The Clock Runs Out on U.S. Analog Television

By Geoff Duncan
June 11, 2009

The United States shuts off analog television broadcasts tomorrow - and recent estimates still have millions of people being left in the dark.

Tomorrow is June 12—do you know what that means? If you still receive television using traditional analog over-the-air broadcasts, your television will pick up nothing but snow starting tomorrow. Although stations are staggering their shutoffs a little bit, by mid-day on June 12 virtually all analog television transmission in the United States should be shut down, in favor of all-digital broadcasting.

Television viewers who receive cable or satellite service are unaffected by the transition; similarly, consumers who have TVs with digital tuners or who have purchased a DTV converter box for an older analog TV will be able to receive digital television broadcasts.

The United States was originally due to shut down analog television broadcasts in February, but the Obama administration pushed the transition back to ...

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