If you are a native Spanish speaker, proceed with caution. Please vacate your mouth of any liquids, lest you splurt them all over your computer screen. You have been warned.
KMSP-TV in the Twin Cities late tonight suspended regular programming on its analog-broadcast channel. It began looping the public-service message above in the final hours leading up to a complete analog switchoff (part of the national digital-television transition).
I'm not sure if KSMP produced this bilingual segment in-house or got it from another source but, lordy, I wish the content creator had picked its Spanish speakers a bit more carefully.
If you speak Spanish, you are now wincing, moaning or laughing uncontrollably. I warned you.
Note: The bad video quality is due to poor analog reception via an inexpensive indoor antenna (hooked up to my MacBook and Elgato EyeTV tuner for digital recording) and is not the fault of the content creator.
Update: KMSP (and WFTC, a Fox-owned sister station that also broadcast the DTV promo) is off the hook.
The bilingual video came from the Minnesota Broadcasters Association and made available to local stations, some of which used this earlier. For the Spanish, the MBA hired a couple of local narrators. Nice try, no cigar.
