Released: July 07, 2008

Groups press Congress for more DTV notice

Source: Austin Bogues, New York Times (Free Registration)

Consumer advocates will gather on Capitol Hill this week to lobby for more money to publicize the big change in television next February, when people who have analog TVs will no longer get any picture unless they have cable service or a digital converter box.

TV antennas will become relics after Feb. 17, 2009, when all television will be broadcast digitally. But would more publicity make any difference to people like Bertha Graham, who steadfastly refuse to make the switch?

Ms. Graham, 69, lives here in Washington and owns four of the estimated 70 million televisions that rely on over-the-air signals to operate. She says she is perfectly content with her rabbit-ear antennas, which enable her to watch a few shows each day (most faithfully, “The Price is Right”).

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