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Consumers can apply for a coupon to help pay for the purchase of a converter box so that an existing analog television will be able to receive a digital television signal when the congressionally mandated switch to DTV occurs next February, 2009.  I'm posting something on the web site today and sending to select media outlets in the Seattle neighborhoods, so in case you get any calls, here are URLs and telephone numbers for people to use.

(Households can apply for and receive two $40 coupons, each of which can be used to purchase a converter box.  It's estimated that a converter box costs between $50 and $75, so the coupon will significantly lower the cost of purchase.)

Consumers can apply now online at: https://www.dtv2009.gov/ApplyCoupon.aspx

Consumers can also apply for a couponby telephone, mail or fax:

·Call the Coupon Program 24-hour hotline 1-888-DTV-2009 (1-888-388-2009), TTY 1-877-530-2634

·Mail a coupon application to: PO BOX 2000, Portland, OR 97208-2000. Download a Coupon Application at https://www.dtv2009.gov/docs/Coupon_Program_App_en.pdf.

· Fax a coupon application to 1-877-DTV-4ME2 (1-877-388-4632)

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