DTV Station Count Now at 733
According to the National Association of Broadcasters, 24 more television stations are transmitting a digital signal:
KNAT, Albuquerque, N.M. (Trinity-owned independent)
KABY, Aberdeen, S.D. (ABC)
KPRY, Pierre, S.D. (ABC)
WLUK, Green Bay, Wis. (Fox)
KTMD, Houston (Telemundo O&O)
KPAZ, Phoenix, Ariz (Trinity-owned independent)
WRAY, Raleigh, N.C. (Shop at Home independent)
KFOX, El Paso, Tx. (Fox)
WWMB, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (UPN)
WPDE, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (ABC)
KSCC, Wichita, Kan., (UPN)
WHMB, Indianapolis, (LeSea-owned independent)
WCLJ, Indianapolis, (Trinity-owned independent)
KUSA, Denver, (NBC)
WNUV, Baltimore, (WB)
WDTN, Dayton, Ohio, (ABC)
WDKY, Lexington, Ky., (Fox)
WKOI, Dayton, Ohio, (Trinity-owned independent)
KFRE, Fresno, Calif., (WB)
KMPH, Fresno, Calif., (Fox)
KSNW, Wichita, Kan., (NBC)
KSFY, Sioux Falls, S.D., (ABC)
KPTH, Sioux City, Iowa, (Fox)
WTTA, Tampa, Fla., (WB)
KCDT, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (PBS)
WLRN, Miami, (PBS)
WMOR, Tampa, Fla., (Hearst-Argyle-owned independent)
WCIU, Chicago, (Wiegel-owned independent)
WHME, South Bend, Ind., (LeSea-owned independent)
WTTO, Birmingham, Ala., (WB)
WABM, Birmingham, Ala., (UPN)
WBUI, Decatur, Ill., (WB)
KCRG, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (ABC)
ISU, Pocatello, Idaho, (PBS)
This raises the DTV station bar to 733 stations. DTV signals are now being transmitted in 179 markets that include over 96 percent of U.S.TV households. In addition, over 70 percent of the more than 106 million U.S. TV households are in markets with five or more broadcasters airing DTV and slightly over 35 percent are in markets with eight or more broadcasters sending digital signals, according to NAB.
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