Phase 9 of the broadcast TV spectrum repack, in which more than half of all TV stations in the United States are changing frequencies to make room for wireless services, ended Friday, May 1. The tenth and final phase launched May 2. In April, another 27 stations changed frequencies, bringing the total number of stations that have successfully transitioned to approximately 85 percent of the total 1,000 TV stations that must make the change. When a station transitions to a new frequency, viewers in that community must rescan their TVs to continue to receive the channel and the local weather,
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