Around the same time, WSBN's transmitter was destroyed by a lightning strike. On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that Blue Ridge PBS had sold the two stations' channel allocations in the 2016–17 spectrum reallocation auction. Blue Ridge Public Television received $5,243,122 for WMSY and $597,793 for WSBN, and elected to take both permanently off-the-air. Blue Ridge Public Television formally returned the WMSY and WSBN licenses to the FCC on November 3, 2017. Notes: 1. WSBN-TV used the callsign WSVN-TV until March 14, 1983. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion Blue Ridge PBS' stations shut down their analog signals on June 12, 2009, 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 channel allocations post-transition are as follows: WBRA-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 15; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 3. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 15. WSBN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 47; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 32. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 47. WMSY-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 52; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition. References External links BRA-TV PBS member stations Roanoke, Virginia Television channels and stations established in 1967 1967 establishments in Virginia