Digital Television
In February 2009 Sinclair announced that many stations will adhere to the original DTV transition date of February 17, 2009. Sinclair stations' analog transmitters will be turned off then. Several stations, like WMSN in Madison, Wisconsin and WSMH in Flint, Michigan ended analog transmission on June 12 instead due to the FCC denying early shut-down to some of them in order to keep one commercial analog signal on in a market until the new transition.
As of December 21, 2011, all Sinclair owned and/or operated stations (except for WLOS & KMYU) are broadcasting on the UHF band, as many of them found their post-transition VHF assignments unacceptable to cover their full markets.
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