Posted by <normanstrong on 12/26/21 11:29

"Sue" <sueb1863@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4352DDFB.8040707@earthlink.net...
> Found this on rec.arts.tv:
>
> The end of analog broadcasts:
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> washingtonpost.com
> Senate Bill Sets Spring 2009 Demise for Analog Television
>
> By Arshad Mohammed
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Saturday, October 15, 2005; D02
>
> Senate Commerce Committee staffers have drafted a bill setting April 7,
> 2009 -- the day after March Madness ends -- as the date to end nationwide
> analog TV broadcasts and complete the switch to digital transmission.

I take note of the fact that it's a bill, not a law. It has to pass both
houses of congress and be signed by the president before it's a law. Not to
put too fine a point on it, but most bills never become laws.

Norm Strong

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