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Index

Estimated U.S. TV Sets and Stations

 

End of Year

TV Sets

% of Homes w/TV

Stations

1946

44,000

.1

18

1947

222,000

.5

20

1948

1,197,000

2.6

27

1949

4,197,000

9.1

76

1950

11,660,000

25.3

107

1951

17,045,000

37.1

175

1952

24,336,000

52.9

225

From 1953 RETMA statistics