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LATE AT NIGHT, A FEW YEARS AGO, IN ENGLAND AS THE
SIGN-OFF ENDED A TEST PATTERN WITH A CHANNEL AND
CALL LETTERS APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE VIEWERS,
NOT RECOGNIZING THE STATION CALLED UP TO ASK WHAT
IT WAS. BBC REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SENDING THEIR
OWN TEST PATTERN OUT. THEY CHECKED UP TO FIND
THE REGISTRATION OF THE CALL LETTERS AND CHANNEL.
THEY BELONGED TO A STATION IN OHIO, U.S.A., THAT
HAD LEFT THE AIR 12 YEARS AGO.

Where learned: ENGLAND

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: A FEW YEARS AGO

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