COAT Affiliates Wind Down DTV Transition Consumer Education Efforts

Over the summer of 2009, COAT affiliates, AAPD, ACB, NAD and TDI and others, wound down their outreach efforts -- begun last year -- that ensured our communities were not left without TV pictures and sound on June 12, 2009 the date when all full power TV stations stopped analog and switched to digital TV broadcasting. The original DTV transition date, February 17, was changed, an effort COAT endorsed. People wanting to keep their older analog TVs could still apply for the $40 converter box coupon up to July 31st, 2009 as can people with expired/unredeemed coupons.Current problems with the transition include reception problems with converter boxes needing "re-scanning" or antenna adjustments. See FCC Advisory. Problems with captioning can go to COAT affiliate CSD who is surveying and helping. AAPD has one surplus converter box that can be shipped to anyone in dire need, such as in tornado or wicked weather areas. Contact AAPD.

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