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Two hundred channels and nothing on – literally

In 1982, the Federal Communications Commission created a new broadcast television service designed to provide local and niche programming to rural Americans and urbanites whose special-interest needs were not being met by existing broadcasters. Since then low-power television service (LPTV) has grown to include 2,034 stations across the nation, and according to the FCC and […]

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