U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told the New America Foundation today that he believes the transition to all-digital TV broadcasting should be done sooner than 2009, the deadline set forth in legislation introduced by Commerce Committee chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Citing a need for emergency responders to have access to some of the analog spectrum currently used by TV broadcasters, McCain said that he will work to move the deadline up to either late 2006 or early 2007.
Reuters has the full story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051018/tc_nm/congress_digitaltv_dc
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