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Many Stations Still Switching to Digital Next Week

February 11, 2009 By Mike Hickerson Leave a Comment

Congress may have voted to allow more time for the mandatory switch to digital broadcasting, but that’s not stopping some stations around the country from making the switch next week.  According to the Associated Press, about a quarter of all broadcast stations in the country will go ahead and make the change over next week on the originally scheduled date of Febraury 17.

Some markets will lose virtually all of their analog stations on one day according to the report.  Those areas affected are Oklahoma City; Tulsa; Charleston and Greenville, S.C.; Dayton, Ohio; Springfield, Ill.; Burlington, Vt.; Bakersfield, Calif.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Casper, Wyo.; Lincoln, Neb.; Lubbock, Texas; Mobile, Ala.; and Sioux Falls, S.D.

Most of the stations shutting down early are in small- to medium-sized cities. The major broadcast networks have committed to the June 12 date for the 85 stations they own, mainly in large cities.

The FCC said 190 stations have already turned off their analog signals. All stations in Hawaii made the transition in January so that analog towers could come down before an endangered bird’s nesting season.

Below is a list of the stations that will be switching over next week.

Alabama
Louisville: WGIQ (PBS)
Huntsville-Decatur: WFIQ (PBS), WAAY-TV (ABC), WHIQ (PBS)
Mobile-Pensacola: WBPQ (CW), WALA-TV (Fox), WEIQ (PBS), WKRG-TV (CBS), WPMI-TV (NBC) (also see Florida listing)
Montgomery-Selma: WIIQ (PBS), WDIQ (PBS), WAIQ (PBS), WCOV-TV (Fox)

Arkansas
Birmingham, Ala.: WDBB (CW), WABM, WBIQ (PBS), WTTO (CW)
Jonesboro: KTEJ (PBS), KVTJ
Little Rock: KVTH, KARK-TV (NBC), KLRT-TV (Fox), KASN (CW), KVTH
Monroe-El Dorado: KTVE (NBC)

Arizona
Phoenix: KCFG, KMOH-TV, KTAZ (Telemundo), KPPX (Ion)

California
Bakersfield: KBAK-TV (CBS), KERO-TV (ABC), KGET-TV (NBC), KUVI-TV
Eureka: KEET (PBS)
Fresno: KVPT (PBS)
Los Angeles: KHIZ
Monterey-Salinas: KION-TV (CBS), KCBA (Fox)
San Diego: KFMB-TV (CBS), KGTV (ABC), KSWB-TV (Fox)
San Francisco: KCNS, KOFY-TV, KICU-TV, KFTY
Santa Barbara: KSBY (NBC), KTAS (Telemundo), KEYT-TV (ABC), KPMR (Univision), KCOY-TV (CBS)

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Colorado
Denver: KBDI-TV (PBS), KREG-TV (CBS), KRMZ (PBS), KWYP-TV (PBS)
Grand Junction: KFQX (Fox), KKCO (NBC), KREX-TV (CBS), KREY-TV (CBS)

Connecticut
Hartford: WUVN (Univision), WHPX (Ion)

Florida
Ft. Myers-Naples: WBBH-TV (NBC), WINK-TV (NBC), WXCW (CW), WZVN-TV (ABC)
Gainesville: WCJB-TV (ABC)
Miami: WSBS-TV, WPXM (Ion)
Mobile-Pensacola: WFGX (MyN), WEAR-TV (ABC), WJTC, WSRE (PBS) (also see Alabama listing)
Orlando: WBCC (PBS), WVEN-TV (Univision), WTGL, WMFE-TV (PBS), WRDQ
Panama City: WMBB (ABC), WPCT
Tallahassee: WFXU (PBS), WFSG (PBS), WFSU-TV, WTXL-TV (ABC)
Tampa-St. Petersburg: WCFL, WWSB (ABC), WTTA (MyN), WEDU (PBS), WVEA-TV (Univision)

Georgia
Albany: WACS-TV (PBS), WABW-TV (PBS)
Atlanta: WGTV, WATC, WCIQ (PBS)
Columbus: WJSP-TV (PBS), WLTZ (NBC)
Greenville-Sparta-Asheville: WNEG-TV (CBS)
Jacksonville: WXGA-TV (PBS)
Macon: WMUM-TV (PBS), WGXA (Fox), WMGT-TV (NBC), WPGA-TV (ABC)
Savannah: WGSA (CW), WJCL (ABC), WVAN-TV (PBS), WJWJ-TV (PBS), WTGS (Fox)
Tallahassee-Thomasville: WCTV (CBS)

