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COMMISSIONER TATE TO VISIT MEMPHIS, TN, 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 Deborah Taylor Tate announced she will visit Memphis, 
TN, on September 19 to hold a public forum on the digital television (DTV) transition. This visit 
is part of an extensive nationwide initiative the Commission has launched to increase awareness 
about the upcoming transition to digital television. The Commission is working in partnership 
with The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis who is  
hosting this meeting.  
WHO: FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate 
WHAT: Forum on the DTV Transition 
WHEN: September 19, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
WHERE: University of Memphis
Panhellenic Building Ballroom
384 Patterson Street
Memphis, TN 38152-0001
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 reception.  The five FCC Commissioners and senior 
Commission staff will visit these and other markets to raise awareness and educate consumers in 
the days leading up to the DTV transition on February 17, 2009. 
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possible; last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to 
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