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Headlines

11/17/08
FCC Launches Web Site Dedicated to Hawaii's Early Transition to Digital on January 15.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

11/17/08
Commissioner McDowell to Conduct “90 Days Out” DTV Interviews.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

11/13/08
Commissioner Tate to Visit Chicago, Illinois for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

11/10/08
Commissioner Copps to Visit Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

11/7/08
Commission Addresses Closed Captioning Matters, Including Those Related to Digital Television, and Seeks Further Comment.
Declaratory Ruling, Order, NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/7/08
Adopted Rules for the Use of Distributed Transmission System (DTS) Technologies in the Digital Television (DTV) Service.
Report and Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

11/07/08
Commissioner McDowell to Visit Boston for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

11/06/08
Commissioner McDowell to Visit Philadelphia for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/31/08
Commissioner Copps to Visit Charleston & Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/22/08
Announcement Of Next Meeting Date And Agenda Of Consumer Advisory Committee
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/22/08
Commissioner Copps to Visit Baltimore, Maryland for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/16/08
FCC Chairman Announces Sponsorship of NASCAR Driver David Gilliland Car #38 for Digital Television Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/15/08
Commissioner Copps to Visit Denver, Colorado for DTV Outreach - (update).
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/15/08
Chairman Martin to Visit Charlotte, NC for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/10/08
Commissioner Adelstein to Visit Portland, Yakima, Spokane and Seattle for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Acrobat

10/10/08
Television Stations Reminded to Update their FCC Form 387 - DTV Transition Status Report by October 20, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/10/08
Commissioner Copps to Visit Denver, CO, for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/07/08
Commissioner Tate to Visit Knoxville, TN for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

10/01/08
Holzer Consolidated Health Systems (HCHS) and Southern Ohio Health Care Network (SOHCN): Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on a request by HCHS and SOHC to merge their Rural Health Care Pilot Program projects in Ohio into one project, with SOHC as the successor of the HCHS project. Comments are due October 8, 2008, and reply comments are due October 15, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

10/01/08
Commissioner Tate to visit Nashville and Chattanooga, TN for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/26/08
Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment To Part 76 Of The Commission's Rules.
Word | Acrobat

9/24/08
Commissioner McDowell to visit Boise, Idaho, and four Montana cities, as part of extensive nationwide initiative for DTV outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/24/08
Commissioner Tate to visit Atlanta, GA for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/23/08
Letter From Chairman Martin to the Consumer Electronics Association and the Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition.
Acrobat

9/23/08
Written Statement of Chairman Martin, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate.
Word | Acobat
Acrobat Attachments: [1 | 2 | 3 | 4]

9/19/08
Commissioner Adelstein to visit New York City for DTV Outreach 9/27/2008.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/17/08
FCC Creates Television Public Service Announcements and Educational Video to Help Prepare for Transition to Digital.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/16/08
Written Statement of Chairman Martin before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, U.S. House of Representatives.
Word | Acrobat
Acrobat Attachments: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]

9/15/08
Letter from FCC Chairman Martin to Christopher A. McLean, Executive Director, Consumer Electronics Retailers Association.
Acrobat

9/12/08
Letter From Commissioner Copps to Chairman Martin Proposing Steps the FCC Should Take to Advance the DTV Transition.
Word | Acrobat

9/10/08
Vast Majority of Wilmington, NC Residents were Aware of the Early Digital Television Transition in their Viewing Area.
News Release with Day One Overview of DTV Transition Helpline Calls: Word | Acrobat
Day Two Overview 9/9/08: Word | Acrobat
Day Three Overview 9/10/08: Word | Acrobat
Day Four Overview 9/11/08: Word | Acrobat
Day Five Overview 9/12/08: Word | Acrobat
Day Six Overview 9/15/08: Word | Acrobat
Weekly Overviews: Word | Acrobat

9/8/08
Commissioner Adelstein to Visit San Francisco for DTV Outreach - 9/11/08
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/8/08
Commissioner McDowell to Visit Tulsa, OK. as Part of Extensive Nationwide Initiative for DTV Outreach - 9/12/08.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/4/08
FCC to Host Digital Television Transition Event in Wilimington, North Carolina on Monday, September 8, 2008.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/4/08
FCC Announces Organizations in Wilmington NC, TV Market to Assist Consumers in DTV Television Transition Monday.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

9/4/08
Commission Adopts Order Exempting Certain Cable Systems from Some Material Degradation Digital Carriage Requirements.
Report & Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat

8/27/08
Entering the Home Stretch: Media Bureau Releases Report on the Status of TV Broadcasters at the Final Six Months of the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Word | Acrobat

8/21/08
Commissioner McDowell to Visit Alaska as Part of Extensive Nationwide Initiative for DTV Outreach.
Word | Acrobat

8/21/08
FCC Proposes the Prohibition of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 700 MHz Band after the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM and Order: Word | Acrobat

8/20/08
FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin Statement Regarding DTV Outreach in Communities with Highest Concentrations of Over-The-Air Signals.
Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
FCC Announces Extensive Nationwide Initiative for DTV Outreach.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
Wilmington North Carolina Broadcasters Will Provide Emergency Announcements and Informational Messages about the DTV Transition after September 8 on Traditional Analog Channels.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

08/18/08
FCC Launches DTV Speakers Bureau.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

07/11/2008
Annual Report on the National Do-Not-Call Registry (Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007).
Word | Acrobat

07/02/08
Quarterly Reports on Informal Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Released - 4th Quarter 2007.
News Release: Acrobat

07/01/08
FCC and EPA Join Forces to Educate Consumers on DTV Transition Issues.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

07/01/08
Quarterly Reports on Informal Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Released - 3rd Quarter 2007.
News Release: Acrobat

6/17/08
Rules Amended to Require Telemarketers to Honor Do-Not-Call List Registrations Indefinitely.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

06/13/08
FCC Announces Agenda For Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focused On DTV Converter Boxes On June 19, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

06-04-08
FCC Expands National Digital Television Education and Awareness Campaign, Targets Outreach in Wilmington, NC.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
National Billboard: Acrobat
National Radio PSAs

06-04-08
FCC Launches Billboard and Radio Campaign in Wilmington, NC.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Wilmington Billboard: Acrobat
Wilmington Radio PSAs

05/29/08
FCC to Hold Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focused on DTV Converter Boxes on June 19, 2008.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

05/27/08
FCC to Host May 28 Meeting on the Digital Television Transition Co-sponsored by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and the National Association of Broadcasters.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

05/02/08
Additional Member Named To Consumer Advisory Committee.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

03/20/08
FCC Releases Agenda for April 1, 2008, DTV Consumer Education Workshop Focusing on Low-Income Consumers.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

03/10/08
Announcement of Next Meeting Date and Agenda of Consumer Advisory Committee.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

02/12/08
FCC Releases Agenda for February 28, 2008 Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focusing on Consumers with Disabilities.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

01/31/08
FCC to Hold Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focusing on Low-Income Consumers on April 1, 2008.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

01/28/08
FCC Releases Agenda for January 31, 2008, DTV Consumer Education Workshop Focusing on Consumers in Rural Areas and on Tribal Lands.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

01/28/08
Requirement for Analog Cellular Service Expires in February.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

01/14/08
Quarterly Reports on Informal Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Released.
News Release: Acrobat

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