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FCC Official Predicts "Messy" Digital TV Switch

by Richard Lawler on October 16, 2008 at 03:41 PM

Don't let the smooth transition experienced in Wilmington and other tests fool you, FCC member Kelly McDowell just returned from a tour in Afghanistan Alaska, Montana & Oklahoma, and he's seen things, terrible things. Things that have convinced him that the transition on February 17, 2009 "will be messy ... but we will get through it" when over the air broadcasts go all-digital. Hopefully there's enough time (and money left in the budget) to take care of any problems -- the General Accounting Office recently found that regulators are unprepared for the demand of consumers in need of help switching.

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