As Crunchgear reminded us, today is the day of the original DTV transition date, and many stations are dropping their analog broadcasts today. These stations would have to pay money to keep these broadcasts on the air, including rental fees, and delays to contracts to dismantle equipment.

They also mention the usefulness of Antennaweb in setting up your broadcast antenna. We’ve tried it, and used one of their maps to try and aim a in-house antenna. There is an antique antenna on the roof of the building, which gets decent reception. But we have yet to get all of the channels an antenna our size is supposed to get.

Ultimately, in June, all analog will go away. Hopefully there will be no more delays.

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