Obama Signs Bill Delaying DTV Switch

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed a bill to
delay the switch to digital TV to June 12.
Congress last week gave TV stations until June 12 to shut down
their analog broadcasts to give viewers more time to prepare for
the switch to digital signals.
The change was to have taken effect next Tuesday.
Obama says the June 12 date will give viewers more time to
prepare. He says many would have been left in the dark otherwise.
Money has run out for a federal fund that helps people without
cable or satellite service pay for converter boxes they will need
in order to keep watching their televisions. And there's a long
waiting list for the coupons.
Nearly 500 stations, inclusing WKRG and all other stations in Mobile, will go ahead with the switch
on Tuesday and not wait until June.

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