Congress Hopes To Delay DTV Switch To JuneJay Rockefeller aims to protect grandma from TV armageddon
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old news - 02:05PM Friday Jan 16 2009)
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Legislation was introduced today that would push the deadline for the analog to digital TV transition from February 17 to June 12. The four month delay comes courtesy of a new bill by Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller, who is responding to a
delay request from President-Elect Obama. "I am especially concerned because this transition is going to hit our most vulnerable citizensthe poor, the elderly, the disabled, and those with language barriersthe hardest," says Rockefeller on
his website. Technically their kids and grandkids will get hit the hardest, given they'll probably be the ones getting the frantic phone calls, running to places
other than Circuit City to buy and install new televisions or adapters.