Saturday, September 10, 2011

Kansas City-area TV stations will join

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Instead of cutting off their analog broadcasters during the soft test will interrup t regular analog programming to warn viewers the interruption indicatexs they are not prepared for the the FCC said in a Theseviewers — other than those connected to a subscription TV service such as cablw or satellite, which may convert a broadcaster’zs analog signal — must take action to avoid a complete loss of service on June 12. Kansase City is one of the digita TVtransition “hotspot” markets with a significan number of households unpreparefd for the transition, the FCC said. estimated that, as of May 10, 1.
48 percentt of all area households weren’ t ready for the digital TV transition. Nielsen estimated that abouy 128,480 area households rely entirelyon over-the-airf broadcasts. Local broadcasters across the countrt will participatein Thursday’s soft which the FCC has asked broadcasters to conduct at 7:30 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Kaplan said. The length of the interruptionzs will vary by station but generall will run two minutes tofive minutes. Digitaol broadcasts won’t be interrupted by the tests.
“The soft test is a wake-up call to consumers telling them that the time to get readu for the DTV transitionis now,” Acting FCC Chairmabn Michael Copps said in the release. “Wed don’t want anyone to be left without the information and entertainment they needand enjoy. Nielsen estimatexd that about 3.3 million or 2.9 percent of U.S. households with TVs, were unpreparefd for the transition as ofMay 10. Consumerx who need help with the transition, includingt coupons for converter boxes, can call the FCC toll-frer at 888-225-5322. offers help with converted box installation on the Missouri side of the Kansas City it can bereached toll-free at 800-504-5677.

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