The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009).
The station stopped broadcasting its analog signal on VHF channel 5, which was originally scheduled as the date for full-power television stations in the United States to switch from analog to digital broadcasts, but this deadline was later moved to June 12, 2009.