On September 8, 2008, which US metropolitan area became the first to require all broadcasts be exclusively digital signals?
The FCC looked for small cities to volunteer for a trial run prior to the national conversion next February. Bonus points if you can articulate the primary reason why some city officials think this wasn't such a good idea...
Another potential future question ...
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Wilmington NC
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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