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ACRONYMS USED IN THE BROADCAST, CABLE, AUDIO, AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
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Compiled by John W. Reiser, Washington, DC
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Revised December 20, 1986
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ACRONYM MEANING
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AA Average Audience
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AAAA American Association of Advertising Agencies
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AAAA Associated Actors and Artists of America
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AAF American Advertising Federation
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AAPOR American Association for Public Opinion Research
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ABES Association for Broadcast Engineering Standards
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AC Adult Contempoary
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ACA Advertising Council of America
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ACBB American Counciil for Better Broadcasting
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ACC Automatic Chrominance (or Contrast) Control
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ACE American Cinema Editors
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ACSB Amplitude Compandored Sideband
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ACT Action for Children's Television
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ACTS All-Channel Television Society
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ACTS Association of Cable Television Suppliers
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ACTVA American Community TV Association
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ACU Antenna Coupling Unit
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ADC Analog-to-digital Converter
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ADI Area of Dominent Influence
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ADS Alpha Delta Sigma (Advertising Fraternity)
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AEA Actors Equity Association
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AER Alpha Epislon Rho - College Broadcast Fraternity
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AES Audio Engineering Society
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AF Audio Frequency
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AFC Automatic Frequency Control
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AFCCE Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers
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AFI American Film Institute
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AFM American Federation of Musicians
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AFN Armed Forces Network
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AFRTS Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
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AFT Automatic Fine Tuning
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AFTRA American Federation of Television & Radio Artists
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AFTRCC Aerospace Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council
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AGAC American Guild of Actors & Composers
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AGC Automatic Gain Control
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AGMA American Guild of Musical Artists
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AGVA American Guild of Variety Artists
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AHAAT Antenna Height Above Average Terrain
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AIAA Association of International Advertising Agencies
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AID Arbitron Information on Demand
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AIM Accuracy in Media
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AITS Association of Independent Television Stations
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ALC Automatic Level Control
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ALF American Legal Foundation
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ALJ Administrative Law Judge
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ALPTVA American Low Power TV Association
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AM Amplitude Modulation
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AMOL Automated Measurement of Lineup
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AMPAS Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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AMST Association of Maximum Service Telecasters
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AMVB Association of Music Video Broadcasters
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ANA Association of National Advertisers
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ANPA American Newspaper Publishers Association
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ANSI American National Standards Institute
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AOR Album Oriented Rock (program format)
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AOR All Over the Road (Undefined program format)
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APA Administrative Procedures Act
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APL Average Picture Level
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APR American Public Radio
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ARCH Automatic Remote Cassette Handler
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ARF Advertisers Research Foundation
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ARRS Association of Radio Reading Services
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ASC American Society of Cinematographers
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ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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ATFP Alliance of Television & Film Producers
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ATR Audio Tape Recorder
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ATS Applications Technology Satellite
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ATS Automatic Transmission System
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ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee
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ATU Antenna Tuning Unit
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AWG American Wire Gauge for electrical wiring
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AWRT American Women in Radio & Television
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BAPSA Broadcast Advertising Producers Society of America
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BAR Broadcast Advertisers Reports
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BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
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BEA Broadcast Education Association
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BEDA Broadcast Executive Directors Association
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BER Bit Error Rate
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BET Black Entertainment Television
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BFM Broadcast Financial Management Association
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BIAC Broadcast Interassociation Council
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BIB Board for International Broadcasting
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BICIAP Broadcasting Industry Council to Improve American Productivi
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BM Beautiful Music-Easy Listening Format
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BMI Broadcast Music Incorporated
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BNC Bayonett Connector (for small coaxial cable)
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BOC Bell Operating Company
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BPA Broadcast Promotion Association
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BPME Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executives
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BRC Broadcast Rating Council - See EMRC
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BSC British Society of Cinematographers
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BSS Broadcast Satellite Service
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BTA Best Time Available
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BTSC Broadcast Television Systems Committee
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C/CS County Coverage Service
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CAB Canadian Association of Broadcasters
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CAMS Cable Audience Measurement Study
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CARS Community Antenna Relay Service
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CATA Community Antenna Television Association
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CBA Community Broadcasters Association
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CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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CBO Congress of Broadcast Organizations
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CC Closed-Captioned
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CCAUS Component Analog Video Signal
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CCB FCC Common Carrier Bureau
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CCC Citizens Communication Center
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CCD Charge Coupled Device Camera
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CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee
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CCR Central Control Room
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CCSB Clear Channel Broadcasting Service
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CCTA Canadian Cable Television Association
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CCTV Closed Circuit Television
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CD Compact Disk (Audio Recordings)
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CD-ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory (in computer systems)
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CE Chief Engineer (Chief Station Operator)
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CEBA Communications Excellence to Black Americans
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CEG/EIA Consumer Electronics Group of Electronics Industries Asscn.
