Here are the total number of licensed broadcast outlets as tallied by the FCC on 6/30/15.
The numbers tend to hold relatively steady, but we will of course be looking for significant decreases in the number of television stations once the incentive auction goes into high gear.
AM STATIONS: 4698
FM COMMERCIAL: 6666
FM EDUCATIONAL: 4091
TOTAL RADIO: 15,455
UHF COMMERCIAL TV: 1034
VHF COMMERCIAL TV: 357
UHF EDUCATIONAL TV: 288
VHF EDUCATIONAL TV: 106
TOTAL TV: 1,785
CLASS A UHF STATIONS: 395
CLASS A VHF STATIONS: 27
TOTAL CLASS A TV: 422
FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS: 6366
UHF TRANSLATORS: 2853
VHF TRANSLATORS: 858
TOTAL TRANSLATORS: 10,077
UHF LOW POWER TV: 1554
VHF LOW POWER TV: 366
TOTAL LPTV: 1,920
LOW POWER FM : 1149
TOTAL LPFM: 1149
TOTAL BROADCAST STATIONS: 30,808
