Senior Citizens Get Ready For Switch To Digital TV

Senior citizens packed a meeting room at the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to learn about the switch to digital television coming in February 2009. The town hall meeting was held at the request of D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and aimed to ease seniors' fears about the changeover. About 50,000 homes in D.C. get their signals over the air through antennas, meaning one in five homes are at risk of losing their TV signals if they don't get ready. People at Wednesday's meeting saw a demonstration on how to connect the converter box. They also learned how to apply for $40 coupons to buy the boxes, which cost $50 to $70.
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