Monday, February 16, 2009

400 TV stations to shut off analog Tuesday

More than 400 TV stations have said they intend to shut down analog TV broadcasts on or around Tuesday, rather than waiting until June 12, the new deadline set by Congress.

The stations are listed here by state and market, as given by the FCC as of Monday. Markets can be very large in some regions, and many of them span several states.

A further 191 full-power stations have already turned off analog.

Some stations that are dropping full analog transmissions will maintain a so-called "night light" service in analog for a few months, with public service announcements and local news.

A complete list of TV stations shutting down analog TV broadcasts this week is on the
next page.

Alabama
Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa: WDBB (CW), WABM, WBIQ (PBS), WTTO (CW)
Louisville: WGIQ (PBS)
Huntsville-Decatur-Florence: WFIQ (PBS), WAAY-TV (ABC), WHIQ (PBS)
Mobile-Pensacola: WBPG (CW), WEIQ (PBS) (also see Florida)
Montgomery-Selma: WIIQ (PBS), WDIQ (PBS), WAIQ (PBS), WCOV-TV (Fox)
Mt. Cheaha: WCIQ (PBS) (Atlanta market)

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

Arkansas
Jonesboro: KTEJ (PBS), KVTJ
Little Rock-Pine Bluff: KVTH, KARK-TV (NBC), KASN (CW)

California
Bakersfield: KUVI-TV (MyNetworkTV)
Eureka: KEET (PBS)
Fresno-Visalia: KVPT (PBS)
Los Angeles: KHIZ
Monterey-Salinas: KION-TV (CBS), KCBA (Fox)
San Diego: KFMB-TV (CBS), KGTV (ABC), KSWB-TV (Fox), XETV (based in Tijuana, Mexico, but carries U.S. CW network)
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose: KCNS, KOFY-TV, KICU-TV, KFTY
Santa Barbara: KSBY (NBC), KTAS (Telemundo), KEYT-TV (ABC), KPMR (Univision), KCOY-TV (CBS)

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

Connecticut

Hartford & New Haven: WUVN (Univision), WHPX (Ion)
Bridgeport: WEDW (PBS) (New York market)

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

Georgia
Albany: WACS-TV (PBS), WABW-TV (PBS)
Atlanta: WGTV, WATC
Augusta: WAGT (NBC & CW), WJBF (ABC), WRDW-TV (CBS), WCES-TV
Chatsworth: WNGH-TV (PBS) (Chattanooga market)
Columbus: WJSP-TV (PBS), WLTZ (NBC)
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville: WNEG-TV (CBS) (also see South Carolina)
Macon: WMUM-TV (PBS), WGXA (Fox), WMGT-TV (NBC), WPGA-TV (ABC)
Savannah: WGSA (CW), WJCL (ABC), WVAN-TV (PBS) (also see South Carolina)
Tallahassee-Thomasville: WCTV (CBS) (also see Florida)
Waycross: WXGA-TV (PBS) (Jacksonville market)

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

Idaho
Twin Falls: KMVT (CBS)

Iowa
Cedar Rapids: KFXA (Fox), KGAN (CBS), KFXB, KWKB (CW), KWWL (NBC)
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline: KGCW-TV (CW)
Des Moines-Ames: KDSM-TV (Fox), WHO-TV (NBC)
Sioux City: KCAU-TV (ABC), KMEG (CBS), KPTH (Fox), KTIV (NBC)
(also see Illinois and Missouri for Keokuk area)

Illinois
Champaign & Springfield-Decatur: WICD (NBC), WEIU-TV (PBS), WAND (NBC), WBUI (CW), WICS (NBC), WRSP-TV (Fox), WCCU (Fox)
Peoria-Bloomington: WYZZ-TV (Fox), WEEK-TV (NBC), WMBD-TV (CBS), WTVP (PBS)
Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk: WMEC, WGEM-TV (NBC), WQEC
Rockford: WIFR (CBS), WQRF-TV (Fox), WREX-TV (NBC), WTVO (ABC)
Olney: WUSI-TV (Terre Haute, Ind. market)
East St. Louis: WRBU (MyN) (also see St. Louis)
(see Paducah, Ky., for southern Illinois, and Iowa for Moline area)

