SIGNOFF

Sign-off

Sign-off is the sequence of operations involved when a radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally this occurs during the overnight hours. It is the opposite to a sign-on which usually takes place at the start of the day.

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sign off

Noun

  1. Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.
    Sign off for the small-town radio station was at midnight.

Verb

  1. To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking.
    He finished the conversation and signed off.
  2. To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
    Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.
  3. to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed
    Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.


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