[BC] TV's told not to switch

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 12 February 2009 12:10 pm, Reader wrote:
>   From TV Week:
>  
>  The Federal Communications Commission late Wednesday rejected, at 
>  least temporarily, a quarter of the requests from the 491 TV stations 
>  that had asked to switch to digital-only signals on Feb. 17.
>  
>  The FCC had warned it might reject switches that weren't in the 
>  public interest. In Wednesday night's action the commission expressed 
>  concern about markets where all the major network affiliates were 
>  switching early. That would potentially leave viewers who were 
>  unprepared for the digital switchover without any source for local TV 
>  news or emergency messages.

 Except that early isn't early. It's on the original schedule !
 Unprepared viewers. Those that are, never will be, and we ALL know it.

-- 
Cowboy