Greenville County deputies have a warning, after a local grandmother spotted a group of scamming salesmen going door to door.

News Channel 7 engineer Charlie Wofford talked with anchor Tom Crabtree about how the channel scan process works.

Nearly 33,000 homes in the Upstate and Western North Carolina still are not DTV ready.

Despite running a deficit, the South Carolina Department of Corrections

Our engineers have been making house calls to help those who are having a tough time making the switch.

  As you make the transition to DTV, a vital piece of equipment you may not have considered is your antenna.
    A small antenna commonly called “rabbit ears” may provide a good picture.  Such an antenna is mounted inside your home on top of your TV.
    But as News Channel 7 engineer Charlie Wofford explains in an interview with anchor Tom Crabtree, you may need a big antenna outside to get the best reception.

Are you ready for the shutdown?

The recent stimulus package put more money into the coupon program, letting the National Telecommunications and Information Administration give households with expired coupons a second chance.

Channel 62 goes digital Tuesday night.

  We began this week with every indication the DTV switch, the change from analog to digital television, would be delayed from February 17 to June 12.  The U.S. Senate approved the nearly four-month delay, and industry experts predicted the House would follow suit.

    Uh-uh, not so fast.

    As we end the week, the original transition date, February 17, remains in place.  The delay didn’t get the required two-thirds majority in the House.  The bill could be revised, and both chambers could vote again, but it hasn’t happened yet.

  We have to assume February 17, now less than three weeks away, will still be the big day.

    And we need to get ready!

Pintech Corp., a research firm, has partnered with the FCC to provide information and volunteers to help smooth over the DTV switch.

Those of you wanting or needing more time to get ready for the switch to digital television are getting your wish. Today’s Senate vote delays the official switch to June 12.

Congress appears on the verge of doing again what it does best:  delay.

And this time, the delay involves DTV and the long-scheduled, much-publicized switch from analog to digital TV broadcasting.

The U.S. Senate is set to vote next week (the week of January 26th) on the DTV Delay Act.  It would postpone the switch to digital from February 17th until June 12th.  Many in Congress believe millions of households need the extra time to get ready for the switch, plus the DTV coupon program could be put back on track (it ran out of money early this month).

But the delay isn’t a done deal.  And until it is, we need to assume the original February 17th target date still has the green light.

Let’s bring you up to date on the transition to digital television, better known as DTV, set for June 12.

If you receive your TV signal via an antenna, you should have already taken the well-publicized steps to be ready for the switch.  In South Carolina, an estimated 250,000 households (including almost 100,000 in the Upstate) are affected.

Unfortunately, so many Americans are unprepared, President-Elect Barack Obama and the Consumers Union want Congress to push back the mandated DTV date.  Many in Congress and the broadcasting industry say changing the date would be a mistake.

Let’s bring you up to date on the transition to digital television, better known as DTV, set for February 17 (now less than six weeks away).

If you receive your TV signal via an antenna, you should have already taken the well-publicized steps to be ready for the switch.  In South Carolina, an estimated 250,000 households (including almost 100,000 in the Upstate) are affected.

Unfortunately, so many Americans are unprepared, President-Elect Barack Obama and the Consumers Union want Congress to push back the mandated DTV date.  Many in Congress and the broadcasting industry say changing the date would be a mistake.