Reply #28: Watch for DTV "soft cutoff" tests in your area

[guitar man]

Even if you're on cable, some of the smaller rural cable providers still may not be ready for the transition. I've been working on this for months, contacting cable providers and trying to co-ordinate our engineering staff at the station where I work with the engineers at the cable companies to test and upgrade for compatibility. Some of them were downright stubborn about it, so if you want to make sure you can still get local channels on cable, check with your local stations for soft test dates and times.

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