Wilmington DTV Transition
Wilmington, NC - First to go all Digital on Monday, September 8, 2008
Wilmington, NC is a test market for the shut down of analog broadcasting, which will occur by June 12, 2009 throughout the rest of the country.
The greater Wilmington, North Carolina area will make its
transition
to digital broadcasting on September 8, 2008. Starting at noon on September 8, the following TV stations in the Wilmington area will broadcast only digital signals.
Channel 3 WWAY ABC
Channel 6 WECT NBC
Channel 10 WILM CBS
Channel 26 WSFX FOX
Channel 51 W51CW Trinity
WUNJ channel 39 (PBS) will continue to broadcast both analog and digital signals.
W47CK Channel 29, (MyNetwork TV), will continue to broadcast its analog signal after September 8.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) identified Wilmington, NC as one of a limited number of potential digital television transition test markets. Wilmington will serve as an opportunity for everyone involved in the digital transition to spot issues that need to be addressed in the rest of the country before next February.
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