Households who need a converter box and want a $40 coupon can apply:īy mail: PO Box 2000, Portland, OR 97208-2000.Ĭoupon-eligible converter boxes: to all following a wonderful and much-needed vacation for my family. Other models are available at Best Buy, Circuit City, Kmart, RadioShack, Sears, Target, and Wal-Mart. Where: All nine boxes are available online, according to. The winners: Nine boxes got top marks for picture quality - Alpha Digital AT2016 Tivax STB-T9 Lasonic LTA-260 Sansonic FT300A Zinwell ZAT-970A AccessHD DTA1010D Tivax STB-T8 Microgem MG2000 and Channel Master CM-7000. recently reviewed roughly 30, ranging $40 to $80 in price. What: Not all converter boxes are created equal. Reporter David Benda can be reached at 225-8219 or at the boxes "You can't walk to a store and pick up a coupon," Miller said. That's why his office encourages consumers not to wait. Miller of the FCC said there is always the potential for glitches. People who ordered Monday won't have their coupon mailed to them until Jan. Redding stores such as Best Buy, Circuit City and Wal-Mart had plenty of converter boxes in stock Monday.įederal officials said consumers need to apply for their $40 coupon no later than Dec. "People will be screaming to get boxes, and they may find out there's not enough boxes for everybody," Holroyd said. One reason KIXE converted to digital in August is snow and ice block access to Channel 9's transmitter atop Shasta Bally during the winter.ĭoug Holroyd, general manager of KCVU FOX30, said weather also factored into his decision to go early.īut Holroyd also fears a run on converter boxes come February. "This week we go along our fringe areas to find out where the signal is strongest and where it isn't." "We have changed over not only our main translator but 12 other translators," Tisdel said. Tisdel said station engineers expect to do more trouble-shooting this week. KIXE has discovered that "pockets" of its viewers who picked up the station before the digital switch are now not able to receive the signal with the same intensity, Tisdel said. Tisdel said 50 percent of the Chico-Redding market are satellite subscribers, 33 percent get cable and 17 percent use rabbit ears or rooftop antenna.
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That is why they (FCC) are making trips to those TV markets that have a high concentration of over-the-air (rabbit ears) viewers because they don't want to lose those people." "I think it's been more complicated and has not been as easy as the federal government originally thought. "It's been an interesting experience," Tisdel said Monday.
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Offering his advice and experience with going digital will be Myron Tisdel, the president and general manager at KIXE in Redding, who will be a panel member at Thursday's meeting. "We want to reach out to as many people as possible who will most likely be impacted by the transition," said James Miller, Chico-Redding outreach coordinator and attorney adviser with the FCC. The FCC plans to hold a town hall meeting in Redding closer to the Feb. Thursday at the Chico Area Recreation District Center. To help with the switch, the Federal Communications Commission will host a town hall meeting 3 to 8 p.m. More than 40 million coupons have been requested and some 16 million have been redeemed to date, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration reported last week. What's more, the federal government is offering two $40 converter box coupons per household. But if you watch TV via rabbit ears or rooftop antenna, then you need a converter box.īoxes retail from $40 to $80 and can be purchased at stores such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart.
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17.Ĭable or satellite TV subscribers, or viewers with digital tuners, don't need to do anything. KRCR in Redding, the ABC affiliate, will make the switch Feb. The conversion by KHSL, KNVN and KCVU comes two months before all high-powered stations are required to stop analog broadcasts by Feb. Joining Redding public television station KIXE - which made the switch in August - the north state's CBS, NBC and Fox affiliates will go digital Monday. Where: Chico Area Recreation District Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave., Chico.Īgenda: Panel discussion federal government converter box coupon sign-ups converter box demonstrations analog TV collection and gifting.
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What: FCC meeting on digital TV transition.