34702533
join:2006-07-31
Kingwood, TX
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Re: Some stations plan digital switch despite delay vote
From FOX news When Congress postponed the mandatory transition to digital TV until June, it also gave stations the option to stick to the originally scheduled date of Feb. 17. »www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489477,00.html Stations can switch if they want to. Our Houston stations will stick with the June 12th date. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | But they require FCC approval, so the FCC can say yea or nay. |
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34702533
join:2006-07-31
Kingwood, TX
| said by Eat Me  :But they require FCC approval, so the FCC can say yea or nay. Missed that --- problem with scanning rather than throughly reading.
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission ordered stations that still plan to turn off analog signals on Feb. 17 to notify the FCC by Monday.
Acting Chairman Michael Copps said the commission could prohibit stations from making the switch if doing so is not in the public interest.
For instance, if all stations in a market want to turn off early, that would draw FCC scrutiny, he said at a commission meeting. |
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
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The FCC is trying to make sure at least one TV station in a market keeps their analog service on through June 12. It's a rather silly thing at this late date but as long as you weren't the last station in the market to file for an analog shutdown STA you'd get it.
As an aside, they had to file one for the original cut-off date too. The "approval" process is mostly administrative. |
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hurfy
Premium
join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA
| lol, that'll teach people.
They left the CW network running on analog here 
Possibly the FOX station, the linked page says FOX and gives the call letters for CBS.
I assume the ION network is still on analog but they don't seem to be rolling over to digital. Low-power station perhaps? Not interested enough to try analog pass-thru to check  |
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