There was a time in the recent past when TV channels, including cable TV channels like HBO, were not a 24-hour event. People just didn’t watch TV late enough to justify running programming. So the channels would sign off for the night and then sign on in the morning.
HBO Sign-On and Sign-Off Videos from the 1980s
HBO Sign-On and Sign-Off Videos from the…
HBO Sign-On and Sign-Off Videos from the 1980s
There was a time in the recent past when TV channels, including cable TV channels like HBO, were not a 24-hour event. People just didn’t watch TV late enough to justify running programming. So the channels would sign off for the night and then sign on in the morning.