Submitted: February 9, 2009 - 9:52am
Last updated: February 9, 2009 - 9:53am
In the end, a bad brew of poor planning and politics led Congress to delay the nation's transition to all-digital television signals by three months to June 12. In the poor planning column: An underfunded coupon program to help pay for analog converter boxes; public outreach in some markets that raised concerns about whether the switch could be accomplished without a big disruption; and too little effort, too late by government agencies to deal with consumer confusion.
