FCC: 1733 full-power TV stations in U.S. at end of 2003
By TVTechnology
published The FCC Media Bureau has released figures on the number of analog TV stations that existed at the end of 2003:
--Full-power TV ---------------------- 1733
UHF commercial ----- 767
VHF commercial ----- 585
UHF non-commercial - 254
VHF non-commercial - 127
--Class A TV (low power) -------------- 605
Class A UHF -------- 494
Class A VHF -------- 111
--TV translators --------------------- 4749
UHF translators --- 2663
VHF translators --- 2086
--Other low-power TV ----------------- 2129
UHF LPTV ---------- 1604
VHF LPTV ---------- 525
--Total U.S. analog TV transmitters -- 9216
For more information visit www.fcc.gov.
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