What’s the FCC up to and why are they giving TV stations a hard time?  It seems some stations are wanting to get their conversion over and done with now in February even though the FCC moved the date back to later this year.  The FCC is saying it’s not okay to shutdown analog signals unless TV stations can confirm there will be no negative impact to consumers.  Meaning, how the heck is that supposed to happen?  And why does the FCC keep moving the date?

FCC is claiming that if stations shut down signals prematurely, some consumers could be without access to emergency broadcasts.

How ’bout we get everyone on digital and stop messing around with this nonsense.  I’m voting for the FCC to create no further delays.  I want the analog signals shutdown and released into the wild for our white space hopes and dreams.

FCC Up To What? was first posted to justinll.com on February 14, 2009.