Senate Votes To Delay DTV Switch

Senate Barack Obama The Senate has approved a four-month delay in the switch to digital TV. It was originally scheduled to happen Feburary 17.
by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, January 26, 2009 - 6:35 pm CST
WASHINGTON (AP) - People who have not gotten their TV sets ready
for the changeover to digital signals could earn a four-month
reprieve under a bill making its way through Congress.
The Senate voted Monday to delay until June 12 the deadline for
the changeover from analog to digital television broadcasting.
People still getting their pictures through old-fashioned antennas
otherwise would face a Feb. 17 cutoff.
Comparable legislation is being readied in the House, and the
Obama administration has called for a delay amid mounting concerns
that too many Americans who rely on over-the-air broadcast signals
won't be ready.
It's estimated that more than 6.5 million U.S. households are
still not prepared for the upcoming transition.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Jamie Burch Says:
Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:39 pm
DEW26M
DEW26M Says:
Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:07 pm

If indeed this is true, shouldn’t WKRG remove the little reminder at the top of the screen that reads “21 Days Until DTV Transition” ????

DEW26M
DEW26M Says:
Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:45 pm

So 2.1393919861140955% of the population is not ready, but yet the rest has to wait? What ever happened to MAJORITY RULES??????

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