X-Nico

8 unusual facts about Digital television transition in the United States


W32AR

TBN took W32AR silent March 24, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.

WGGN-TV

WGGN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 52, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

WMFD-TV

WMFD-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 68, on June 16, 2008, eight months before the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (February 17, 2009, before the transition date was moved to June 12); the early conversion was done as part of final upgrades to its digital transmitter facilities.

WMIL-FM

This is one of the few examples of a Channel 6 station restoring their station audio legally after the June 2009 digital television transition; audio from Channel 6 stations was heard on 87.7 FM on most FM radios in television's analog age due to an anomalous quirk between the lower VHF TV and FM bands, a feature highly promoted by WITI on-air for commuters.

WNEO

WEAO discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 49, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

WOUB-TV

WOUB-TV and WOUC-TV utilized channels 27 and 35, respectively for digital television operations prior to the DTV transition on June 12, 2009.

WQHS-DT

WQHS shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

WVPX-TV

WVPX-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.


WJFB

Prior to the digital television transition, WJFB aired programming from several different networks over the years including The Weather Channel, American Independent Network, America One (before adding the subchannel for that service, and then adding it again on its main channel), The Military Channel, ShopNBC and most recently Jewelry Television.

WTJP-TV

W46BU (channel 46), formerly served as a translator in Tuscaloosa; that station went silent on April 13, 2010 due to declining support, which was attributed to the digital transition.


see also