I don't know if you are aware of this, but your last dozen or so posts
are utterly void of any punctuation. Makes them difficult to read.
On 07/02/15 10:35 AM, T L wrote:
Cement hey Reggie do you know if Kansas City is in one of those 60 marketsTo subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to
area I don't know if you know figured I'd ask okay dear hope you are doing
well so take care we had tornado touchdown in Lee Summit last night here so
why damage so take care hon talk to you soon
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On Jul 2, 2015, at 12:05 AM, Reginald George <adapt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go
Today is an important day for TV stations that are in the top 60 markets
in the United States. Before today, only stations in the top 25 markets
were required to carry video description for the shows that have that as
an option.
July 1, 2015 extends the list from the top 25 and now includes the top
60. Kansas City is 31 on that list.
If you have cable or satellite, the controls to switch to the described
audio will be in your cable box or satellite receiver. If you are
watching an over the air digital broadcast with an antenna, the setting
will be in your television.
Not every television show is described but I've been watching The
Simpsons, Bob's Burgers etc... on Fox 4 without any problem on AT&T
Uverse for about a month or so.
Here is some info from the FCC.
• The requirement to provide video description is extended to local TV
station affiliates of ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC located in the top 60
television markets beginning July 1, 2015.
The top five non-broadcast networks - Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, TBS,
TNT and USA - must provide 50 hours per calendar quarter (about 4 hours
per week) of video-described prime time and/or children's programming.
• Subscription TV systems (offered over cable, satellite or the
telephone network) with 50,000 or more subscribers must carry video
description.
• Subscription TV systems with fewer than 50,000 subscribers also may
provide video description. Check with your subscription TV provider.
How to access video description
Video description is provided through the TV or set top box "secondary
audio"; feature, which some TV controls identify as "SAP"; or "secondary
audio program."; The secondary audio may also be identified as a
language feature, such as "Spanish"; or "SPA,"; because it is also used
to provide Spanish or other language translations of English language TV
programs. Depending upon the program being viewed, when listening to the
secondary audio, you may hear the primary audio with video description,
Spanish or other language translation, a duplicate of the primary audio,
or silence.
Your TV user manual may provide information about activating the
secondary audio feature, or you may contact the customer service
department where you bought the TV or the customer service department of
the TV manufacturer for assistance. If you have a set top box for
subscription TV service, you may contact your subscription TV provider
for assistance in activating the secondary audio.
Learn More
Networks, broadcasters and subscription TV systems may provide
information about the availability of programs with video description
through their websites and in program guides. Some program guides may
use the symbol (D) to indicate that the program is video described.
For more information about FCC programs to promote access for people
with disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.
Contact the FCC
•
By phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322); TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC
(1-888-835-5322)
•
By mail:
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Accessible formats
To request this article in an accessible format - braille, large print,
Word or text document or audio - write or call us at the address or
phone number above, or send an email to fcc504@xxxxxxx.
Here is a list of stations in the top 60 markets.
New York (#1)
• Los Angeles (#2)
• Chicago (#3)
• Philadelphia (#4)
• Dallas-Fort Worth (#5)
• San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6)
• Boston (Manchester) (#7)
• Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) (#8)
• Atlanta (#9)
• Houston (#10)
• Phoenix (Prescott) (#11)
• Detroit (#12)
• Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) (#13)
• Seattle-Tacoma (#14)
• Minneapolis-St. Paul (#15)
• Miami-Fort Lauderdale (#16)
• Denver (#17)
• Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne (#18)
• Cleveland-Akron (Canton) (#19)
• Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto (#20)
• St. Louis (#21)
• Pittsburgh (#22)
• Portland, OR (#23)
• Charlotte (#24)
• Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) (#25)
• Baltimore (#26)
• Indianapolis (#27)
• San Diego (#28)
• Nashville (#29)
• Hartford & New Haven (#30)
• Kansas City (#31)
• Columbus, OH (#32)
• San Antonio (#33)
• Salt Lake City (#34)
• Milwaukee (#35)
• Cincinnati (#36)
• Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson (#37)
• West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce (#38)
• Austin (#39)
• Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek (#40)
• Las Vegas (#41)
• Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (#42)
• Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) (#43)
• Oklahoma City (#44)
• Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York (#45)
• Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem (#46)
• Albuquerque-Santa Fe (#47)
• Jacksonville (#48)
• Louisville (#49)
• Memphis (#50)
• New Orleans (#51)
• Buffalo (#52)
• Providence-New Bedford (#53)
• Fresno-Visalia (#54)
• Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazleton (#55)
• Little Rock-Pine Bluff (#56)
• Richmond-Petersburg (#57)
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy (#58)
• Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach) (#59)
• Tulsa (#60)
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