1986 KCOS Channel 13 El Paso: "City of the Sun" PBS Sign-Off

1986-06-00 TEXAS KCOS ElPaso SignOff Location: El Paso, Texas / West Texas / Juarez, Mexico Year: 1986 (June) A "Glossy" high-finish preservation of the June 1986 nightly sign-off from KCOS-TV Channel 13 in El Paso. History Note: KCOS stands for "City of the Sun." In 1986, it was one of the largest PBS stations in the country without a permanent studio, operating out of the campus of UTEP (University of Texas at El Paso). This sign-off features the formal identification of its 186,000-watt signal beaming from Ranger Peak in the Franklin Mountains. In this clip: The formal 1986 station identification: "This is KCOS-TV Channel 13, El Paso, Texas." Reference to the EPPTF (El Paso Public Television Foundation). Mid-80s PBS "P-Head" logo and local station branding. A serene look at the West Texas/New Mexico border broadcast day ending. #SignalAndStatic #KCOS #ElPaso #TexasTV #TVHistory #SignOff #1986 #PBS #UTEP #CityOfTheSun #VHSArchive #Nostalgia