What stations still might change Feb 17 anyways.

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:30:00 -0800 (PST), John Bolduc <n1qgs@yahoo.com> said:

> I'm wondering which channels may go ahead with plans to switch to
> DTV and shut off analog on February 17, in spite of the extension.

To the best of my knowledge -- and I'm sure Fybush knows better than I
do -- here's the current state of things:

Analog currently off and will not be restored
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Boston market: 25 (for all intents and purposes), 46, 50
Providence market: 28, 36
Springfield market: 57
Portland: 10, 26, 35
Bangor: 12 Orono, 13 Calais
Presque Isle: 10

Early transition
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Bangor: 7, 12, 13
Binghamton: 12
Boston: 46 (contingent on 10 Providence)
Buffalo: 7, 29, 49
Burlington: 3 (with nightlight, contingent on 22 but they have not filed yet),
	    44
Hartford: 3, 26 (New London)
Portland: 10, 13, 26, 35
Presque Isle: 10
Providence: 6, 10, 64 (which implies 12 but they have not filed yet)
Rochester: 31
Syracuse: 5, 43, 68
Utica: 2

This is of course subject to change with new filings over the coming
week.  Stations are supposed to file a "Legal STA" for early
transition, but some have done otherwise, or have combined their
analog termination filing with another filing.

-GAWollman