List of North American broadcast station classes Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Low-power TV (US) === {{Confusing section|date=April 2011}} [[LPTV]] (secondary) (suffix: -LP, or a sequential-numbered callsign in format W##XX with no suffix for analog or with -D suffix for digital, or -LD for low-power digital stations): * VHF: 3 kW analog video; 3 kW digital * UHF: 150 kW analog video; 15 kW digital * Experimental * Unlicensed: not allowed except for [[medical]] [[telemetry]], and certain [[wireless microphone]]s The LPTV (low-power television) service was created in 1982 by the FCC to allocate channels for smaller, local stations, and community channels, such as [[Public-access television|public access]] stations. LPTV stations that meet additional requirements such as children's "[[E/I]]" core programming and [[Emergency Alert System]] broadcasting capabilities can qualify for a [[Class A television service|Class A (-CA)]] license.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/lptv.html|title=Low Power Television (LPTV) Service|date=17 May 2011|website=fcc.gov}}</ref> [[Broadcast translator]]s, [[Broadcast translator#Boosters and distributed transmission|boosters]], and other [[LPTV|LPTV stations]] are considered secondary to full-power stations, unless they have upgraded to class A. Class A is still considered LPTV with respect to stations in Canada and Mexico. ==== Class A television (US) ==== {{main|Class A television service}} {{Confusing section|date=April 2011}} '''Class-A''' stations (US) (suffix: -CA or -CD for digital class A): * VHF: 3 kW analog video; 3 kW digital * UHF: 150 kW analog video; 15 kW digital The class-A television class is a variant of LPTV created in 2000 by the FCC to allocate and protect some low-power affiliates. Class-A stations are still low-power, but are protected from [[RF interference]] and from having to change channel should a full-service station request that channel.<ref>http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/2001/fcc01123.txt {{Bare URL plain text|date=March 2022}}</ref> Additionally, class-A stations, LPTV stations, and translators are the only stations currently authorized to broadcast both analog and digital signals, unlike full-power stations which must broadcast a digital signal only. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page