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Three-Minute Cutoff Of TV Analog To Be Today
If you see this graphic on your television between 6:30 and 6:33 p.m., you are not ready for the switch.
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Published: December 17, 2008
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TAMPA - All television stations in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area are planning to suspend their analog broadcast signals for three minutes today.
Station officials say it's a "soft test" to locate and offer help to people who haven't made plans for the conversion to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17.
From 6:30 to 6:33 p.m., analog viewers may see a message on their screens informing them about the upcoming DTV transition. There also will be telephone numbers to call for instructions.
All Tampa area stations will be fielding calls with live telephone banks.
"This is an effort to reach out to people who may not be aware that the analog signal will end," said Pete Nikiel, vice president of marketing at WTSP, Channel 10.
Tribune TV columnist Walt Belcher can be reached at (813) 259-7654 or wbelcher@tampatrib.com.
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