History Main / NetworkFinale

* Creator/{{Toonami}}, originally a block on Creator/CartoonNetwork, aired its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCAX4cgszCU final bumper]] before signing off in 2008 (Toonami returned in 2012 on Creator/AdultSwim, first as an AprilFoolsJoke and then for real that May):

* Creator/{{CNN}} has had plans since the beginning to only go off the air if the world ends, and they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6f7j1E61sM have the footage in their system ready to play in case that should ever happen.]] In another case of BookEnds, it's footage of the mixed-military band that played the American National Anthem when they first signed on playing "Nearer My God to Thee." The copy of it linked here was leaked by a former intern in 2015.

* When the original incarnation of the German edition of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} closed down due to competition from Der Kinderkanal (now KiKA), they had Nick Club share their memories on Nick, then sing a song about having to say goodbye. This was followed by an announcer stating that even though they were closing, they hoped the Nicktoons and other Nickelodeon programs would find new homes on TV, and thanked the viewers for watching for those three years. Nickelodeon would [[HesBack return to Germany in the mid-2000s,]] and it's stayed on the air since.

* Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian news network TV Rain decided not to take censorship from the Kremlin, [[https://people.com/politics/russias-last-independent-tv-station-broadcasts-swan-lake-amid-ukraine-invasion/ instead choosing to end its final broadcast by playing the ballet ''Swan Lake'' after its staff stormed off the set in a huff]].

* On February 1, 2022, as part of Disney's plan to pull the plug on its international channels, all of Star Premium's channels went off the air with a special advert. After their respective programs, they aired a special countdown to its end. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7T1yVP426Q One last message appeared when that time ran out, thanking its viewers for 25 years on the air]], before ending with a message that read "Gracias por 25 Años!"

* Film Zone, belonging to FOX Latin America (before being bought by Disney) underwent some changes in its programming after the changes of its parent company LAPTV. Among these was the elimination of the soft porn that were shown at night, in addition to new graphics. Despite this, Film Zone was one of the most-watched and loved channels. In 2017, FOX Latin America made the biggest change of all: introducing the FXM brand to the Latin market. This meant Film Zone had to close to make way for the new channel. FOX Latin America, in order to put an end to the channel, decided to launch some promos with the Film Zone logo in mourning and giving some references to some of the films that were shown on the channel. On September 18, 2017, after showing its last film with the Film Zone brand, Richard Gere's ''The Double'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nzqZlviLU the Film Zone logo mourned his loss]], saying that he felt like Truman in ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', and quoting said character's {{Catchphrase}}. Finally, a tombstone appears with the start and end dates of the channel with an epitaph that says: "good stories never die".

* Radio/RadioDisney rarely, if ever, played any song more than a few months old. This was until it was announced to be closing down in early 2021. After the deejays were retired on New Year's Eve, Radio Disney played a shuffled selection of hits from across its 24-year history. Their last terrestrial radio station in Los Angeles, which had been playing their Country station since 2017, also flipped back to the pop feed for the final weeks. Radio Disney was finally silenced without fanfare on April 14th, 2021, the last song allegedly being Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten,"[[note]] This may or may not have been a random pick, with its theme of new beginnings and use at graduations [[/note]] after which AM 1110 switched to a "burner" simulcast of sister station [=KSPN=]'s sports talk format.

** On the same day as Thames ended, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlV3lIM23Pw TVS chose to opt-out and air their own final programming, ''Goodbye to All That'', before changing hands with Meridian]]. It ended with an altered version of the TVS ident accompanied by a "Thanks for Watching" message.

** Thames Television, a staple of British television in the 70s and 80s, signed off for good on New Year's Eve 1992 with an on-air tribute and a music video of past personalities set to a cover of "I Only Want To Be With You".