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

Kansas
Joplin-Pittsburg: KOAM-TV (CBS)
Topeka: KTKA-TV (ABC), KTWU (PBS), WIBW-TV (CBS)
Wichita-Hutchinson: KUPK-TV (ABC), KBSH-TV (CBS), KOOD (PBS), KMTW (MyN), KWCH-TV (CBS), KSWK (PBS), KSAS-TV (Fox), KSCW (CW)

Kentucky
Bowling Green: WKYU-TV (PBS)
Lexington: WYMT-TV (CBS), WTVQ-TV (ABC)
Louisville: WBKI-TV (CW)
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg: WDKA (MyN) (also see Missouri)

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

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

Maryland
Baltimore: WBFF (Fox), WNUV (CW)
Hagerstown: WJAL (Univision) (Washington, D.C., market)

Massachusetts
Boston: WMFP
Providence-New Bedford: WLNE-TV (ABC) (also see Rhode Island)
Springfield-Holyoke: WWLP (NBC)

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

Minnesota
Duluth-Superior: WDIO-TV (ABC), WIRT (ABC) (also see Wisconsin)
Minneapolis-St. Paul: KWCM (PBS), KAWE (PBS), KAWB (PBS), WUCW (CW)
Rochester-Mason City-Austin: KTTC (NBC), KXLT-TV (Fox)
Worthington: KSMN (PBS) (Sioux Falls market)

Mississippi
Biloxi-Gulfport: WMAH-TV (PBS), WXXV-TV (Fox)
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point: WMAE-TV (PBS), WMAB-TV (PBS), 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) (Feb. 19), WMAW-TV (PBS), WMDN (CBS) (Feb. 16)
Natchez: WNTZ (Fox) (Alexandria market)
Oxford: WMAV-TV (PBS) (Memphis market)

Missouri
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg: KBSI (Fox) (also see Kentucky)
Springfield: KSPR (ABC)
St. Louis: KDNL-TV (ABC) (also see Illinois)

Montana
Butte-Bozeman: KWYB (ABC)
Great Falls: KFBB-TV (ABC), KRTV (CBS)
Missoula: KTMF (ABC)

Nebraska
Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney: KGIN (CBS), KHNE-TV (PBS), KWNB-TV (ABC), KHGI-TV (ABC), KLNE-TV (PBS), KOLN (CBS),
Omaha: KYNE-TV (PBS), WOWT-TV (NBC)
Scottsbluff: KDUH-TV (ABC) (Rapid City, S.D., market)

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

New Hampshire
Boston-Manchester: WENH-TV (PBS), WEKW-TV (PBS), WNEU
Burlington-Plattsburgh: WLED-TV (PBS) (see also Vermont)

New Jersey
Newton: WMBC-TV (New York market)
West Milford: WFME-TV (New York market)
Wildwood: WMGM-TV (NBC) (Philadelphia market)

New Mexico
Albuquerque-Santa Fe: KENW (PBS)

New York
Binghamton: WBNG-TV (CBS), WICZ-TV (Fox)
Buffalo: WUTV (Fox)
Burlington-Plattsburgh: WPTZ (NBC), WCFE-TV (PBS) (Also see Vermont)
Rochester: WUHF (Fox)
Syracuse: WNYS-TV (MyN)
Utica: WKTV (NBC)
Watertown: WWNY-TV (CBS)

North Carolina
Charlotte: WTVI (PBS), WHKY-TV, WAXN-TV
Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem: WMYV (MyN), WXLV-TV (ABC)
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville: WYCW (CW) (also see South Carolina and Georgia)
Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville: WRDC (MyN), WLFL (CW), WRAY-TV
Wilmington: WUNJ-TV (PBS)

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

Ohio
Cincinnati: WSTR-TV (MyN)
Cleveland-Akron: WOAC
Columbus: WWHO (CW), WTTE (Fox)
Toledo: WGTE-TV (PBS)

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

Oregon
Eugene: KEZI (ABC), KLSR-TV (Fox)
Medford-Klamath Falls: KBLN, KDKF (ABC), KOTI (NBC), KDRV (ABC), KMVU (Fox), KOBI (NBC), KSYS (PBS)
Pendleton: KFFX-TV (Fox) (Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick market, also see Washington)

