Sen Sanders Concerned About DTV Transition

Sen Bernard Sanders (I-VT) wrote Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to register his strong concern about the digital-TV transition, using terms like "failed" and "extremely dangerous" to make his points. His letter came one day before he and others on the Senate Commerce Committee will hear from Chairman Martin and other DTV stakeholders about the pace of the transition and the lessons from the Wilmington (NC) early analog-cutoff test. Sen Sanders charged that the government-industry DTV-education campaign failed to inform viewers they may need new antennas to get DTV and inaccurately downplayed the likelihood of needed modifications to antennas.