** When Southern and Associated Television ended, Westward ended as well, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaZ5a97JuKs they chose to end at midnight with a brief message from Roger Shaw saying goodbye and looking forward to TSW]]. Notably, whilst in the final segment done by Westward, he was wearing a dinner jacket at an antique wooden desk (with his staff wearing formal suits), the succeeding segment done by TSW had him decked in more modern attire and on top of a modern chair (with the staff wearing TSW t-shirts) to emphasize the new style of the network.

* Southern Television (a broadcasting license holder for Creator/{{ITV}} in the South and South-East of England), before changing over to TVS, aired a final program (''And It's Goodbye From Us'') on New Year's Day 1982 and ended with a special version of its logo spinning into the night sky, complete with a deep echo of its signature acoustic guitar jingle.

* Likewise Speed Channel ended with former [=NASCAR=] play-by-play announcer Mike Joy making a statement marking the channel's end by announcing it was "time to switch off the ignition and turn in the keys", then reassuring the viewers that much of its live programming including [=NASCAR=] would still be seen on the channel's successor, Fox Sports 1.

* Creator/{{Toonami}}, a former block on Creator/CartoonNetwork, aired its final bumper before signing off in 2008 (Toonami returned in 2012 on Creator/AdultSwim):

* Forces TV, a channel in the UK that aired a mix of military and vintage programming, ended its final day [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7y2W5V8rR8 with a montage of its programming, a "Thank You for Watching" message, and a rousing performance of the National Anthem]].

* Film Zone, belonging to FOX Latin America (before being bought by Disney) underwent some changes in its programming after the changes of its parent company LAPTV. Among these was the elimination of the soft porn that were shown at night, in addition to new graphics. Despite this, Film Zone was one of the most-watched and loved channels. In 2017, FOX Latin America made the biggest change of all: introducing the FXM brand to the Latin market. This meant Film Zone had to close to make way for the new channel. FOX Latin America, in order to put an end to the channel, decided to launch some promos with the Film Zone logo in mourning and giving some references to some of the films that were shown on the channel. On September 18, 2017, after showing its last film with the Film Zone brand, Richard Gere's ''The Double'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nzqZlviLU the Film Zone logo mourned his loss, saying that he felt like Truman in]] ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nzqZlviLU and quoting said character's catchphrase]]. Finally, a tombstone appears with the start and end dates of the channel with an epitaph that says: "good stories never die".

* Film Zone, belonging to FOX Latin America (before being bought by Disney) underwent some changes in its programming after the changes of its parent company LAPTV. Among these was the elimination of the soft porn that were shown at night, in addition to new graphics. Despite this, Film Zone was one of the most-watched and loved channels. In 2017, FOX Latin America made the biggest change of all: introducing the FXM brand to the Latin market. This meant Film Zone had to close to make way for the new channel. FOX Latin America, in order to put an end to the channel, decided to launch some promos with the Film Zone logo in mourning and giving some references to some of the films that were shown on the channel. On September 18, 2017, after showing its last film with the Film Zone brand, Richard Gere's ''The Double'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nzqZlviLU the Film Zone logo mourned his loss, saying that he felt like Truman in ''The Truman Show'', and quoting said character's catchphrase]]. Finally, a tombstone appears with the start and end dates of the channel with an epitaph that says: "good stories never die".

* While not a sign-off, [[https://theident.gallery/player.php/BBC3-2016-ID-LASTNIGHT-LAST-1 BBC Three's final ident]] starts out normal, with the two announcers stating that this was their last continuity announcement, and said that they'd see the viewer tomorrow on the BBC iPlayer for the opening of their new online home. Then, James Corden himself introduced the final airing of his Series/GavinAndStacey, live from his ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' set, and wished the channel good luck before it moved online.

* [=CineMagic=], a Sirius XM station devoted to movie soundtracks, left radios at midnight on July 1, 2011 (before switching to an Internet-only station) with, appropriately enough, "So Long, Farewell" from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''.

