Senate sets TV transition date three months after House bill.(News)

RCR Wireless News, November, 2005

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. "We have picked this date based upon the recommendations of the Congressional Budget Office, to maximize the return from the sale of the spectrum,'' said Sen.

Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. "Having the hard date in 2009 is going to raise more money.'' The hard date, officially known as the Digital Transition and Public-Safety Act, was passed as part of an overall budget bill. The April 2009 date is still not set, however, because the House of Representatives has yet to pass its version of the budget and then the...

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