canada and WIVB SSB are both played)
May 29, 1981[]
Sign-on[]
This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operates on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
(U.S. Navy Flag SSB and WIVB O Canada plays, followed by Just a Minute)
Sign-off[]
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
This is channel 7, WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Capital Cities Communications, with studios at 7 Broadcast Plaza, Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operated on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 megahertz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
(WIVB O Canada and WIVB SSB are both played)
Mid-1980s (voiced by Warren "Clip" Smith)[]
Sign-on (voiced by Warren "Clip" Smith)[]
This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Queen City Broadcasting, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operates on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better TV on channel 7, a Television Code station.
(SSB and O Canada are played)
Sign-off (voiced by Warren "Clip" Smith)[]
WKBW Buffalo Sign Off (1986)
Factual, unbiased news is part of WKBW-TV's programming, recommended by the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters. Watch the news daily; you see better television on channel 7, a Television Code station.
This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays WFD-521 and KEJ-58, owned and operated by Queen City Broadcasting, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operated on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded, filmed and transcribed.
(O Canada and Aim High America SSB are played, but the intro of the latter is cut)
Late 1980s/early 1990s (Used for both sign-on and sign-off)[]
Buffalo WKBW 7 sign on June 10 1991
WKBW Sign on from 1991
WKBW Buffalo 7 Sign-off September 1987
WKBW-TV Sign off from 1987
This is WKBW-TV, and microwave relays KEJ-58 and WFD-521, owned and operated by Queen City Broadcasting, with studios at 7 Broadcast Place in Buffalo, New York, and transmitter at Colden, New York. WKBW-TV operates on channel 7, with a frequency of 174-180 mhz, and transmits a power of 100,000 watts, with an antenna height of 2,808 feet above sea level. WKBW-TV is on the air seven days a week. Portions of our programs have been pre-recorded.
(Salute the Flag SSB and O Canada are played during the early 1990s at signon, the anthems was swapped for the signoff)
1998-2012[]
Sign-on[]
(No sign-on announcement, just goes to American and Canadian national anthem, from an bars and tone)
Sign-off[]
(No sign-off announcement, just goes to color bars and tone, from an station ID)