Digital TV transition expected run much more smoothly

Jun 11th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

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Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- Federal officials and broadcasters are hoping that Friday's switch to all-digital broadcast television for most stations in Los Angeles and around the country will run as smoothly as a scripted sitcom and not turn into the ultimate reality TV mess.

The odds of a more orderly transition have improved, they said, because of a four-month delay pushed by the Obama administration at the beginning of the year.

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