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- Public Televison Stations: 1974 - 1988Item 1974 1976 1980 1984 1986 1988
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- Stations broadcasting(1) 238 253 281 303 305 (NA)
- Number of broadcasters 151 152 160 169 178 169
- Average annual hours
- per broadcaster 3,872 4,542 5,128 5,542 5,650 6,135
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- Broadcast Hours,
- Percent Distribution
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- Program content(1)
- General(1) 61.5 66.5 71.3 73.2 74.5 72.9
- News & public affairs 12.6 11.9 12.2 14.1 16.4 16.3
- Information & skills 15.9 19.9 22.8 25.5 29.5 21.7
- Cultural 17.9 20.9 21.9 20.1 20.5 17.9
- General children's
- & youths' 10.7 10.0 8.9 7.9 6.5 5.8
- Instructional 17.1 16.6 14.7 13.0 14.5 15.5
- The Electric Co.,
- Villa Alegre(2) (NA) 1.8 1.5 1.0 .4 (NA)
- Other children's
- & youths' 15.2 13.4 12.2 11.4 14.1 (NA)
- Adult educational 1.9 1.4 1.0 .6 1.0 (NA)
- Sesame Street & The
- Electric Co.(2) 21.2 17.8 15.5 14.8 11.4 11.7
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- Producer(1)
- Local 11.4 10.1 7.0 5.7 5.2 5.2
- Major public television
- production center, &
- other 45.4 48.2 46.2 44.4 37.6 27.1
- Consortium 2.5 1.7 2.7 3.3 3.1 9.8
- Children's Television
- Workshop 22.0 18.8 17.1 16.4 18.9 16.1
- Independent producer 5.9 6.1 7.9 9.2 10.2 23.8
- Commercial producer 1.9 2.8 3.2 2.8 (NA) 2.2
- Foreign producer,
- international
- coproduction 5.8 7.6 12.5 13.2 15.1 14.0
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- Distributor(1)
- Local distribution only 11.3 10.0 6.8 5.6 4.9 6.4
- Public Broadcasting
- Service 62.1 69.3 69.6 65.3 63.9 62.0
- Regional public
- television network 9.6 6.2 7.6 13.0 14.0 17.8
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- NA=Not available.
- 1. Includes other items not shown separately.
- 2. Broadcasts of The Electric Company during school hours when
- school is in session are counted, except in 1974, in two
- categories: "Instructional" and "Sesame Street & The Electric
- Company".
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- Source:Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC.
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