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Jun 12, 2009 7:58 am US/Central

Switch To Digital Television Happens Tonight

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Some advocates say many Minnesotans still aren't ready for the switch to digital TV that happens Friday.

DTV Assistance Centers and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund will be in a Minneapolis park on Friday to help residents who need help with the transition.

At stores that sell electronics, converter boxes are flying off the shelves.

The Nielsen Company said Wednesday that an estimated 46,000 households in the Twin Cities are completely unprepared for the switch from analog to digital.

About a third of Minnesota TV stations turned off their analog signals by the previous deadline in February.

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