Just how many stations are there, anyway?

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The Commission has released its license totals as of the last day of 2007.All in all, there are 29,593 stations licensed to operate. That includes AM, FM, TV and low-powers, both commercial and educational.


BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007
The Commission has announced the following totals for broadcast stations licensed as of December 31, 2007:

AM STATIONS 4776
FM COMMERCIAL 6309
FM EDUCATIONAL 2892
TOTAL 13,977

UHF COMMERCIAL TV 796
VHF COMMERCIAL TV 583
UHF EDUCATIONAL TV 252
VHF EDUCATIONAL TV 128
TOTAL 1,759

CLASS A UHF STATIONS 463
CLASS A VHF STATIONS 93
TOTAL 556

FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS 5904
UHF TRANSLATORS 2619
VHF TRANSLATORS 1652
TOTAL 10,175

UHF LOW POWER TV 1776
VHF LOW POWER TV 519
TOTAL 2,295

LOW POWER FM 831

TOTAL BROADCAST STATIONS 29,593

Source: FCC