Digital cutoff date USA for low power small repeater stations?

[cal_tony]

This may be a stupid question but I have Emailed a number of over the air stations that I receive here in California that also have separate low power repeater stations in most every little town nearby. So far no answer from any of them.

Checking online has also not given me any definitive answer. Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough. I know the Fed govt will auction off the old analog freq so the answers seem self evident, these stations will either go dark or they will switch to digital. Or will they? Are there provisions for low power stations to continue broadcasting Analog signals past the Feb 9th cut off date?

Tony

[Krispy Kritter]

All analog stations/transmitters will switch to digital or be shut off.

[Squash]

There are exceptions.

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