Meanwhile, the Eldorado Mountain site has received praise from Lookout Mountain residents eager to have the tower placed somewhere other than their backyards. Lookout Mountain is now home to 30 different towers on 21 different sites owned by 14 different companies. In one sense, a tower site owned by one company on Eldorado Mountain could provide a standard for regulating the new digital TV technology, supporters of the site say. The 1996 Telecommunications Act requires local governments in every major television market to provide an adequate site for digital television towers. It requires broadcasters to have digital television up and running by 2006 or forever give up their right to the new technology.
Experts say Denver is the last major market without digital television on the air.
Digital television enthusiasts have expressed frustration over the industry's inability to find an appropriate site to serve the Front Range. The FCC has not ruled on the broadcasters' petition. The Daily Camera. All rights reserved. Any copying, redistribution, or retransmission of any of the contents of this service without the express written consent of The Daily Camera is expressly prohibited.