After that date all NTSC standard televisions with analog-only tuners went dark unless fitted with a digital ATSC tuner, and the spectrum previously occupied by those analog channels was auctioned off by the United States' Federal Communications Commission for other uses.
After that date all NTSC standard televisions with analog-only tuners went dark unless fitted with a digital ATSC tuner. Some of the spectrum previously occupied by the highest numbered channels was auctioned off by the United States' Federal Communications Commission for other uses.