Is this one of those right-wing conspiracies?
So, Bush submits a budget that a) counts revenues from the auction of the analog television spectrum — which is supposed to become available in 2009 when broadcasters are required to switch to digital — and b) cuts funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting… funding that was being used by PBS stations to make that digital transition.
In other words, many PBS stations won’t be able to afford the digital switch, going off the air permanently… and I wonder whether Rupert Murdoch is waiting patiently to buy up those channels?
