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Federal official in L.A. to hear your digital TV concerns

By Jim Puzzangherawriter 
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FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein. (Photo credit: Brendan Smialowski / Bloomberg News.)

Fresh off Wednesday’s action by Congress to delay the switch to digital TV until June 12, a top Federal Communications Commission official will be in Los Angeles next week for three town hall meetings on the now even-more-complicated transition.

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FCC commissioners have spent the past several months traveling around the country to large cities and markets where at least 15% of the households rely on antennas to watch TV. Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein drew Los Angeles.

He will be answering questions Monday in three locations: at the West Covina Senior Center from 10 to 11:30 a.m.; the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church from 12:30 to 2 p.m.; and Cal State L.A. from 6 to 8 p.m. More details are available here (PDF).

President Obama is expected to sign the legislation delaying the transition, currently planned for Feb. 17, by nearly four months. Adelstein, a Democrat, has been critical of how the Bush administration handled the transition. He applauded the planned delay for giving the FCC and others more time to help viewers prepare.

-- Jim Puzzanghera

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Jim Puzzanghera

Jim Puzzanghera covered business and economic issues from the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, D.C., bureau. He joined The Times in 2006 and won the paper’s Editor’s Award in 2009 for coverage of the financial crisis. He has worked in the nation’s capital since 1998 and is a two-time National Press Club award winner for Washington coverage. A Northwestern University graduate, he previously worked for the San Jose Mercury News, Newsday and the St. Petersburg Times. He left The Times in 2019.

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