Media Toolkit

The following materials are designed to assist members of the media with providing information on the DTV Transition to their readers, viewers and listeners. Among the tools included are detailed lists of local resources available in each of the FCC’s and NTIA’s 49 “Hotspot Markets”. These materials are not copyrighted, and, therefore, no reprint permission is required.

DTV Press Contacts

• Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253, mark.wigfield@fcc.gov

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Advisories and Releases

6/11/09
Photo and Q&A Opportunities for Coverage of the DTV Transition
News Release: |

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6/10/09
Help Is Available To Consumers Preparing for DTV Transition

Document Name	Choose Market	Choose Language	Download
Hotspot Markets Release	Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, WV Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Fresno Harlingen Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Joplin Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Monroe - El Dorado Monterey Nashville New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, OR Puerto Rico Sacramento Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Springfield, MO St. Louis Tulsa Washington, DC	English En Español	|

5/19/09
Thursday Soft Test is Wake-Up Call for DTV Readiness

Document Name	Choose Market	Choose Language	Download
Hotspot Markets Release	Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, WV Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Fresno Harlingen Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Joplin Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Monroe - El Dorado Monterey Nashville New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, OR Puerto Rico Sacramento Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Springfield, MO St. Louis Tulsa Washington, DC	English En Español	|
Other Markets Release			|

More Releases

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Soft Test Information

• 5/22/09
  Record Number of Consumers Call FCC's Help Line for Assistance in Response to DTV "Soft Test".
  News Release: |
  Call Statistics: |
• May 21 Soft Test Calls: Complete list of Markets
• DMA Soft Test Information (by region)

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Publications

Document Name	Choose Language	Download
DTV Made Easy: A Guide Created by FCC and Consumers Union	Select English En Español
One Pager for Consumers	Select English En Español Amharic Arabic Bosnian Cambodian Chinese Creole Farsi French Greek Hmong Ilokano Italian Japanese Korean Kurdish Laotian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Samoan Somali Sudanese Tagalog Taiwanese Tongan Vietnamese Yupik
Antennas and DTV
Troubleshooting Guide
DTV Transition and LPTV
DTV Is Coming

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DTV Background Information

• DTV Regulatory Information
• FCC/NTIA Hotspot Markets
• NTIA Coupon Data
• DTV Transition Information for All Full-Power Stations
• State-specific DTV Transition Information

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Banners and Logos

• DTV Banners
• DTV Logos

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Public Service Announcement Audio Files

To download the MP3 files, please right click on the links, then choose 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As.'

Media Name	Length	Choose Language	Transcript
Audio PSA	30 seconds	English	|
		Spanish	|
		Mandarin Chinese	|
		Korean	|
		Vietnamese	|
Audio PSA	60 seconds	English	|
		Spanish	|
		Mandarin Chinese	|
		Korean	|
		Vietnamese	|