Yep, my error. April 7, 2009, is a Tuesday. I think I will stay home that day and watch all the analog signoffs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101401960.html?nav=rss_technology > April 7. It was chosen specifically to be after March Madness. > > TTFN, > Mark > > > Doug McDonald wrote: > > >cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > >>It is going to be an amazing day, that March 7, 2009, and I doubt the NAB, > >>the FCC, Congress and all the TV networks and stations are going to ready > >>for > what they will be unleashing. > >>I can hardly wait. > >> > >> > >> > > > >I think you are exactly right ... but I also > >think it will never happen. I suspect that it would not be a big > >deal if the date were March 7, 2024. > > > >The right way to do this is to stagger the turnoff by money: > >there would be an increasing license fee, year after year, > >based on the total population inside the coverage area, > >for each station. For NYC, say, it would reach $100,000,000 > >per station per year by say 2019. > > > >Doug McDonald > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.