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COMMISSIONER McDOWELL TO VISIT McALLEN, TX 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 McAllen, TX 
to raise awareness 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.  
Monday, January 12, 2009 
WHO: Commissioner Robert McDowell
WHAT: Press Availability on Transition to Digital Television 
WHEN: January 12, 2009, 10:30-11:00 AM
WHERE: KTLM (TV), Telemundo 
3900 North 10th Street, 7th floor, McAllen, Texas, 78501
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. 
In August 2008,  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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