FCC Year-End Broadcast Totals Show Decrease in Radio Stations
There were 33,467 broadcast stations in the U.S. Dec. 31, the FCC said in a quarterly count released Tuesday. That’s down nearly 100 from the 33,564 listed in the December 2020 count, apparently mostly from the ranks of radio stations.…
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The 2021 listing shows 1,758 full-power TV stations -- unchanged from December 2020 -- and 15,389 full-power radio stations, 56 fewer than the previous year. Low-power FMs also decreased from 2,136 in 2020 to 2,069 in 2021. Low-power TV stations and Class A's went down as well, from 2,399 to 2,310. The number of translator stations increased year over year, from 11,826 to 11,941.