Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Here is an odd little "sign off" of sorts if you want to call it that. At the time of this recording, Sioux City's CBS affiliate, KPTH-TV 44.3, signs off for a few hours on early Saturday Morning, from around 2:30am to 5am. The recording here is preceded by the end of "Top 10" and a couple commercials and promos.
But it's more of a "doze off" than anything as the channel simply cuts to a black screen and nothing else. No Star Spangled Banner or even a static station ID slide... just a simple cut to continuous black screen after a legal ID promo.
Trust me, this is how it really is. And KPTH has been doing their weekly "sign off" like this for a couple years now. For those who aren't in the know, CBS in Sioux City used to air on KMEG-TV 14, but owner Sinclair Broadcast Group decided to move it to a subchannel of their co-owned Fox affiliate KPTH, leaving KMEG to run several lower-tier digital networks instead.
Since I live quite far from Sioux City, I picked this up during a tropospheric DX opening and recorded it to my OTA DVR. I believe this is the only station in Sioux City to sign off at some point during the week.
Here is an odd little "sign off" of sorts if you want to call it that. At the time of this recording, Sioux City's CBS affiliate, KPTH-TV 44.3, signs off for a few hours on early Saturday Morning, from around 2:30am to 5am. The recording here is preceded by the end of "Top 10" and a couple commercials and promos.
But it's more of a "doze off" than anything as the channel simply cuts to a black screen and nothing else. No Star Spangled Banner or even a static station ID slide... just a simple cut to continuous black screen after a legal ID promo.
Trust me, this is how it really is. And KPTH has been doing their weekly "sign off" like this for a couple years now. For those who aren't in the know, CBS in Sioux City used to air on KMEG-TV 14, but owner Sinclair Broadcast Group decided to move it to a subchannel of their co-owned Fox affiliate KPTH, leaving KMEG to run several lower-tier digital networks instead.
Since I live quite far from Sioux City, I picked this up during a tropospheric DX opening and recorded it to my OTA DVR. I believe this is the only station in Sioux City to sign off at some point during the week.
