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American Broadcasting Company (ABC) – The nation's third-largest commercial network, ABC was originally formed from the NBC Blue Network (1927–1945), a radio network which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) forced NBC (National Broadcasting Company) to sell in 1943 for anti-monopoly reasons, the ABC-TV network began broadcasting in 1948.
Currently, the total number of television stations owned by any company (including a television network) can only reach a maximum of 39% of all U.S. households; [1] in the past, the ownership limit was much lower, and was determined by a specific number of television stations rather than basing the limits on total market coverage.
The following is a list of pay television networks or channels broadcasting or receivable in the United States, organized by broadcast area and genre. Some television providers use one or more channel slots for east/west feeds, high definition services, secondary audio programming and access to video on demand .
List of Canadian stations available in the United States; List of United States over-the-air television networks; List of TV markets and major sports teams; List of the Caribbean television channels; Lists of television stations in North America; List of radio stations in North America by media market; U.S. broadcast television template
As of 2023, there are a total of 88 such stations operating in the US and its territories. The station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. In most cases, this is their over-the-air broadcast frequency.
Defunct Irish cable companies (mostly gradually merged into what is now Virgin Media Ireland) Cablelink (rebranded as NTL) Casey Cablevision (acquired by Virgin in 2018) Chorus Communications (became UPC in 2007) CMI (Cable Management Ireland) (merged to form Chorus) Cork Multichannel/Cork Communications (became Chorus)
The Federal Communications Commission is the regulatory governing body for television in the United States. Broadcast television is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC awards and oversees the renewal of licenses to local stations, which stipulate stations' commitments to educational and public-interest programming ...
The pages below contain lists of television stations in the U.S. by call sign.. Historically, stations to the east of the Mississippi River were given call signs beginning with the letter W, stations to the west K.