Guam
Guam: KUAM-TV (NBC), KTGM (ABC)

Iowa
Cedar Rapids: KFXA (Fox), KGAN (CBS), KFXB, KWKB (CW) KWWL (NBC)
Davenport-Moline: KGCW-TV (CW)
Des Moines-Ames: KDSM-TV (Fox), WHO-TV (NBC)
Sioux City: (KCAU-TV) ABC, KMEG (CBS), KPTH (Fox), KPTH, KTIV (NBC)

Idaho
Twin Falls: KMVT (CBS)

Illinois
Peoria-Bloomington: WYZZ-TV (Fox), WEEK-TV (NBC), WMBD-TV (CBS), WTVP (PBS)
Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk: KHQA-TV (CBS), WMEC, WGEM-TV (NBC), WQEC
Rockford: WIFR (CBS), WQRF-TV (Fox), WREX-TV (NBC), WTVO (ABC)
Springfield: WICD (NBC), WEIU-TV (PBS), WAND (NBC), WBUI (CW), WICS (NBC), WRSP-TV (Fox), WCCU (Fox)

Indiana
Fort Wayne: WFWA (PBS), WISE-TV (NBC), WPTA (ABC)
Indianapolis: WCLJ-TV, WIPB (PBS)
South Bend: WSJV (Fox), WNDU-TV (NBC), WSBT-TV (CBS)
Terre Haute: WUSI-TV

Kansas
Pittsburg: KOAM-TV (CBS)
Topeka: KSNT (NBC), KTKA-TV (ABC), KTWU (PBS), WIBW-TV (CBS)
Wichita: KBSD-TV (CBS), KSNG (NBC), KUPK-TV (ABC), KBSL-TV (CBS), KBSH-TV (CBS), KOOD (PBS), KMTW (MyN), KWCH-TV (CBS), KSWK (PBS), KAAS-TV (Fox), KSAS-TV (Fox), KSCW (CW)

Kentucky
Bowling Green, Ky.: WKYU-TV (PBS), WNKY (NBC)
Lexington: WYMT-TV (CBS), WTVQ-TV (ABC)
Louisville: WBKI-TV (CW)
Paducah: WDKA (MyN)

Louisiana
Alexandria: KALB-TV (NBC & CBS), WNTZ (Fox)
Lake Charles: KVHP (Fox)
Monroe: KAQY (ABC), KNOE-TV (CBS), KARD (Fox)
Shreveport: KSHV (MyN)

Massachusetts
Boston: WENH-TV (PBS), WEKW-TV (PBS), WMFP, WNEU
New Bedford: WLNE-TV (ABC)
Springfield: WWLP (NBC)

Maryland
Baltimore: WBFF (Fox), WNUV (CW)
Salisbury: WBOC-TV (CBS, Fox)
Hagerstown: WJAL (Univision)

Maine
Bangor: WVII-TV (ABC)
Portland: WGME-TV (CBS), WPFO (Fox)

Michigan
Alpena: WBKB-TV (CBS)
Detroit: WPXD (Ion), WMYD (MyN)
Lansing: WILX-TV (NBC)

Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul: KWCM (PBS), KAWE (PBS), KAWB (PBS), WUCW (CW)
Rochester: KTTC (NBC), KXLT-TV (Fox)

Missouri
Cape Girardeau: KBSI (Fox)
Hannibal: KHQA (CBS)
St. Louis: KDNL-TV (ABC), WRBU

Mississippi
Biloxi-Gulfport: WMAH-TV (PBS), WXXV-TV (Fox)
Columbus-Tupelo: WMAE-TV (PBS), WMAB-TV (PBS), WTVA (NBC), WLOV-TV (Fox)
Greenwood-Greenville: WXVT (CBS), WABG-TV (ABC), WMAO-TV (PBS)
Jackson: WMAU-TV (PBS), WMPN-TV (PBS), WRBJ (CW)
Meridian: WGBC (NBC), WMAW-TV (PBS), WMDN (CBS), WTOK-TV (ABC)

Montana
Billings: KSVI (ABC), KTVQ (CBS), KULR-TV (NBC), KHMT (Fox)
Butte: KWYB (ABC)
Great Falls: KFBB-TV (ABC), KRTV (CBS)
Missoula: KTMF (ABC)

