Digital Radio
September 13, 2017
Radio broadcasters around the country are now simultaneously broadcasting both traditional analog signals and digital signals that can be picked up...
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categoryCable Signal Leakage
September 13, 2017
Cable television systems use radio frequency signals transmitted over cables to provide television and data services to customers. Normally, these RF...
Personal Radio Services (PRS) - Keeping in Touch
September 13, 2017
Personal radio services are short-range, low-power radio communications using a device or devices that operate much like walkie-talkies. Personal...
Consumer FAQs: TV Spectrum Auction
September 13, 2017
*/ Post Incentive Auction The Federal Communications Commission recently held a spectrum auction to help improve and expand wireless services across...
Regulation of Cable TV Rates
September 13, 2017
Your local franchising authority - the city, county or other governmental organization authorized by your state to regulate cable television service...
Unauthorized Radio Operation
September 13, 2017
Federal law generally prohibits the "use or operation of any apparatus for the transmission of energy or communications or signals by radio" without...
Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Setup (Basic)
September 13, 2017
This guide describes the installation of a digital-to-analog converter box with your current antenna and analog TV. This guide will help you prepare...
Addressing Cable Signal Problems
September 13, 2017
The FCC has technical quality standards that define a basic quality of service that cable subscribers are entitled to receive. Cable companies...
How Cable Companies Choose Channels
September 13, 2017
How are channels chosen for cable television services? With a few exceptions, cable television systems have the right to offer whatever channels they...
Receiving Broadcast TV Stations Dropped from Pay TV Service
September 13, 2017
One of the ways cable operators and other pay TV service providers, such as satellite operators, carry local television broadcast stations is through...