Even the president’s signature stamp on a bill to delay the DTV switch to June didn’t stop broadasters from dropping their analog signal today. Starting at midnight, more than 400 stations made the transition on the original deadline.
According to CNET, the DTV switch prompted more than 28,000 calls to the FCC from viewers seeking help. The FCC reported most calls were from people who didn’t know they had to run the “scan” function on their digital televisions or converter boxes to search for changed channels.