Friday, February 6, 2009

DTV - don't touch that dial

So Congress voted to delay the DTV transition until June. If I had a dime for every 2-17-09 commercial the TV stations have put on, I could pay for the whole stimulus package.
I checked with the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, and their local stations plan on going ahead with pulling the analog pull on the scheduled date.

“We’re going full steam ahead,” Frank Brady, vice president and general manager of WVVA-TV said. “We have educated the public through enough public service announcements, and I’ve explained the process over enough rubber chicken luncheons to get the message across, and we think our viewers are ready.”

A deadline helps focus the mind. Right, President (I want the stimulus bill next week) Obama?

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