the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 41. Spectrum reallocation On February 15, 2017, Sunbeam Television owner Ed Ansin told The Boston Globe that he had sold WLVI's broadcast frequency in the FCC's spectrum auction for an undisclosed amount he described as "a lot of money"; this was later revealed by the FCC as a market-high figure of $162.1 million. The station has continued operations on virtual channel 56 through a channel-share arrangement with sister station WHDH, which took effect on January 9, 2018. References External links WHDH website LVI The CW affiliates Buzzr affiliates Kaiser Broadcasting Field Communications Television channels and stations established in 1953 National Hockey League over-the-air television broadcasters Cambridge, Massachusetts Mass media in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Former Gannett subsidiaries