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Analog elevisions get phased out
Analog television sets are seen discarded at a waste & recycling services center on June 5, 2009. As America switches to a digital signal on June 12, many are throwing out their old television sets.
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Starting at midnight Friday, all U.S. TV stations must switch to digital-only broadcasting. If you get your TV over the airwaves and do not have a newer digital-ready TV or converter box, all you'll get is static. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Deborah Broderson who is overseeing the digital TV conversion in the Twin Cities and central Minnesota for the FCC.

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Analog elevisions get phased out
Analog television sets are seen discarded at a waste & recycling services center on June 5, 2009. As America switches to a digital signal on June 12, many are throwing out their old television sets.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images