It may be time to start shopping for a new television. Think yours works just fine? Well, maybe it does for now, but that may not be the case come Feb. 17, 2009.
That’s the date mandated by the Federal Communications Commission for broadcast TV to cease operating on the analog signals they’ve used since TV began.
All stations will broadcast on digital stations after that date, giving back their analog signals to the government, which plans to use some for public safety communications and to auction off others to wireless and broadband companies.
The digital switch will go unnoticed by those with cable or satellite TV, but more than 203,000 households in Kentucky still rely on over-the-air broadcast signals, according to Nielson Media Research.
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