I don't know about everything going digital....but here locally they went to 'trunk units' a couple of years ago(what ever that is) and I only lost a couple of channels(like the tactical ones). I use mine mostly to know when something is going on in my immediate neiborhood, and to know when one of my patients is being sent to the local emergency room(work as a RN suppervisor). Mine is on 24/7, now I can't sleep without it being on....