DTV Assistance Centers Open in Seven U.S. Cities
Feature Story by Tyler Lewis - 12/15/2008
With the DTV transition just two months away, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) joined partner organizations from around the nation to announce the opening of DTV assistance centers in seven at-risk cities.
On February 17, 2009, television broadcasts will switch from analog to digital signals. Communities of color, people who rely on programming in languages other than English, low-income working families, older Americans, and people with disabilities will be most affected.
The DTV assistance centers will provide information about the digital television transition and hold trainings and events to provide assistance to members of impacted populations from the local communities.
"By January we will have two assistance centers up and running in each of the seven cities to help spread the message of 'Apply, Buy, and Try.': helping communities apply for a coupon to offset the cost of a converter box, helping them buy the converter box that best fits their needs, and helping them hook it up and try it out before the transition date so that we can help troubleshoot any problems," said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
DTV Assistance Center Locations
- Atlanta
- Detroit
- Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area
- Portland, Ore.
- San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland metropolitan area
- Seattle-Tacoma
