Decades ago when there were typically three TV stations available and all the sets had antennas, the night time sign off included a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. After watching some horror flick on a Saturday night with sleep-over friends, that was a signal it was time to turn of the TV and get on with some other preadolescent late night activity.
When the Star Spangled Banner played, it didn't have much significance to our young minds. That song had it's place -- sports events, Fourth of July celebrations, events in the school auditorium and that sort of thing. It really didn't have a place on TV.
Fox News channel plays it when the station begins its programming on Saturday and Sunday mornings. So what are viewers supposed to do? Stand up at the breakfast table, place our hands over our hearts, and sing along?
Nah. The ritual has it's place. But it's not as bumper music for a program transition.
This news: More than 170 television stations will start daily broadcasts with Star-Spangled Banner seems more of a virtue signal than it does a sign of allegiance to these great United States.
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2:51 PM 9/21/2019
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