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Posted at: 06/12/2009 8:52 AM Analog TV Broadcasts End TodaySince 8:55 this morning, ABC 6 News has been broadcasting an all digital signal over the air. If you have any questions or are having trouble receiving our signal please call 1-888-CALL-FCC for more information. Analog TV Broadcasts End Today The dawn of digital television is getting a big reception today. But the big question is whether some TV owners will be getting any reception at all. Television stations across the U.S. will be shutting off their analog signals and begin broadcasting exclusively in digital, if they haven't done so already. More than 1 million unprepared homes will end up without any TV service. That's because their older model TV sets get their signals off the air with antennas but don't have a digital converter box to translate the new signals. Cable and satellite subscribers won't be affected. The changeover was supposed to take place last February. But the government's fund for $40 converter box coupons ran out of money, prompting the delay. The Federal Communications Commission has put 4,000 operators on standby for calls from confused viewers, and set up demonstration centers in several cities.
Some advocates say many Minnesotans still aren't ready for the switch to digital TV that happens Friday. Assistance Centers and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund will be in a Minneapolis park on Friday to help residents who need help with the transition. At stores that sell electronics, converter boxes are flying off the shelves. The Nielsen Company said Wednesday that an estimated 46,000 households in the Twin Cities are completely unprepared for the switch from analog to digital. About a third of Minnesota TV stations turned off their analog signals by the previous deadline in February.
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