FCC Reaches Out To Indians On Digital TV Switch
Spokane, WA October 23, 2008 9:41 a.m.
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downloadThe Federal Communications Commission has been travelling in the Northwest to get the word out about the upcoming conversion to digital T-V. Yesterday [Wednesday] the agency's push went to one overlooked group of T-V viewers: Native Americans living on reservations. Correspondent Doug Nadvornick reports from the Coeur d’Alene Reservation.
F-C-C Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein was here to make sure tribal members know that if they use cable or satellite television they won’t be affected by the February 17th, 2009 switch from analog to digital TV. But he’s here because he knows many on the reservation can’t afford cable or a dish.
Jonathan Adelstein: "We’re particularly concerned about the effect of this on the elderly, people with low incomes, minorities, Native Americans, people with disabilities."
Many T-V viewers on the reservation rely on antennas to catch T-V signals from Spokane stations about 40 miles away.
Several here signed up to receive coupons that give them 40-dollars toward the purchase of digital converters. They allow old T-Vs to catch digital signals.
The meeting cleared up some confusion: one woman said she'd bought a converter but hadn't yet hooked it up because she didn’t think it would work until February. Adelstein urged her to turn it on now.
© 2008 Spokane Public Radio
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