The government's DTV transition plan does not provide any money for new DTV antennas and lacks a technical assistance component, which could prove to be a problem for some viewers still connected to rabbit ears, says one worried legislator.

"The major challenge I see is the fact that some of the outdoor antennas are going to have to be replaced and we don't have any federal funding available to assist with that replacement," said House Telecom Subcommittee member Rick Boucher (D-Va.), who was being interviewed for C-SPAN's Communicators series.

Boucher said he had lots of rural, elderly, low-income constituents who would have some major challenges with issues like reception via indoor and outdoor antennas.

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