Menu
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Podcast
      • Slice of SciFI 1024: Press PlayIndie Scifi: “Press Play” Director Greg Björkman
      • Slice of SciFi 1023: GATLOPPIndie Horror-Comedy: “GATLOPP” Director Alberto Belli
      • Slice of SciFi 1022: Shakespeare, Star Wars and moreIan Doescher on Shakespeare and Science Fiction
      • Slice of SciFi 1021: The PassengerInternational Indie Horror: “The Passenger”
    • View all
  • Movie Reviews
      • Review: The Black Phone (2022)“The Black Phone” is a creepy, retro thriller
      • Review: "Jurassic World: Dominion" (2022)“Jurassic World Dominion”: a people-pleasing spectacle
      • Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (2022)“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story”: A loving tribute to New Orleans
      • Emergency (2022)“Emergency” shines a light on race, stress and decision-making
    • View all
  • TV Reviews
      • "Project Blue Book"“Project Blue Book” explores the threads of UFO reports
      • Manifest Season 1: 5 Episodes In5 Episodes In: “Manifest”
      • 5 Episodes In: Reverie5 Episodes In: “Reverie”
      • 5 Episodes In: Marvel's Cloak and Dagger5 Episodes In: “Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger”
    • View all
  • DVD Reviews
      • Discussion: The Spine Of Night (2021)Indie Talk: Another Look at “The Spine of Night”
      • Review: Creepshow S2 Blu-rayBlu-ray Review: “Creepshow Season 2”
      • Batman: The Long Halloween (2021)“Batman: The Long Halloween”: an effective if over-long story
      • Blu-ray: Seance (2021)Blu-ray review: “Seance”
    • View all
  • Columns
  • News
      • TV News
      • Film News
      • DVD News
      • Interviews
      • Events
      • Geeky, Funny & Weird
      • Online Entertainment News
      • Music News
      • On Stage
      • Space News

Slice of SciFi

This is How We Geek Out: Interviews, Reviews & More

  • Writers, After Dark
  • The Babylon Podcast
  • Slice of SciFi TV
  • Horror Happenings
  • SciFi Shop Talk
  • Contact Us

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)

FIND MORE STORIES IN: Congress | South Carolina | CBS Corp. | Fox | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | Sioux City | Tampa-St

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)

Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Email

Filed Under: Technology News, TV News

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Audio Productions
Awards News
Book News
Book Reviews
Columns
Comics News
DVD News
DVD Reviews
Entertainment Business News
Events
Fan Films
Fan Productions
Film News
Film Reviews
Gaming News
Geeky, Funny & Weird
Human Interest
Interviews
Music News
On Stage
Online Entertainment News
Science News
Slice of SciFi
Slice Video News
Space News
Specials
Technology News
TV News
TV Reviews

Subscribe to Podcast

Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioStitcherPodchaserTuneInRSS

Listen to Slice of SciFi

iTunes
iHeart Radio
Player.FM
RSS
 
  • Movie & TV Reviews

Recent Comments

  • Summer Brooks on “Astrid & Lilly Save the World” Season 1 Breakdown: “I’m waiting on renewal news on this one, too. So much fun, and for next season I would love to…”
  • Neil A Ottenstein on “Astrid & Lilly Save the World” Season 1 Breakdown: “Finally got a chance to watch the last two episode tonight and then listened to this. Great to hear the…”
  • Chris Howley on “The Northman” brings a Viking legend to life: “Your review makes me want to see this movie, which I had previously decided to skip over. Of course, I’ll…”
  • Armando Ruiz on Aquaman vs Namor: “Namor can destroy DC’s fish man”
  • Louis C Howley on “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is delightfully subversive: “Thank you for that compliment. I agree that it is a very difficult film to summarize. I very much appreciate…”
Tweets by Slice of SciFi
death to humans 160x600
Save 10-50% on in-stock toys at TFAW.com.

Slice of SciFi
1121 Annapolis Rd PMB 238
Odenton MD 21113
602-635-6976

Artwork:
Slice of SciFi spiral logo designed by Tim Callender

Theme Music:
Slice of SciFi music and themes
courtesy of Sci-Fried

Sister Sites:
Writers, After Dark
Horror Happenings
SciFi Shop Talk
Slice of SciFi TV

Copyright © 2005–2022 · Magazine Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in