* HERO TV (Philippines) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3TkKbMIntw signed off]] with a glimpse of a worker's desk, when the screen turned on loading something (later revealed to be the digital platform of the same name). Then, this text followed:

* HERO TV (Philippines) signed off with a glimpse of a worker's desk, when the screen turned on loading something (later revealed to be the digital platform of the same name). Then, this text followed:

* The original Creator/{{G4TV}} ended its original run with a game of VideoGame/{{Pong}} - a bit of BookEnds as the channel launched with a Pong marathon - that slowly shrunk and filled with a grey color, followed by a sound clip of a Comic-Con attendee shouting "I'M AT COMIC-CON!!!" (a possible allusion to G4 dying and going to "nerd heaven") as the dot shut off like an analog TV alongside VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong}}'s death bloops from the UsefulNotes/Atari2600 and the UsefulNotes/GameBoy start-up chime.

* There are a few songs commonly used for the last play of a dying station, depending on its format. These include, but are not limited to: Music/BoyzIIMen's "End Of The Road" (Urban), Music/GarthBrooks's "The Dance" (Country), Semisonic's "Closing Time" or Music/{{REM}}'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (Alternative), Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Fade to Black" (Rock), and Music/{{NSYNC}}'s “Bye Bye Bye” (Top 40/Hot AC). And if it fits well enough, there's always [[BookEnds the song it started out with]]. (Australian station ''[[UsefulNotes/AustralianMedia Magic 693]]'' signed off in 2006 with "Magic Moments" by Music/PerryComo, the first song that was played when ''Magic 693'' replaced ''693 3EE'' in 1994)

* There are a few songs commonly used for the last play of a dying station, depending on its format. These include, but are not limited to: Music/BoyzIIMen's "End Of The Road" (Urban), Music/GarthBrooks's "The Dance" (Country), Semisonic's "Closing Time" or Music/{{REM}}'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (Alternative), Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Fade to Black" (Rock), and Music/{{NSYNC}}'s “Bye Bye Bye” (Top 40/Hot AC). And if it fits well enough, there's always [[BookEnds the song it started out with]]. (Australian station [[UsefulNotes/AustralianMedia Magic 693]] signed off in 2006 with "Magic Moments" by Music/PerryComo, the first song that was played when ''Magic 693'' replaced ''693 3EE'' in 1994)

* There are a few songs commonly used for the last play of a dying station, depending on its format. These include, but are not limited to: Music/BoyzIIMen's "End Of The Road" (Urban), Music/GarthBrooks's "The Dance" (Country), Semisonic's "Closing Time" or Music/{{REM}}'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (Alternative), Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Fade to Black" (Rock), and Music/{{NSYNC}}'s “Bye Bye Bye” (Top 40/Hot AC). And if it fits well enough, there's always [[BookEnds the song it started out with]]. (Australian station [[UsefulNotes/AustralianMedia Magic 69.3]] signed off in 2006 with "Magic Moments" by Music/PerryComo, the first song that was played when ''Magic 69.3'' replaced ''69.3 3EE'' in 1994)

* There are a few songs commonly used for the last play of a dying station, depending on its format. These include, but are not limited to: Music/BoyzIIMen's "End Of The Road" (Urban), Music/GarthBrooks's "The Dance" (Country), Semisonic's "Closing Time" or Music/{{REM}}'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (Alternative), Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Fade to Black" (Rock), and Music/{{NSYNC}}'s “Bye Bye Bye” (Top 40/Hot AC). And if it fits well enough, there's always [[BookEnds the song it started out with]]. (''[[UsefulNotes/AustralianMedia Magic 693]]'' signed off in 2006 with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Moments Magic Moments]]'' by Music/PerryComo, the first song that was played when ''Magic 693'' replaced ''693 3EE'' in 1994)

** Finally, all regional ITV-owned stations were rebranded as ITV 1 in October 2002. Several of the stations went out in style, but London Weekend Television in particular brought back [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0Go3rD5cE some of its 70s-era branding as a tribute]], signing off with a special reel featuring many of its old idents.