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guest: i agree, peter, that this is a civil rights issue or social issue to some extent. about 11 or 12 percent of american homes watch television over the air, and they are disproportionately among the low-income homes and minority homes and so forth, and one of the reasons that we ve tried very hard basically to have no one left behind for lack of effort on our part is that it s very important that these people not lose what is their principle connection to the outside world, news, public events, public safety messages as well as entertainment. so it s very important to us not to have a portion of the population cut off from the mainstream of the american public. host: erica swanson, are you pleased with the fcc s response to the dtv transition? guest: we can tell you what we ve seen in recent weeks has begun to make a difference. we ve seen the fcc, the national telecommunication association really make an investment in the small agencies who are called on to d ....

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