The long-awaited transition from analog to digital television came with plenty of glitches for some viewers Friday. ...more

June 13, 2009

Friday, the nation fully switches from analog to digital broadcast television. WFLA, Channel 8, plans on unplugging its analog broadcast about 5 a.m., WTSP, Channel 10, sometime before noon, WTVT, Channel 13, about 1 p.m., others throughout the day. ...more

June 11, 2009

A new digital channel offering nine feature films daily is set to debut today at 5 p.m. ...more

March 2, 2009

We have absolutely no control of what the government, big business and nature has in store for us. Each of these entities has gotten so big and uncontrollable that they can do anything they desire and the general public takes a beating financially and emotionally. ...more

February 26, 2009

More than 400 hundred television stations across the nation switched from analog to digital on Feb. 17 and hundreds more will make the transition on June 12, leaving millions of bewildered viewers asking what happened to their "Matlock" reruns. ...more

February 22, 2009

It is the policy of The Tampa Tribune to correct all errors of fact. To report an error, call (813) 259-7600 or e-mail news@tampatrib.com. ...more

February 18, 2009

Obama Caps Executive Pay Tied To Bailout Money WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed a $500,000 cap on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving taxpayer bailout money and promised new steps to end a system of "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 8, 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

Forget for a moment that our country's economy is sinking. Forget that we have two wars going on. Forget that people are out of work, losing their homes and struggling to get by. Our Congress cranked out legislation Wednesday to postpone changing the nation's TV signals to digital until June 12. Thank goodness they came to our rescue! ...more

February 6, 2009

Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. ...more

February 5, 2009