From friends who are in the business here is their reply:
Basically some TV stations are broadcasting from what they will be broadcasting on in 2009, others are broadcasting from temporary setups to please the
FCC but will move to their original stations in 2009 (Digital tv stations show for instance they are broadcasting on channel 5 but in actuality are broadcasting on say channel 36 with a code to tell the tv to show they are on channel 5)
There is no real way to know until that date what we will be stuck with, but in fringe areas espcially.. without a outside antenna ,
DTV is government mandated problem which unless you buy cable or satelitte in restricted neighborhoods you will watch no tv