North Carolina
Charlotte: WTVU (PBS), WNSC-TV (PBS), WHKY-TV, WAXN-TVe:
Greensboro-Winston-Salem: WMYV (MyN), WXLV-TV (ABC)
Greenville-Asheville: WLOS (ABC), WYCW (CW) (also see South Carolina listing)
Raleigh-Durham: WRDC (MyN), WLFL (CW), WRAY-TV
Wilmington: WUNJ-TV (PBS)

North Dakota
Fargo: KBME-TV (PBS), WDAZ-TV (ABC), KJRE (PBS), KVLY-TV (NBC), KSRE (PBS), KXJB-TV (CBS)
Minot-Bismarck: KFYR-TV (NBC), KQCD-TV (NBC), KMCY (ABC), KUMV (NBC)

Nebraska
Lincoln: KGIN (CBS), KHNE-TV (PBS), KWNB-TV (ABC), KHGI-TV (ABC), KLNE-TV (PBS), KLKN (ABC), KOLN (CBS), KSNB-TV (Fox)
North Platte: KNOP-TV (NBC)
Omaha: KYNE-TV (PBS), WOWT-TV (NBC)
Rapid City: KDUH-TV (ABC), KSGW-TV (ABC)

Nevada
Las Vegas: KVCW (CW), KVMY (MyN), KMCC
Reno: KAME-TV (MyN), KNPB (PBS), KREN-TV (CW), KRXI-TV (Fox)

New Mexico
Albuquerque-Santa Fe: KENW (PBS)

New York
Albany: WXXA-TV (Fox)
Binghamton, N.Y.: WBNG-TV (CBS), WICZ-TV (Fox), WIVT (NBC)
Buffalo: WUTV (Fox)
New York: WEDW (PBS), WMBC-TV, WFME-TV
Corning: WETM-TV (NBC)
Rochester: WUHF (Fox)
Syracuse: WNYS-TV (MyN)
Utica: WKTV (NBC)
Watertown: WWNY-TV (CBS), WWTI (ABC)

Ohio
Cincinnati: WSTR-TV (MyN)
Cleveland: WOAC
Columbus: WWHO (CW), WTTE (Fox)
Dayton: WDTN (NBC), WHIO-TV (CBS), WKEF (NBC), WPTD (PBS), WRGT-TV (Fox), WBDT (CW)
Toledo: WGTE-TV (PBS)
Steubenville: WTOV-TV (NBC)

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City: KWET (PBS), KAUT-TV (MyN), KETA-TV (PBS), KOCB (CW), KOKH-TV (Fox), KWTV (CBS)
Tulsa: KDOR-TV, KRSC-TV (PBS), KOET (PBS), KQCW (CW), KGEB, KMYT-TV (MyN), KOED-TV (PBS), KOTV (CBS), KWHB
Wichita Falls: KSWO-TV (ABC)

Oregon
Eugene: KCBY-TV (CBS), KMCB (NBC), KEZI (ABC), KLSR-TV (Fox), KMTR (NBC), KVAL-TV (CBS), KTCW (NBC)
Medford-Klamath Falls: KBLN, KDKF (ABC), KOTI (NBC), KDRV (ABC), KMVU (Fox), KOBI (NBC), KSYS (PBS)
Yakima: KFFX-TV (Fox)

Pennsylvania
Erie: WSEE-TV (CBS)
Harrisburg: WIFT-TV (PBS), WLYH-TV (CW)
Johnstown: WATM-TV (ABC), WWCP-TV (Fox)
Pittsburgh: WPGH-TV (Fox), WPMY (MyN), WQEX
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton: WNEP-TV (ABC), WVIA-TV (PBS), WYOU (CBS), WBRE-TV (NBC), WQMY (MyN)
Philadelphia: WMGM-TV (NBC)

Puerto Rico
Fajardo: WORO-TV, WRUA
Naranjito: WECN
San Juan: WTCV

Rhode Island
Providence: WJAR (NBC), WNAC-TV (Fox) WPRI-TV (CBS)

South Carolina
Charleston: WITV (PBS), WMMP (MyN), WTAT-TV (Fox)
Columbia: WRLK-TV (PBS), WZRB (CW), WKTC (MyN), WRJA-TV (PBS)
Greenville-Asheville: WMYA-TV (MyN), WNTV (PBS), WNTV (PBS), WNEH (PBS), WRET-TV (PBS) (also see North Carolina listing)
Myrtle Beach: WHMC (PBS), WJPM-TV (PBS)

