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Originally Posted by GO BLUE

...I'VE HEARD THAT NEW BOX WILL LIMIT TO 5 CHANNELS NBC,CBS,ABC,PBS, AND ONE INDEPENDENT ...

Not true. Read the following. [CECB stands for "coupon eligible converter box"]

Originally Posted by US Govt.

f. Tuning Capability to All Television Channels 2-69

65. There was no opposition to the NPRM proposal that the converter box tune to all television channels, 2-69. This proposed rule reaffirmed the FCC Rules that ?TV broadcast receivers shall be capable of adequately receiving all channels allocated by the Commission to the television broadcast service.?[ 118 ] NTIA clarifies that the CECB is required to receive signals for those television channels that will be ?out of core? (channels 52-69) once the digital transition is complete.

66. In its comments, CBA notes that it is important that the tuning capability of boxes not stop at channel 51 because Class A and LPTV stations are permitted to operate on channels 52-69 on a secondary basis even after the February 17, 2009 deadline when full power stations must broadcast within the FCC?s ?core? channels, 2-51. Moreover, operation on temporary companion digital channels will be permitted on channels 52-59, even after the end of the full-power transition; and temporary flash-cut digital operations is permitted on channels 60-69 when no other channel is available.[ 119 ]

67. NTIA did not receive comments opposing the action. The Final Rule contains the requirement that the CECB receive all television channels 2-69.