said by apollo80:The average station spends approximately $25,000 or more, monthly, on electricity to power their analog transmitters.
After February, the 'current' government mandated shutoff time for analog, no station has that extra money allocated in their budget.
They were told to shut down the transmitters.
Now if they have to broadcast in analog longer than dictated, get ready for layoffs and other cutbacks.
Not to mention many of those analog transmitters are old and the stations didn't budget for ever increasing maintenance if they don't shut them down or at least reduce analog power.
