Same thing happened late last week for the NBC affiliate in Dayton, OH (WDTN...owned by the same company (LIN)) --and from what I have read online it's 15 total channels in 11 markets.
Trying to watch Sunday Night Football on my POS computer sucked balls.
The in-laws across town just got U-verse a few days ago, and I would switch to it in a second if I could, but it is not available in my area yet.