A total of 78 full-power stations ceasing regular analog broadcas...
A total of 78 full-power stations ceasing regular analog broadcasts June 12 are willing to run limited programming about DTV in that format for up to a month more, our analysis of FCC data released last week found. Those…
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stations “indicated interest in participating” in the agency’s analog “nightlight” program for emergency information and DTV educational messages, said a commission spreadsheet. They're in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and 37 other markets. Major cities with no volunteers yet include Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Nashville and Salt Lake City. An Office of Engineering and Technology analysis identified those that are “pre-approved as eligible to participate,” said an FCC public notice. A total of 471 broadcasters in 191 markets set to switch to digital on the 12th are in that category, our analysis found. “We urge all of the stations that are eligible to participate,” the agency notice said. Those that wish to do so and were not already identified by the FCC must tell the commission of their plans by May 26, it said.