On Friday, July 18th during the 6 p.m. newscast, KGW NewsChannel 8 briefly turned off its analog signal to help viewers find out if their TV's were digital-ready.

Did your TV go to "snow"?

Look below for the situation that best describes how you view TV to know what, if anything, you need to do to insure you still receive a TV signal after February 17, 2009.

•TV viewers using an antenna

Viewers watching the over-the-air signal using a TV antenna will need to either purchase a Digital-ready TV or get and install a digital converter box through the Federal DTV Coupon program by February 17, 2009.

The telephone number for those without internet access is 1-888-DTV-2009 (1-888-388-2009).