Is your TV ready? Tune into Channel 12 at 5:10 p.m. Monday
September 12, 2008
On Feb. 17, 2009, TV as we all know it will change.
The original signals that stations around here will stop. In fact, the U.S. government has told all broadcast TV stations to stop using the analog signal.
Is your TV ready for the new digital signal?
Listen Now: WISN’s Dean Maytag and Steve Kabelowsky talk about the Digital TV Test
We, and many of the other stations in the area are running a test.
At 5:10 p.m. Monday, have all of your TVs on. Then check Channel 12 for the test. If you see us, you are fine. If you see a different message, you are not ready.
If you are on satellite or cable, you should be fine. If you get your signal from on the antenna on the TV or on your roof, you may not be ready.
Who chose to test tvs at 5:10PM? A lot of us work until 5:00PM and won’t be home for the test.
In the future, would it be possible to consider those of us who work late and schedule such a test for 6:10PM?
Thank you – AJF
AJ,
Thanks for leaving a comment. Channel 12 will have more tests before the analog signal goes away in 2009. We will have those tests at different times in the day.
- Steve Kabelowsky