US Television Signal 1930-1970

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) George Fenton, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Felix Koenig, Carnegie Mellon University

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Project Citation: 

Fenton, George, and Koenig, Felix. US Television Signal 1930-1970. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-07-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E175861V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The data provides information on the availability of television signal during the US Television rollout. Specifically, it includes data on the number of TV channels in US mainland MSAs between 1948 and 1960 and decadal Commuting Zone level data on TV access between 1930 and 1970. It also includes information on the signal of stations that were meant to launch but were held back by FCC rollout restrictions.



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