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Updated: 6:30 PM Feb 19, 2009
FCC Staff to Help With DTV Transition
Lincoln Staff with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are in Lincoln to help viewers handle the digital transition. Posted: 5:49 PM Feb 17, 2009 |
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Staff with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are in Lincoln to help viewers handle the digital transition.
FCC experts will be available to answer questions at several events in the coming days. Here's the schedule:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
WHAT:
FCC and Schaefer's staff will participate in a Walk-in Workshop to brief consumers on the status of the transition to digital television, help them apply for converter box coupons, and demonstrate how to hook up and operate converter boxes. Consumers having trouble setting up their converter boxes are welcome to bring their boxes to the workshop.
WHERE:
Schaefer's TV and Appliance Center
4700 R St., Lincoln
WHEN:
Noon -- 2 p.m.
WHAT:
FCC staff will conduct a Walk-in Workshop to brief consumers on the status of the transition to digital television, help them apply for converter box coupons, and demonstrate how to hook up and operate converter boxes. Consumers having trouble setting up their converter boxes are welcome to bring their boxes to the workshop.
WHERE:
Firehouse #7, 1340 S. Cotner Blvd.
Lincoln
WHEN:
3 p.m. -- 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
WHAT:
FCC staff will conduct in a Walk-in Workshop to brief consumers on the status of the transition to digital television, help them apply for converter box coupons, and demonstrate how to hook up and operate converter boxes. Consumers having trouble setting up their converter boxes are welcome to bring their boxes to the workshop.
WHERE:
Anderson Branch of the Lincoln Public Library
3635 Touzalin Ave., Lincoln
WHEN:
10 a.m - 2 p.m.
WHAT:
FCC and Radio Shack staff will participate in a Walk-in Workshop to brief consumers on the status of the transition to digital television, help them apply for converter box coupons, and demonstrate how to hook up and operate converter boxes. Consumers having trouble setting up their converter boxes are welcome to bring their boxes to the workshop.
WHERE:
Radio Shack, Westfield Gateway Mall
6100 O Street, Lincoln
WHEN:
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
WHAT:
FCC staff will conduct a Walk-in Workshop to brief consumers on the status of the transition to digital television, help them apply for converter box coupons, and demonstrate how to hook up and operate converter boxes. Consumers having trouble setting up their converter boxes are welcome to bring their boxes to the workshop.
WHERE:
Firehouse #4, 5600 South 27th
Lincoln
WHEN:
10 a.m. -- 1 p.m.
While this change will mark the end of the traditional analog method of broadcasting over-the-air television, it won’t signal the end of free broadcast television, and your favorite broadcast programs and local television stations will still be available.
Consumers who subscribe to a "pay" television service such as cable and satellite aren’t likely to be affected by the switch, but if you currently receive analog television over the air or via an antenna, you’ll need to take action to continue watching your favorite stations.
However, TV sets that rely on "over the air" broadcasting with an antenna (set-top or rooftop) to receive a signal will be affected by the cutoff of analog broadcasts in 2009. You will need to consider one of the following options:
