[opendtv] Re: DTV Delay Bill
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:00:07 -0500
John Shutt wrote:
> According to the linked story, the delay passed the Senate
> unanimously. Is there any doubt that it will get a majority
> in the House? Is there any doubt that Obama will sign it?
>
> We are currently on Digital 55. Our final digital is 40. We
> shut down our Analog 23 on January 13th, so we could convert
> it to a Digital channel 40 transmitter. However, we cannot
> actually move to 40 until other broadcasters also move.
>
> Is this bill only for those analogs that can stay on without
> causing interference to others, (such as out of core analogs)
> and mandating that the rest of the frequency switches occur?
> Or is this bill essentially a "continue the status quo"
> until June? We've already dismantled our analog transmitter
> beyond the point of no return, in the process of making it a
> channel 40 digital transmitter.
My bet is that those writing the bill don't know.
In this market, ABC7 and CBS9 are moving back to their VHF assignments.
So it seems clear that they can shut off analog, vacate their UHF DTT
channel on Feb 17th, move back to VHF, and let the new tenant of their
UHF transitional frequency move in on the same date, if they choose to.
But if they decide to be squatters, that's also okay, and they will hold
up everyone else.
Analog 56 is digital 30, and staying there, so they can do whatever they
want between now and June 12. Continue analog, or do Verizon/AT&T a
small favor.
Remember how much trouble the FCC had in finding a market that would
willingly shut down analog a few weeks early? Only Wilmington NC stepped
up. I wouldn't be surprised if non-broadcasters, such as the congressmen
(and myself, for that matter), don't even appreciate that broadcasters
are now aching to get this thing over with. Heaven only knows, that
hasn't been the case at all in the past decade?
Bert
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