[BC] TV's told not to switch

[Broadcast List USER]

Of course, you are correct Curt.  The "administration" is screwing  
this up on many levels.  First, the Public Safety radio systems  
cannot move ahead.

Second, those companies who won the bids for the commercial spectrum  
are on hold.

Third, anyone who has been watching TV, and is unaware that there is  
a change coming has an IQ below 40.  They need to ask their dog to  
help them out with the TV.

Fourth, anyone who depends on TV for "emergency messages" is an  
absolute idiot.  It only works when they are actively listening,  
since no consumer has a SAME decoder on their TV (or radio).

And, finally, no one is going to be hurt by missing TV for a few  
days, weeks, or even months.  Imagine what might happen if people  
read or talked!

THEN, there is the stimulus package.  I have never seen a warehouse  
so full of pork, some of which doesn't even come on line for two or  
three years.  How does this help us?

--chip

On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:01 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
>
> From: Cowboy <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
>
> 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
>
> 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.