Pennsylvania
Erie: WSEE-TV (CBS)
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York: WIFT-TV (PBS), WLYH-TV (CW)
Johnstown-Altoona-State College: 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)

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

Rhode Island
Providence-New Bedford: WJAR (NBC), WNAC-TV (Fox), WPRI-TV (CBS) (also see Massachusetts)

South Carolina
Allendale: WEBA-TV (PBS) (Augusta market)
Beaufort: WJWJ-TV (PBS) (Savannah market)
Charleston: WITV (PBS), WMMP (MyN), WTAT-TV (Fox)
Charlotte: WNSC-TV (PBS)
Columbia: WRLK-TV (PBS), WZRB (CW), WKTC (MyN), WRJA-TV (PBS)
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville: WMYA-TV (MyN), WNTV (PBS), WNEH (PBS), WRET-TV (PBS) (also see Georgia and North Carolina)
Hardeeville: WTGS (Fox) (Savannah market)
Myrtle Beach-Florence: WHMC (PBS), WJPM-TV (PBS)

South Dakota
Rapid City: KIVV-TV (Fox), KZSD-TV (PBS), KBHE-TV (PBS), KEVN-TV (Fox).
Sioux Falls-Mitchell: KABY-TV (ABC), KDSD-TV (PBS), KESD-TV (PBS), KQSD-TV (PBS), KPRY-TV (ABC), KTSD-TV (PBS), KCSD-TV (PBS), KSFY-TV (ABC), KTTW (Fox), KUSD-TV (PBS) (also see Minnesota)

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

Texas
Amarillo: KACV-TV
Austin: 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-Midland: KPBT-TV
San Angelo: KLST (CBS), KSAN-TV (NBC)
San Antonio: KMYS (MyN), KABB (Fox)
Sherman-Ada: KXII (CBS)
Nacogdoches: KYTX (CBS)
Victoria: KAVU-TV (ABC)
Waco-Temple-Bryan: KYLE (Fox), KCEN-TV (NBC), KWBU-TV, KWKT (Fox), KWTX-TV (CBS), KXXV (ABC)
Wichita Falls-Lawton: KFDX-TV (NBC), KJTL (Fox) (also see Oklahoma)

Utah
Salt Lake City: KCSG

Vermont
Burlington-Plattsburgh: WCAX-TV (CBS), WETK (PBS), WVNY (ABC), WNNE (NBC), WVER (PBS), WVTB (PBS), WVTA (PBS) (also see New Hampshire and New York)

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-Tacoma: KWPX (Ion), KBCB, KVOS-TV
Spokane: KHQ-TV (NBC), KSPS-TV (PBS), KXLY-TV (ABC)
Yakima-Pasco-Richland Kennewick: KVEW (ABC), KNDU (NBC), KTNW (PBS), KAPP (ABC), KNDO (NBC) (also see Oregon)

West Virginia
Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill: WVVA (NBC), WVNS-TV (CBS)
Charleston: WSAZ-TV (NBC), WOWK-TV (CBS)
Clarksburg: WBOY-TV (NBC)
Parkersburg: WTAP-TV (NBC)
Wheeling-Steubenville: WTRF-TV (CBS)

Wisconsin
Duluth-Superior: KBJR-TV (also see Minnesota)
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), WMTV (NBC)
Milwaukee: WCGV-TV (MyN), WVCY-TV, WVTV (CW)
Wausau-Rhinelander: WYOW (ABC), WJFW-TV (NBC) (Feb. 16), WAOW-TV (ABC), WSAW-TV (CBS), WFSX (Fox)

Wyoming
Casper-Riverton: KFNB (Fox), KGWC-TV (CBS), KPTW (PBS), KTWO-TV (ABC), KGWL-TV (CBS), KFNE (Fox)
Cheyenne-Scottsbluff: KLWY (Fox)
Laramie: KWYP-TV (PBS) (Denver market)
Rock Springs: KGWR-TV (CBS) (Salt Lake City market)
Sheridan: KSGW-TV (ABC) (Rapid City, S.D. market)

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