sign off

sign off
1. noun
Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television stations studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.

Sign off for the small-town radio station was at midnight.

2. verb
a) To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking.

He finished the conversation and signed off.

b) 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.


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