DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - April 19, 2007:
LICENSED (LIC): 1,107 (+9)
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (CP): 369 (-5)
CP Modification (CP MOD): 347 (-5)
STA (All variations):1,054 (-2)
STA (Modifications): 169 (-0-)
APPLICATIONS (minus rule making and channel/service elections): 216 (-2)
Rule making - Digital channel changes
PENDING APPLICATIONS: 19 (-0-)
GRANTS: 156 (-0-)
(Change from April 2, 2007 listing)
Note: These totals do not include digital class A TV, low-power TV or TV translator entries. The total will be greater than the number of DTV stations as some stations have licenses, construction permits and applications on file. Some stations also have licenses, construction permits or applications for backup facilities (auxiliary broadcast). Subtracting the STA Modification number from the number in STA (All variations) will give a more accurate indication of the number of DTV stations operating under STA, although STA records sometimes remain in the CDBS long after the licensed facility is operational.
A spreadsheet (dtvdb.zip) showing all current DTV entries in the FCC CDBS TV engineering database files as well as a spreadsheet (tvdb.zip) showing he entire TV engineering database (large file - over 2 MB) extracted from the CDBS are available at www.xmtr.com/fcc/. Spreadsheets based on data in the April 19, 2007 CDBS files will be posted late Friday or over the weekend. Note that this week rather than link to specific files, I've included a link that will take you to a directory listing showing all the spreadsheet files I've extracted from FCC databases, not all of which are as up to date as the tvdb.zip and dtvdb.zip files. While the directory listing may not be as convenient as the direct links, I hope this will make it easier for readers to see when the spreadsheet zip files have been updated.
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