You've seen the advertisements and public service announcements. Digital TV is here. You have until 2/17/09 to get ready.
Well the truth is that 2/17/09 is the LAST DAY POSSIBLE, meaning TV stations have until that day to convert their analog signals to digital. That doesn't mean they can't broadcast in digital now. In fact, most TV stations are broadcasting in digital now as well as analog.
However, the FCC rules say that a broadcast station can cut off their analog signal as early as November 2008. That's 3 months from now. 2/17/09 is simply the day that all analog signals must be cut off.
But the FCC has figured out that they don't want the entire country to convert to digital at one time. (It's about time).
In Portland, Maine, both WPME and WPXT (MyNetwork and the CW) will be converting soon. WPXT may go as early as this week. WPME is slotted for next month.
So viewers using Antenna don't have as much time left as they thought.
I learned this information recently and wanted to make sure and share it with you as soon as I could.
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