[BC] Sign-off tunes

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In a message dated 02/21/2006 08:53:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
SBailey at nespower.com writes:

> When WMTS-AM (now WMGC) in Murfreesboro, TN was a daytimer back in the
>  60's & 70's, they used at portion of Ernest Tubbs, "may the good lord
>  bless and keep you" song. The phrase (as I remember) went like
>  this......"until tomorrow morning at 6 AM....may the good lord bless and
>  keep you, until we meet again......song faded.....dead
>  silence.....carrier then went off.

Here at WFIF, we use a clip from song by the "Vineyard Singers" which is 
called "Creation Calls". 

It is an amazing song (8 minutes long!) that describes all kinds of beautiful 
scenery with a music background that varies from a rousing guitar as he 
describes "majestec jagged peaks..." to a soft piano as he describes a deer and 
fawn drinking from a stream, or snowflakes gently falling. If you close your 
eyes, you can almost see what he describes, it's done that well. Listeners almost 
always call after I play it, asking how they can get a copy. Anyway, I 
digress...

In the sign-off clip, the singer narrates in a voice that is spoken but with 
a hint of "reverent whisper",

"As the sun slips behind the horizon, and night falls... 
the mountains become silent fortresses...
sihoutetted against the night sky.
The countless stars... shining... in silent Testimony..."

(Pot down instrumental interlude, announcer reads)

"We've come to the end of another broadcast day at Life-Changing Radio.
Thank you for listening. This is AM 1500, WFIF, Milford, signing-off.
Join us tomorrow morning at (time changes as needed).
Good night and God bless you."
(Music pots back up, fades.)

We've been using that for about 10 years, now. A few people have commented 
that they like the picturesque words, but not the fact that we're leaving the 
air. We usually get calls every fall, people asking why we have to sign-off so 
early. It's kinda a giveaway that they are new listeners, and we always take a 
few minutes to explain it to them.

If only...

Willie...