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Common Sense And Customer Support
Wow! Post number 50! and it’s December already. My months go by like seconds these days. If you don’t have your coupon yet, better get it now at www.dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-388-2009! Time is flying by fast!
You’d think in today’s business climate, that customer support would be stellar since they are trying to attract customers, [...]
The Countdown To Better TV
Ever notice in old action movies the time bomb had an analog clock trigger, and today’s movies always have a digital timer? Even movie villains have converted to digital, and with less than 90 days to the big event, it feels like someone cut the blue wire and the clock is counting down at double [...]
Crazy Days Ahead!
I still can’t figure out what this fat little mouse was up to, but we found him running in circles in the parking lot at NBC 17 last evening. Wayne and I watched him for several minutes and then I went inside and grabbed my camera to shoot this footage of it running around.
I hope [...]
How NBC 17 will make the big switch
At midnight, we will throw a switch that will turn off channel 17 analog, and turn on channel 17 digital. At the same time, our current digital signal on channel 55 will be turned off forever. But converting a TV station to a different frequency is a bit more technical than flipping a switch. We will have [...]
Phone Bank Day Five
A little slower tonight, but steady calls coming in, and people seemed to be very thankful we did this again. We’ll certainly step things up in the next three months, so hopefully everyone will be ready.
I have been impressed with the number of viewers that already have the converter boxes, and just had general questions [...]
Phone Bank Day Four
This morning the Elon University Communications class presented their research to North Carolina stations via a phone conference and online presentation. I told you earlier they were in Wilmington, NC for the Big Switch, and they had some excellent data to share for all areas on the state.
Did you know Raleigh has the highest percentage [...]
Phone Bank Day Three
Once again it was a great night talking with viewers on the phone bank from all over the area. Tonight’s topic reported by Donald Jones, was on portable TV’s. Those battery operated sets we use in emergencies, in the kitchen, and tailgating. This is the heart of the ACC and you can believe that tailgating [...]
Phone Bank Day Two
I hope you’ve been watching our 6 and 7 PM News this week as we have our phone bank up for DTV questions. I’ve had a great time talking to “my kind of people”. Everyone has been so nice and and grateful for getting real information they can undersdtand. Tonights highlights were amazing, and I’m expecting more [...]
You’ve Got Questions, but….
Tonight was the first of our 5 part series on DTV and the analog shutdown this week, taking your calls live during our 6 PM and 7 PM Newscasts. We really enjoyed taking your calls and talking with each of you, and a few actually stumped me, the “Digital Expert”.
I certainly expected antenna questions, and there [...]
IP-011 – Last Internet Pumpkin!
Tim in Beulaville wrote in about some reception problems, (not with us this time!) and replied back with several good Internet Pumpkins.
1- Most CECB’s for sale today, has a feature I mentioned about Mom’s box, to allow users to scan channels and only add new channels, without losing the original data. It’s extremely important if you use [...]
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