many Analog American TV stations will kill analog Feb 17 even if deadline is extended

[wa2ise]

In San Diego, mainly because of the electric bill for the analog transmitters, and that only abouy 7% of the viewers still use over-the-air.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/73950

And many stations have already booked tower crews and transmitter swaps, and it be very costly to change those schedules.

If the Feb 17th deadline still stands, I was going to videotape the Jay Leno show that night off the local over-the-air analog station, channel 5 here in Seattle. Midnight would happen in the middle of his show, and the signal should die forever then.