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CFR Can't Find the Road (Undefined Program Format)
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CFR Code of Federal Regulations
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CH Critical Hours
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CHR Contemporary Hit Radio (Format)
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CHUT Cable Households Using Television
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CIRT Mexican Association of Broadcasters
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CLI Cumulative Leakage Index
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CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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CONTAM Committee on Nationwide Television Audience Measurement
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CP Circular Polizariation
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CP Construction Permit
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CPB Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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CPCS Common Program Control Station for EBS
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CPD Committee for Prudent Deregulation
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CRT Cathode Ray Tube (Video Monitor)
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CRT Copyright Royalty Tribunal
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CRTC Canadian Radio Television & Telecommunications Commission
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CS Close Shot in Video or Film Production
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CTAM Cable Television Administration & Marketing Society
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CTCM Chrominance Time-Compression Luminance Multiplex
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CTS Communications Technology Satellite
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CTY Country Music Program Format
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CU Close up shot in video or film production
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CUB Council for UHF Broadcasters
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CUME Cumulative Audience
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CUT Coordinated Universal Time
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CV Composite Video
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CVCC Canadian Videotext Consultative Committee
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CVSD Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation
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CWA Communications Workers of America
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DA Directional Antenna
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DA Distribution Amplifier
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DAC Digital-to-Audio Converter
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DAF Demographic Adjustment Factor
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DAMA Demand Assigned Multiple Access
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DASH Digital Audio Stationary Head Tape Recorder
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DATS Digital Audio Transmission Service
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DATV Digitally Assisted Television
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DB Delayed Broadcast
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DBA Daytime Broadcasters Association (disbanded)
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DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite
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DBSA Direct Broadcast Satellite Association
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DCPM Differential Pulse Code Modulation
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DE Director of Engineering
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DGA Directors Guild of America
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DIP Dual Inline Package integrated circuit assembly
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DJ Disk Jockey (announcer for programs of recorded music)
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DMA Designated Market Area
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DMM Digital Multimeter (used for servicing electronic equipment)
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DMM Direct Metel Master (for LP record manufacturing)
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DNA Data Not Available
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DOC Department of Commerce (USA)
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DOC Department of Communications (Canadian)
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DRAW Direct Read After Write (Optical Data Disk)
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DSK Downstream Keyer
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DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (telephone tone calling system)
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DTTR Digital Television Tape Recorder
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DVE Digital Video Effects
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DW Deutsche Welle (German International Broadcast Service)
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DX Long Distance Communications
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EAN Emergency Action Notification
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EBR Electron Beam Recording
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EBS Emergency Broadcast System
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EBU European Broadcasting Union
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ECU Extreme close up shot in video or film production
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EEPA Electromagnetic Energy Policy Alliance
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EFP Electronic Field Production
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EIA Electronic Industries Association
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EIAJ Electronic Industries Association of Japan
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EIRP Equivilent Isotropic Radiated Power
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EJ Electronic Journalism (now ENG)
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EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
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EMRC Electronic Media Rating Council
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ENG Electronic News Gathering
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ENP Electronic News Processing
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EPA Environmental Protection Agency
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EPM Equipment Performance Measurements
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EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
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ERP Effective Radiated Power
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ET Electrical Transcription
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ETV Educational Television
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FAA Federal Aviation Administration
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FCBA Federal Communications Bar Association
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FCC Federal Communications Commission
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FDM Frequency Division Multiplex
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FEC Federal Election Commission
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FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FET Field Effect Transistor
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FIM Fairness in Media (Organization)
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FIT Foundation to Improve Television
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FM Frequency Modulation
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FMX FM Extended Range Transmission System
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FNG Film News Gathering
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FOB FCC Field Operations Bureau
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FOIA Freedom of Information Act
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FSK Frequency Shift Keying
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FSS Fixed Satellite Service
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FTC Federal Trade Commission
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FWH Fast Weekly Household Audiences Report
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GAO General Accounting Office
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GMT Greenwich Mean Time (Obsolete see UTC)
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GOE Group of Experts (International Radio Conferences)
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GPO Government Printing Office
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GRP Gross Rating Points
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HAAT Height Above Average Terrain
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HASL Height above Mean Sea Level
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HBI Horizontal Blanking Interval
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HDTV High Definition Television
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HF High Frequency (shortwave broadcasting)
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HFR Hold for Release
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HID High Intensity Discharger for lighting lamps
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HPA High Power Amplifier (used in SNG terminals)
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HSD Home Satellite Dish
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HTR Household Tracking Report
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HUT Household Using Television
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IAAB Inter-American Association of Broadcasters
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IATSE International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
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IBA Independent Broadcasting Authority
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IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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IBS Intercollegiate Broadcasting System
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ICPM Incidental Carrier Phase Modulation
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ICR Inter-City Relay Station
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ICTV Independent Community Television Alliance
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ID Station identification
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IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IFB Interuptable fold-back for SNG circuits
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IFRB International Frequency Registration Board
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IHF Institute of High Fidelity (merged into EIA)
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IM Intermodulation
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IMD Intermodulation Distortion
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INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
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INTV Association of Independent Television Stations
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IPA Intermediate Power Amplifier
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IPS Inches per Second (linear recording tape speed)
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IRAC Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee
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IRE Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE)
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IRTS International Radio and Television Society
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IRTV International Radio & Television Foundation
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ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
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ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
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ISL Inter-satellite Link
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ITFS Instructional Television Fixed Service
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ITNA Independent Television News Association
