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COMMISSIONER McDOWELL TO VISIT TULSA, OK, AS PART OF EXTENSIVE 
NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE FOR DTV OUTREACH
Visit is Part of Nationwide Tour Focusing on Markets with High Levels of Over-the-Air 
Television Viewers
Washington, DC – FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell announced he will visit Tulsa, OK, on 
September 12 to hold a public forum on the transition to digital television. This visit is part of an 
extensive nationwide initiative the Commission has launched to increase awareness about the 
upcoming transition to digital television.  Commissioner McDowell will be joined and 
introduced by Tulsa Mayor Kathryn Taylor.
WHO: Commissioner Robert McDowell
WHAT: Forum on Transition to Digital Television 
WHEN: September 12, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
WHERE: Webster High School - Broadcasting and Digital Media 
Magnet - auditorium 
1919 W. 40th St.
Tulsa, OK
The FCC identified target television markets for specific DTV outreach, including all those 
markets in which more than 100,000 households or at least 15% of the households rely solely on 
over-the-air signals for television. 
Recently,  Chairman Kevin Martin announced that the five FCC Commissioners and other 
Commission staff will fan out to these and other markets to raise awareness and educate 
consumers in the days leading up to the digital television transition on February 17, 2009. 
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