[SBE] 4 more monts?

[Larry Bloomfield]

Hi all:

I sent off the following to my two Senators and Congressman in 
Washington, DC today.  Don't know how much effect it will have, but at 
least I've let them know my displeasure. You may wish to do the same.

"The delay in terminating analog television on February 17th at full 
power television stations is a HUGE MISTAKE on your part, for Congress 
and THE ECONOMY. According to FCC records this involves about 1700 full 
power TV stations and will have a serious impact on the broadcast 
industry's economy.
 
"I need not tell you about the economy heading for the dumpster. 
Apparently YOU are either misinformed or unaware that there are tower 
crew schedules, equipment vendors, changing channel assignments, and 
other spectrum users that are among the possible headaches YOU and the 
rest of your constitutes in Congress are causing by forcing this delay 
on the broadcast industry. According to one official at Sinclair 
Broadcasting, who has about 60 stations affected by this, it will cost 
their company over $1.25 MILLION to continue transmitting in analog. In 
addition to this, there are literally millions of dollars of contracts 
around the country for people to move at the last minute. Screwing with 
the February 17th date will cost stations money that they could use to 
pay employees and keep jobs.
 
"What YOU apparently don't know or are misinformed about is that work is 
needed to move DTV antennas to the preferred positions on towers, and 
some stations are waiting for analog transmissions to cease so their DTV 
signals can shift to those channels. Public-safety and wireless users 
may delay plans for rollout and testing; and the costs of the changes 
will trickle down to other companies, including many small businesses. 
The coordination for the transition had been in place, in some cases, 
for years and there are many, many, hundreds of companies affected in a 
negative way. For God's sake, the economy and the broadcast industry 
WAKE UP!"
-- 

*Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC*
1980 25th St.
Florence, OR 97439
(541) 902-2424 (everything number)
*www.Tech-Notes.TV <http://www.Tech-Notes.TV>*
See you on the Taste of NAB Road Show

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