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American analogue television ended in 2009

Full-power stations switched off their old transmitters on 12 June The United States had planned to end full-power analogue broadcasting in February 2009, but the date moved to 12 June so households could use up subsidy coupons for converter boxes. Low-power stations followed later. Other countries ran their own switchovers over the next few years. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Full-power stations switched off their old transmitters on 12 June. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.