google.com - 2/17/2009
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11 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) Some TV stations will cut their analog signals today and move to digital-only broadcasting. Others will take advantage of a grace period passed by Congress and wait until June 12. In theater superstition, a bad dress rehearsal is supposed to foretell a good opening ...
blogs.orlandosentinel.com - 2/19/2009
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I just got back from watching three Orlando
stations -- WMFE-Channel 24, WVEN-Channel 26 and WRDQ-Channel 27...
shut off their analog transmissions as part of the nation's transition to all digital broadcasting. Originally, all stations were scheduled to ...
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While you were sleeping, three local stations shut off ...
multichannel.com - 2/20/2009
washingtonpost.com - 2/17/2009
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Across Nation, Some TV Stations Go Digital Tonight
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The DTV Transition Has Been Delayed, But Some Stations Are Going Forward [Digital Broadcast Television Transition]
Consumerist —
... the new transition day is June 12, but some stations, mostly in rural areas, are making the switch anyway. From the AP: The most populous markets where many or all major-network stations are cutting analog include San Diego and Santa Barbara, Calif.; Providence, R.I.; La Crosse and Madison, Wis.; Rockford, Ill.; Sioux City, Iowa; Waco, Texas; Macon, Ga.; Scranton, Pa.; and Burlington, Vt. Any readers living in these areas? How is the transition going? Anyone rioting in the streets? Some TV stations get ready to cut analog signals [AP]
Digital TV converter boxes: What to look for, what to avoid
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... But thanks to the procrastinators in Washington and 5.8 million U.S. households across the U.S., some of you are getting a reprieve. While 641 TV stations will shut off their analog transmitters today (or have already done so), the cutoff date for all analog transmission was pushed back to June 12, giving everyone a few more months to get their digital ducks in a row. ...
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reuters.com 2/11/2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 40 percent of the nation's hundreds of TV stations will be broadcasting completely in digital signals next week, even after regulators delayed a mandatory nationwide switch to "DTV" by months. The Federal Communications ...
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