From the Wall Street Journal:

"Wilmington, N.C., became the first area in the U.S. to switch to digital-only television broadcasts -- at noon Monday, and it didn't take long before phones were ringing at local stations.

Broadcasters reported dozens of calls from local residents in the city and surrounding counties who either weren't prepared when traditional analog signals shut down, or couldn't get to work properly the set-top boxes designed to allow older TVs to receive digital signals."

Based on the above account, there seems to be opporunities for community groups like scouts, veterans, churches, and others to step in now and ensure their communities are ready for the switch from analog TV to digital TV in February 2009.

Small business opportunities also seem to exist offering installation and configuration of digital convertor boxes.