DTV is here starting at midnight Thursday night, television stations across the country began shutting down their old analog signals.
They have until midnight Friday to complete the process and in.... With DTV as every single station in the country makes the switch today.
They have until midnight Friday to complete the changeover.
After that, stations will only broadcast in digital and anyone with just the old rabbit ears or external antennas is out of luck.
Leaving many with a last minute scramble to buy a new t-v or convert the old.
In Miami, Carlos Garcia had a digital converter installed so his mother could still watch on their spare kitchen set.
While in Cincinnati more than 400 people waited in line to get free converter boxes there weren't enough for everyone.
So throughout the day, from coast to coast, help lines lit up from those now only seeing snow.
We're expecting in the neighborhood of a hundred thousand calls this weekend if not greater,” said Teletech Sr Vice President Chuck Koskovich.
Just how many? Stay tuned!
Officials predict it could be close to three million but they say we won't really know until after midnight.
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