Wilmington, North Carolina - Television - Analog ends - DTV begins September 8

Wilmington, North Carolina, will become the first TV market in the nation to make the transition from old analog-broadcasting to the new all Digital signaling for broadcast-television.

The national change-over will occur on February 19, 2009, but, the FCC has set-up five test markets to get an idea of how the transition will go.

Wilmington is the first and will make the switch on
September 8, 2008. It involves all five commercial television stations serving Wilmington.

Some stats provided, such as 15% of the population being over the age of 65, and 13% of the population being below poverty level, will allow the FCC a good look at overall transition, in comparison to the rest of the nation.

One stat, which will not allow a comparison is that there are only 504 Native Americans in the Wilmington market, and therefore how the transition affects this part of the population will not be able to be gaged, considering Native Americans make up 25% of the population in the southwestern United States.

Another area of the nation this test will not be able to gage is in cities, such as Detroit, where the below-poverty population exceeds 25%.

Regardless, this test will let all see how many of the population will be left in the "dark," void of TV. If it turns out to be quite a few people it will not look promising for transition in the future (February 19, 2008).

The only station in the area, which will contiue analog and digital broadcasting is the area's Public Television station, WUNJ.

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