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Over one-third of local stations will stop broadcasting analog next week

Watch out! Over 681 stations have decided to go ahead with the DTV transition despite the delay.

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Home A/V | by Emily Price | Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:36PM | 0 comments

Even though the Federal Communications Commission voted for a mandatory delay on the digital transition, it looks like quite a few local television stations are going to go ahead and make the switch anyway.

The FCC said Tuesday that 681 of the close to 1800 television broadcast stations will have stopped broadcasting in analog by next week. That means that if you don't have a digital television or digital converter box you may not be able to watch some stations in your area after February 17th despite the ruling.

Television stations owned by CBS Corp, General Electric Co's NBC, and Walt Disney Co's ABC, have all vowed to continue to transmit analog signals, however all together they only own 100 of the 1800 stations — those networks may be privately owned in your area and could go dark if you're not prepared.

If you or someone you love isn't ready for the switch the best plan is to not wait, but to go ahead and pick up a digital converter box.
 

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