What happened to the old analog TV transmitters?

[radiotvnut]

I know many of these perfectly good transmitters were junked after the DTV transition; but, I wonder if any of them were modified for digital and are still being used?

From what I can tell, many of these transmitters were decades old when DTV took over. Our local ABC affiliate was using a transmitter that went on in '74 and I think I remember seeing a YT video of a '53 RCA that was still in service up until the DTV transition.

It's really sad when you think about all these old machines that were junked and likely ended up in China.

And, from what I've seen, the new transmitters are boring, since they consist of a small cabinet with rows of slide out modules. I think I would have liked the old days better; when, they were huge and full of tubes.