Digital Television
After the analog television shutdown scheduled for June 12, 2009, KOIN remained on its pre-transition channel number, 40 using PSIP to display KOIN's virtual channel as 6.
On June 12, 2009, KOIN stopped transmitting regularly scheduled programming over its analog transmitter. At 7:28 a.m. on that day, the analog signal (also heard at 87.7 FM) began carrying "nightlight mode" programming consisting of English and Spanish language public service announcements regarding the DTV transition.
On June 27, 2009, at 7:06 a.m. KOIN stopped playing the nightlight program and played the station's 25th anniversary special for their final 24 minutes of channel 6 analog; at 7:30 a.m. analog 6 (and 87.7 FM) was gone. From this date on, analog channel 6 is dark and 87.7 FM no longer transmits a signal.
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