Last night, WHIO ran an hour-long special from 7 to 8 p.m. explaining every. single. minute. detail about the Feb. 17 switch to digital television. So I missed Wheel of Fortune last night for nothing?!
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered 123 broadcast television stations, including Dayton’s major network channels, to cease their planned early switch to digital signals on Feb. 17.
The stations, which had been previously granted permission, now must stop the transition until further notice, the FCC announced…
Recent legislation has set June 12 as the new date of transition…
“Millions of Americans, including those in our most vulnerable communities, would have been left in the dark if the conversion had gone on as planned, and this solution is an important step forward as we work to get the nation ready for digital TV,” Obama said.
Apparently two years of ads, a free coupon for digital converter boxes, endless reminders on local TV and even a NASCAR sponsorship weren’t enough to prepare us all for “the transition.”
It was enough to give me a migraine. Continue reading
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