No worry.  650 million dollars is a part of the stimulus package of 827
billion dollars for additional digital boxes.  That should do it.


Phil.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: breaking news!


> The CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City is pulling the plug
> on its analog signal at 13:00 February 17. So is K A U T Channel
> 43 which has been on since 1980 in Oklahoma City. The ABC affiliate
> told their viewers that they would keep the analog signal on
> until June 12.
>
> I don't know what the NBC, PBS or a couple of other UHF
> channels are doing, but Congress shouldn't have extended the
> deadline because we now have a sort of grey time in which some
> of them are switching next week and others aren't. It would have
> made much more sense to fix the coupon program and get it back
> running again than it is to suddenly obsolete that whole
> campaign about how your analog over-the-air TV would quit on
> February 17, 2009. Now, your analog TV will partly quit which
> should let those who still don't get it know that something is
> afoot.
>
> I know that the CBS Channel in Oklahoma City which is
> Channel 9 plans to actually move their digital feed down from
> the UHF channel it is on to Channel 9 so some tower work will
> need to be done and rather fast.
>
> The NBC and ABC affiliates will just switch off their analog
> signal so they probably aren't having to do as much work that
> has to be scheduled in advance.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> Systems Engineer
> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
>
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