id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2150 Communications in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 2060 325 52 Find sources: "Communications in the United States" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent government agency responsible for regulating the radio, television and phone industries. Main article: Mobile phone industry in the United States Main article: Television in the United States Television broadcast stations: 7,533 (of which 1,778 are full-power TV stations; 417 are class-A TV stations; 3,789 are TV translators; and 1,966 are other low-power TV stations) (as of December 31, 2016, according to the Federal Communications Commission); in addition, there are about 12,000 cable TV systems. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is the country's main public broadcasting network, with over 300 non-profit affiliated stations across the United States. Cable television in the United States List of United States cable and satellite television networks ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2150.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2150.txt