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Article: LEFT IN THE DARK ON LOCAL TV NEWS ; Many in Simla can't get access to Springs stations
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- January 5, 2009
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SIMLA If the 700 residents of this town an hour northeast of
Colorado Springs want to know if a blizzard has closed U.S. Highway
24, or a tornado is bearing down on them, it's going to take an act
of Congress.
The trouble is that since Nov. 30 Simla has been in the dark when
it comes to local news. That's when the town's cable provider shut
down, forcing everyone to switch to satellite TV. And because of
esoteric federal regulations, that meant switching from the Colorado
Springs TV stations to the Denver stations. It was a hard blow for
many in Simla.
"We're just kind of lost without our local stations out of
Colorado Springs," said Cliff McQueen, who has lived in Simla for 20
years. "A ...