The government program to subsidize the cost of digital-to-analog TV converter boxes has run out of money, and consumers who have not yet applied may not receive their $40 coupons before the Feb. 17 deadline.

The conversion to a digital TV signal is a little more than one month away. If you have a TV with a rabbit ear antennae and you've waited to get one of those coupons from the Commerce Department to help pay for the converter box you need to get digital TV, you'll have to wait even longer.

APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) - It seems as though the Federal Government's well of $40 DTV converter box coupons has run dry. "They only had so many dollars to start with," said Tim Suess of Suess Electronics.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month's transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive

New applicants put on hold until more funds are freed up The picture just got fuzzier for those of you who waited until the last minute to apply for the federal government's $40 TV converter box coupons.