WFLA, Channel 8, the NBC affiliate in the Tampa Bay area, will hold off unplugging its analog television signal until June 12, the new date envisioned for the nation's switch to digital TV. ...more

February 9, 2009

A Nanny State I read with interest in the Trib that the Democratic Congress had passed a law to delay the change from analog television to digital until summer. We have had three years of constant public announcements and millions of dollars in certificates to get new boxes, and some people are still not on board. ...more

February 6, 2009

The defeat is a setback for the Obama administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill, who fear too many Americans are not ready for the switchover. ...more

January 28, 2009

Got a shiny new television set or computer for Christmas? Don't forget to recycle your old electronics, state environmental officials say. ...more

January 8, 2009

Instead of tossing the old television, loaded with environmentally unfriendly lead, there is a local alternative. ...more

January 2, 2009

Got a shiny new television set or computer for Christmas? Don't forget to recycle your old electronics, state environmental officials say. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection wants Pasco County residents to keep discarded electronics out of landfills to protect the state's natural resources. ...more

December 31, 2008

Highlands County residents who get their television reception free through roof top or rabbit ears antennas will be able to pull in twice as many stations when TV broadcasters switch to digital only transmission on Feb. 17. ...more

November 11, 2008

Feb. 18 could be an especially frustrating day for people watching TV in some nursing homes, RV parks and mobile home villages. ...more

July 26, 2008

Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service following the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey. ...more

February 15, 2008

The "Digital Age" is coming to our TV sets. Beginning in February 2009, full-power broadcast stations will transmit digital-only signals, meaning that people who get their television programming over an antenna will be out of luck. That's going to mean acquiring new technology to make the switchover, whether that requires a government-issued converter box or a new television set, purchased on your own dime. Unfortunately, Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service after the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey. Broken down by race, 8.8 percent of whites would not be ready; 11.7 percent of Asians, 12.4 percent of blacks and 17.3 percent of Hispanics. ...more

February 15, 2008