Stupid/naive question re HDTV

[bgadow]

I stumbled across that site once before & was surprised how many little stations there are out there (or are supposed to be/potentially out there). My area has quite a few that I've never heard of but I guess the reach is just so small. There is a PBS translator (or some such) in the next town that has been on the air for decades but I have never been able to get a real watchable picture of it here. Some of these stations I have to wonder-why even bother? A low power station in a small town would be a neat hobby but the coverage is so limited & would seem to be hard to justify if you were trying to make an economic case for it.

I guess later on there will be tons of analog equipment available for sale as stations abandon it. That could put some new stations on the air cheap for awhile, maybe.