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If you've been living under a rock or are a procrastinator, or are a procrastinator living under a rock, you might be surprised that your analog or "regular" TV is broadcasting snow on June 12. That is because broadcast television has now switched to digital or "unleaded" transmission, which among other things will reduce that pinging sound your TV makes going up a hill. Here's a map of the places you can get help and digital converter boxes in Washington. If you already have a converter box, you still need to tell it to rescan for channels, because we understand they've changed in the official switch. You want to make sure you get channel 7.2, KIRO's Retro Television, which is rebroadcasting such classic fare as Sheriff Lobo, Airwolf, and The Incredible Hulk.

Yesterday, Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell held a press conference to mark the start of a 30-day countdown to the transition from analog to digital television. Most local stations will cease their analog broadcasts at 9 a.m. on June 12, 2009; others will close out their analog broadcasts earlier.