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          January 11, 2013 
              
BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF DECEMBER 30, 2012 
 
 
The Commission has announced the following totals for broadcast stations licensed as of  
December 30, 2012: 
 
AM STATIONS    4738 
FM COMMERCIAL    6598 
FM EDUCATIONAL    3860 
 TOTAL       15,196 
 
 
UHF COMMERCIAL TV   1028 
VHF COMMERCIAL TV     358 
UHF EDUCATIONAL TV     288 
VHF EDUCATIONAL TV     107 
 TOTAL          1,781 
 
CLASS A UHF STATIONS     393 
CLASS A VHF STATIONS       61 
 TOTAL             454 
 
FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS  6075 
UHF TRANSLATORS    3015 
VHF TRANSLATORS    1156 
 TOTAL         10,246 
 
UHF LOW POWER TV    1587 
VHF LOW POWER TV      397 
 TOTAL           1,984 
 
LOW POWER FM       809          809 
 
 
TOTAL BROADCAST STATIONS     30,470 
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