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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 20, 2009
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FCC says W.Va. unprepared for digital
The Federal Communications Commission says many southwestern West
Virginia television viewers are unprepared for the June 12 switch to
digital broadcasting.
The FCC has identified the Charleston-area market as a transition
hotspot because viewers with analog televisions not hooked up to
cable, satellite or converter boxes will lose service after the
switch.
The FCC says about half of the more than 162,000 residents from
Charleston to Huntington who ordered coupons for digital-to-analog
converter boxes have not redeemed them.
Local broadcasters will conduct tests Thursday simulating what
viewers will experience after the transition.
Nielsen estimates 3.3 ...