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5 Orlando stations turn off transmitters tonight
Turn out the lights, the party’s over … in analog. At 11:59 p.m. tonight, five Orlando TV stations will permanently end their analog broadcasts, entering an all-digital era and most likely making your older model television sets obsolete. The stations turning off their analog transmitters, according to the FCC: Public…
