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To check on KBDI's digital service in your area, please read the section below that best describes how you receive your TV programming:

Over the Air:

For viewers that receive KBDI on channel 11, KBDI digital channels 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 will not be available until mid-to-late 2009. This digital conversion date is later than June 12, 2009 because your community is served by a TV translator.
Viewers living northeast of downtown Boulder who currently receive us on Channel 12 already have our three digital channels available. They will need to re-scan their digital converter or TV tuner. (HINT: Some viewers find they need to re-scan twice!)

FYI: KBDI plans to have a digital translator in Boulder by mid-to-late 2009. At that time all three of our free digital over-the-air channels will be available in the areas currently served by a channel 11 digital translator.

In the meantime, KBDI will continue to transmit on channel 11 analog.

Do you need a special converter box?

Yes. Since you live in an area where television signals are broadcast from a translator, you will need a converter box with an analog pass-through feature.

This special converter box will allow your TV to receive both analog (the current broadcasting technology) and digital signals. With this feature, you'll have access to all your local stations until everyone switches over to digital.

There are at least six coupon-eligible boxes that offer the analog pass-through feature:

DIGITAL STREAM DX8700
DIGITAL STREAM DSP7700T
TECHOSTAR TR-40
Magnavox TB-100MG9
Philco TB100HH9
Philco TB150HH9

For the most up-to-date list, visit dtv2009.gov.

You can buy a converter box with an analog pass-through feature using one of the $40 coupons from the federal government. Order a converter box coupon.

Cable:

KBDI digital channel 12.1 is available now on Comcast.
KBDI's other two digital channels, 12.2 (The Documentary Channel) and 12.3 (MHz Worldview) are not yet provided by Comcast.

Satellite:

DirecTV carries KBDI's primary digital channel and MHz Worldview; the DirecTV channel guide lists these channels as 12.1 and 12.2, respectively. (The Documentary Channel is not provided.)
DISH carries only the KBDI primary channel; the DISH guide lists the channel as channel 12.

FYI: Colorado Public Television continues to work with Comcast, DirecTV and DISH Network to secure agreements in which they each will carry all of our digital multicast channels -- our flagship station as well as The Documentary Channel and MHz Worldview.

We urge those of you that receive us on Comcast, DirecTV or DISH Network to let them know you are interested in receiving the full complement of KBDI’s digital channels.

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