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ITS Institute of Telecommunication Sciences (div. of NTIA)
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ITS International Transcription Service (FCC Copy Service)
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ITU International Telecommunication Union
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IX Interference
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JCIC Joint Council on Intersocietal Coordination
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JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor
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LAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol Standard (Vidtex)
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LCU Line Coupling Unit in transmission systems
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LED Light Emitting Diode
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LFCC Local Frequency Coordinating Committee
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LIDIA Local ID Insertion Automatically
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LMRS Land Mobile Radio Service
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LNA Low Noise Amplifier
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LOP Least Objectionable Program
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LP Long Play Phonograph Recording (33-1/3 rpm microgroove)
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LPAS Low Power Auxiliary Service for Broadcast Stations
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LPTV Low Power Television
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LS Local Sunset
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LS Long shot in video or film production
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LSI Large Scale Integrated Circuit
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LTU Line Tuning Unit in transmission systems
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MAC Multiplex Analog Component TV Transmission
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MAP Media Access Project
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MCR Master Control Room
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MCS Multi-channel Sound for TV
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MCTV Multichannel TV
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MCU Medium Close Up Shot in Video or Film Production
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MDS Multipoint Distribution Service
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MEOV Maximum Expected Operating Value
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MERPS Multiple Event Record & Playback System
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MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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MIRF Master International Frequency Register (of ITU)
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MLS Medium Long Shot in Video or Film Production
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MM Metered Market Service
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MMB FCC Mass Media Bureau
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MMDS Multichannel-Multipoint Distribution Service
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MNA Multi-Network Area
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MO&O Memorandum Opinion and Order
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MOL Maximum Operating Level
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MOP Minute of Program
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MOR Middle of the Road Program Format
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MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
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MOT Main (Satellite) Operating Terminal
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MP Modified Permit
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MP Monitoring Point (for AM directional antenna systems)
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MPA Multiple Product Advertisement
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MPAA Motion Picture Association of America
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MSA Metro Survey Area
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MSI Market Statistics Inc.
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MSO Multiple System OPerator (CATV)
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MSS Mobile Satellite Service
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MST Association of Maximum Service Telecasters
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MTBF Mean Time Between Failure(s)
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MTBR Mean Time Between Repair(s)
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MTS Multichannel Television Sound
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MTV Music Television
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MUF Maximum Usable Frequency (in HF broadcasting)
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MUSE Multiple Sub-Nyquist Sampling Encoding (for TV)
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MUX Multiplex communications transmissions
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MX Mutually Exclusive Condition
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N/T News-Talk Program Format
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NAB National Association of Broadcasters
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NABA North American Broadcast Association
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NABB National Association of Better Broadcasting
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NABET National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
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NABOB National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters
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NABTS North American Broadcast Teletext Standard
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NAC National Audience Composition
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NACT National Association of Community TV Broadcasters
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NAD National Audience Demographics
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NAEB National Association of Educational Broadcasters (disbanded
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NAITPD National Association of Independent TV Producers & Distribut
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NAL Notice of Apparent Liability
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NAPTE National Association of Television Program Executives
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NAPTS National Association of Public Television Stations
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NARAS National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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NARBA North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement
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NARTE National Association of Radio & Television Engineers
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NARUC National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASB National Association of Spanish Broadcasters
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NATAS National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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NATO National Association of Theater Owners
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NBI Nielsen Broadcast Index
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NBMC National Black Media Coalition
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NBN National Black Network
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NCCB National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting
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NCFM Noncommercial FM
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NCPAC National Conservative Political Action Committee
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NCTA National Cable Television Association
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NCTV National Coalition on Television Violence
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NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
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NEMO Not Emanating from Main Office (A Remote Broadcast)
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NHI Nielson Home Video Index
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NHK Japanese National Broadcast System
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NIAC National Industry Advisory Committee (EBS)
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NILPTV National Institute for Lower Power TV
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NNA National Newspaper Association
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NOI Notice of Inquiry
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NPACT National Public Affairs Center for Television
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NPBS Nielson Post-Buy Service
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NPR National Public Radio
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NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making
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NRB National Religious Broadcasters
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NRBA National Radio Broadcasters Association (merged with NAB)
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NSA National Security Agency
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NSEP National Security & Emergency Procedures
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NSI Nielsen Station Index
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NTA National Translator Association
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NTI Nielson Television Index
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NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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NTIS National Technical Information Service (Dept. of Commerce)
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NTSC National Television System Committee
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O&O Owned and Operated
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OCPA FCC Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
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OET FCC Office of Engineering & Technology (formerly OST)
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OFS Operational Fixed Service
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OIRT International Radio and Television Organization
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OMB Office of Management and Budget
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OMD FCC Office of Managing Director
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OPP FCC Office of Plans and Policy
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OROM Optical Read Only Memory (for data storage)
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ORTF French National Broadcasting Organization
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OS Off Screen
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OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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OST FCC Office of Science & Technology (renamed OET)
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OSTP Office of Science & Telecommunications Policy
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OTO One Time Only
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OTP Office of Telecommunications Polity (now NTIA)
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PA Power Amplifier
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PA Public Address System
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PA Public Affairs
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PAC Political Action Committee
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PACCT Political Action Committee for Cable Television
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PACT Private Access Communications Terminals (Satellite Service)
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PAL European Color Television System
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PBS Public Broadcasting Service
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PBX Private Branch (Telephone) Exchange
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PC Personal Computer
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PCB Polyychlorinated Biphenyl (fluid used in electrical equip.)
