Some of the largest markets where at least three network affiliat...
Some of the largest markets where at least three network affiliates have dropped analog also have significant numbers of households on the converter box coupon wait list, according to newly released NTIA data. Almost 21,000 households in the San…
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Diego TV market were on the list for DTV coupons Monday, the agency said. San Diego is the largest designated market area, and has the most network- affiliated stations, to have made the switch to digital this week. But just 0.46 percent of the San Diego households on the waiting list were over-the-air only, the NTIA said. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa., the third largest DMA affected, had almost 8,000 households on the waiting list, 0.15 percent over-the-air only. Los Angeles had the most households on the waiting list, just over 154,000, 3.47 percent of them over-the-air only, followed by New York, with more than 148,000 households, 2.86 percent over-the-air only. But Los Angeles and New York have few, if any, stations switching off their analog signals early.