South Dakota
Augusta: WEBA-TV (PBS), WAGT (NBC & CW), WJBF (ABC), WRDW-TV (CBS), WCES-TV
Rapid City: KIVV-TV (Fox), KZSD-TV (PBS), KBHE-TV (PBS), KEVN-TV (Fox)
Sioux Falls: KABY-TV (ABC), KDSD-TV (PBS), KESD-TV (PBS), KDLO-TV (CBS), KQSD-TV (PBS), KPRY-TV (ABC), KTSD-TV (PBS), KCSD-TV (PBS), KSFY-TV (ABC), KTTW (Fox), KUSD-TV (PBS), KSMN (PBS)

Tennessee
Chattanooga: WDEF-TV (CBS), WTCI (PBS), WNGH-TV (PBS)
Jackson: WJKT (Fox), WLJT (PBS)
Knoxville: WETP-TV (PBS)
Memphis: WMAV-TV (PBS), WLMT (CW)
Nashville: WNAB (CW), WUXP-TV (MyN), WZTV (Fox)

Texas
Amarillo, Texas: KACV-TV
Austin, Texas: KEYE-TV (CBS)
Dallas-Ft. Worth: KTAQ
Harlingen: KMBH (PBS)
Lubbock: KAMC (ABC), KJTV-TV (Fox), KLBK-TV (CBS), KTXT-TV (PBS), KLCW-TV (CW)
Odessa: KPBT-TV
San Angelo: KLST (CBS), KSAN-TV (NBC)
San Antonio: KMYS (MyN), KABB (Fox)
Sherman: KXII (CBS)
Nacogdoches: KYTX (CBS)
Victoria: KAVU-TV (ABC), KVCT (Fox)
Waco: KYLE (Fox), KCEN-TV (NBC), KWBU-TV, KWKT (Fox), KWTX-TV (CBS), KXXV (ABC)
Wichita Falls: KFDX-TV (NBC), KJTL (Fox)

Utah
Salt Lake City: KCSG, KGWR-TV (CBS)

Vermont
Burlington-Plattsburgh, Vt.: WCAX-TV (CBS), WETK (PBS), WVNY (ABC),WNNE (NBC), WLED-TV (PBS), WPTZ (NBC), WCFE-TV (PBS), WVER (PBS), WVTB (PBS), WVTA (PBS)

Virginia
Charlottesville: WCAV (CBS), WVIR-TV (NBC, CW)
Harrisonburg: WHSV-TV (ABC)
Norfolk: WHRO-TV (PBS), WTVZ-TV (MyN)
Richmond: WRLH-TV (Fox)
Roanoke: WDRL-TV

Washington
Seattle: KWPX (Ion), KBCB, KVOS-TV
Spokane: KHQ-TV (NBC), KSPS-TV (PBS), KXLY-TV (ABC)
Yakima: KVEW (ABC), KNDU (NBC), KTNW (PBS), KAPP (ABC), KNDO (NBC)

Wisconsin
Duluth: KBJR-TV (NBC)
Green Bay: WFRV-TV (CBS), WIWB (CW)
La Crosse-Eau Claire: WEUX (Fox), WEAU-TV (NBC), WQOW-TV (ABC), WKBT (CBS), WLAX (Fox), WXOW-TV (ABC)
Madison: WBUW (CW), WISC-TV (CBS), WKOW-TV (ABC), WMSN-TV (Fox), WMTV (NBC)
Milwaukee: WCGV-TV (MyN), WVCY-TV, WVTV (CW)
Wausau: WYOW (ABC), WJFW-TV (NBC), WAOW-TV (ABC), WSAW-TV (CBS), WFXS (Fox)

West Virginia
Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill: WVVA (NBC), WVNS-TV (CBS)
Charleston, W.V.: CHS-TV (ABC), WVAH-TV (Fox), WOWK-TV (CBS), WSAZ-TV (NBC)
Clarksburg: WBOY-TV (NBC)
Parkersburg: WTAP-TV (NBC)
Wheeling: WTRF-TV (CBS)

Wyoming
Casper, Wyo: KFNB (Fox), KGWC-TV (CBS), KPTW (PBS), KTWO-TV (ABC), KGWL-TV (CBS), KFNE (Fox)
Cheyenne: KLWY (Fox)

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