Once the digital transition is complete, stations will return the analog spectrum to the Government for auction.

With the digital transition, spectrum management has entered to a new age.

An early field test showed a dramatically improved signal in areas that were lost after the original digital transition.

As a result, analysts and policy makers agree that the longer the digital transition, the greater the economic overhang.

This service is continued on channel 2-4 following the digital transition.

"The digital transition will take five to seven years," he said.

The station is first in Canada to complete the digital transition.

The digital transition is believed to be why the station was taken off the line-up.

The move comes less than six months from the final analog to digital transition scheduled for 2/17/09.

The translator was shut down on June 30, 2009, two weeks after the digital transition, due to loss of access to the tower site.