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Dale Roe writes about television for the Austin American-Statesman.

He's worked at the American-Statesman for 10 years and has written family movie and video game reviews as well as watched lots of TV. Dale directs, writes and performs with Austin's Gag Reflex comedy ensemble, is a freelance illustrator and has contributed stories and reviews to Macworld magazine. He lives in Round Rock with his wife, two children and a dog named Apollo who barks whenever he hears another dog bark on television.

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By Diane Holloway | Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 10:57 AM

Deadlines are only deadlines until they get postponed, and it looks like the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital TV will be delayed until June 12.

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously last night to make the change, and today the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to follow suit.

President Obama has been pushing for the delay because the $40 coupon program to help analog viewers convert their TV sets to digital has proven woefully inadequate.

I guess that means our FCC-appointed DTV rep, Guy Benson, will be hanging around Austin for a few more months.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, better known as GLAAD, announced its award nominations for work that “recognizes fair and inclusive portrayals of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and issues affecting them.”

As it has for several seasons, ABC led the TV network pack with multiple nods for “Brothers & Sisters,” “Desperate Housewives” and “Ugly Betty.”

Here’s a complete list of the nominees.

The GLAAD Media Awards — which also recognize magazine and newspaper articles, theater performances, advertising and Spanish-language programming — will be presented at three separate ceremonies in New York (Mar. 28), in Los Angeles (Apr. 19) and in San Francisco (May 9).

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By austinights

January 27, 2009 11:16 AM | Link to this

A bit more depth in the converter delay will show that most of the concentration of analog tv's are on border states with Mexico. A lot of folks on the border will keep their analog tv's, because they pick up signals from Mexico and TV programs in the U.S. are not their primary viewing. But, to the politician running for office in the U.S. - gotta pacify the so called discontented voters. No se mira la television!