Digital TV Switch

Our history making switch has served as a learning experience for international visitors. Japanese broadcasters were visiting the area to prepare for their upcoming switch. Full story...

As you should know by now, all the stations in our market are switching to digital signals only on September 8. Full story...

September 8 is fast approaching. For people in our area, that means the digital TV conversion. Full story...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staff will be located at sites throughout Pender County to answer questions about the digital television transition and sign-up area residents for the converter box coupon, which provides a $40 discount on eligible converter boxes. Full story...

September 8th is fast approaching, and for Wilmington residents, that means the digital TV switch. Today, companies that make the converter boxes donated some to the senior center here in Wilmington. Full story...

Representatives from the FCC will be on hand to help residents apply for a $40 coupon toward the purchase of a digital converter box. Full story...

This Saturday, we'll be 100 days out from the digital switch in the Wilmington area. Tuesday, members of the FCC held a town hall meeting in the Port City to further explain what the switch means and answer questions. FCC chairman Kevin Martin was among the speakers. Full story...

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will be part of a town hall meeting today to discuss Wilmington's early switch to digital television. Full story...

We've received a number of calls and e-mails this week, from viewers concerned about what the digital transition will mean for their small, analog, battery powered TV's. Full story...

All this week we have been explaining how the digital transition will work and who it will affect. If people with analog TV's want to continue to use them after the swtich in September, they will need a digital converter box. Full story...

With the digital television switch just a few months away for folks in our viewing area, we want to make sure you understand how the switch will work. Today we're going to look at exactly who the switch will affect. Full story...

With the switch to digital television less than four months away, we are trying to help you better understand what's happening. Yesterday we looked at the science behind television and the switch to digital. Today we take a look at why the conversion from analog is happening in the first place. Full story...

Analog. Digital. HDTV. 720p. 1080i. They are a jumble of letters and numbers that will ultimately change the way you watch television come September. But what does it all mean? Full story...

The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday that Wilmington will be the first television market in the country to test the switch to using only digital broadcast signals. Starting at noon on September 8, all the commercial TV stations in Wilmington, including WWAY, will stop using their analog signals and broadcast only digitally. Full story...