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Index to SectionsTelevision & 621.388'book No. 70T236a2002v.1TV STATIONS VOLUMECABLE SYSTEMS VOLUMESection ASection 0A-1638Applications Pending for U.S. Analog Television StationsA-7Call Letters (U S )Construction Permits for U.S. Analog Television Stations.A-1624Digital Construction Permits and Applications Pendingfor U.S. Television StationsA-1639Ownership of U.S. Commercial Television StationsA-1701Television Market Rankings (Nielsen)Television Stations, CommercialTelevision Stations, Public/EducationalCable SystemsD-11Cable System Consolidations & DeletionsD-1519Cable OwnershipD-1525Section EInstructional Television Fixed ServiceE-48A-18MDS (Multipoint Distribution Service)E-1A-1545MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service)E-11Section FB-1Brokerage & Financing ServicesF-79F-87Low Power OwnershipB-117Management & Technical Consulting ServicesTelevision TranslatorsB-155Pay TV & Satellite ServicesTranslators Owned & Operated by Television StationsB-279Program Sources & ServicesF-1F-49Section GSection CChannel Allocations-UHF & VHFD-1A-1Section BLow Power Television StationsCall Letters (US)C-1AbbreviationsG-11Foreign Language ProgrammingC-36Cable Penetration State by StateG-3Market AffiliationsC-32Channel Capacity of Cable SystemsG-2Nielsen Geographic Regions SummaryC-39Estimated Growth of the Cable IndustryG-1Parent/Satellite StationsC-2Glossary of Cable TermsTelevision Stations on AirC-1Largest U.S. Cable SystemsG-4G-17TV Households by States and CountiesC-40Nielsen Cable TV Household EstimatesG-9Unused Channel AllocationsC-28U.S. Cable Systems by Subscriber SizeG-2

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