NEW YORK -- TV regulators say they are trying to help stations that lost viewers because of a switch to new frequencies on June 12, when they turned off their analog signals. Hundreds of stations moved their digital signals from the UHF band to the VHF band, previously used only for analog broadcast, and viewers in cities like Philadelphia and Chicago are having problems receiving them. The Federal Communications Commission is working with two dozen stations, mainly on VHF, to help them improve reception, says Robert Ratcliffe, acting chief of the media bureau at the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC says affected cities include Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Dallas.
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