Despite legislation passed by Congress moving the date of the national transition to all digital television over-the-air broadcasting to June 12th, as many as 681 of the nation’s nearly 1,800 broadcasters have either already made the switch or have filed applications to go digital on the original date of next Tuesday, February 17th. The Federal Communications Commission says it has recently received notice from 491 full-power broadcasters that want to terminate their traditional, over-the-air signals on February 17th. The FCC says another 190 stations had already made the switch or had previously told the agency they planned to make the switch on February 17th.
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