Updated: 06/12/2009 7:03 PM KSTP.com | Print Story

Digital TV switch here for Minn. TV stations

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Some advocates say many Minnesotans still aren't ready for the switch to digital TV that happens Friday at 11:59 p.m.

DTV Assistance Centers and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund will be in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis starting at 1 p.m. 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.

For more information, you can go to www.dtvanswers.com. Or you can call (888) DTV-2009.

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