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PCM Pulse Code Modulation
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PD Program Director - Production Director
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PD Public Domain Material
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PDM Pulse Duration Modulation
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PDT Published Data Tapes
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PE Professional Engineer Registered or Licensed
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PGA Producers Guild of America
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PI Per Inquiry
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PLL Phase Lock(ed) Loop
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PLP Presentation Level Protocol
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PLT Private Line Telecommunications Circuit
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PM Permanent Magnet
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PMRC Parents Music Resource Center
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POE Panel of Experts
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POM Professional Owners & Managers
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POV Point of View Shot in Video or Film Production
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PPI Peak Program (level) Indicator
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PPM Peak Program Meter
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PPV Pay per View
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PRB FCC Private Radio Bureau
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PRS Program Rating Summary Report
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PSA Presunrise Service Authorization
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PSA Public Service Announcement
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PSK Phase Shift Keying
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PSRA PreSunrise Authority
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PSSA Post Sunset Authority
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PSSC Public Service Satellite Consortium
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PTAR Prime Time Access Rule
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PTT Postal Telephone & Telegraph Administration
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PTT Push to Talk (microphone)
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PTV Public Television
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PVC Polyvinyl Chloride (common plastic)
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QM Quadrature Modulation
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QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
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R&F Reach & Frequency
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R&O FCC Report & Order in Rulemaking Proceeding
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RAB Radio Advertising Bureau
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RADAR Radio All Dimension Audio Research
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RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
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RADET Rapid Deployment Earth Terminal for SNG
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RAM Random Access Memory (in computer systems)
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RARC Regional Administrative Radio Conference
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RASO Radio Allocations Study Organization
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RCA Radio Club of America
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RCC Radio Common Carrier
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RCI Radio Canada International
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RCL Remote Control Location
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RDD Random Digital Dialing (for audience surveys)
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RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act
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RFE Radio Free Europe
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RFI Radio Frequency Interference
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RFR Radio Frequency Radiation
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RGB Red-Green-Blue Color Monitor Signal
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RIAA Recording Industry Association of America
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RIAS Radio in American Sector (Berlin)
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RL Radio Liberty
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RMS Root Mean Square
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RN Radio Nederland (Dutch International Broadcast Service)
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RNA Radio Network Association
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RO Receive-Only Earth Terminal
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ROM Read Only Memory (in computer systems)
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ROS Run of Schedule
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ROSP Report on Syndicated Programs
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RP Rear Projection
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RP Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit
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RPU Remote Pickup Unit
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RSS Root Sum Square
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RTCA Radio-Television Correspondents Association
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RTES Radio & Television Executives Society
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RTNDA Radio & Television News Directors Association
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RTRC Radio & Television Research Council
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S/I Signal to Interference Ratio
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S/N Signal to Noise Ratio
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SAC Sales Advisory Committee of TBA
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SAG Screen Actors Guild
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SAP Second Audio Program on TV subcarrier
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SAR Specific Absorption Rate of Radio Frequency Radiation
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SAW Surface Acoustic Wave (type of electronic filter)
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SAWA Screen Advertising World Association
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SBA Small Business Administration
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SBC Standard Broadcast Calendar
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SBE Society of Broadcast Engineers
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SBS Sound Broadcast Satellite
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SCA Subsidiary Communications Authority
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SCG Screen Cartoonists Guild
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SCPC Single Channel per Carrier
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SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers
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SDX Sigma Delta Chi (Journalism Society)
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SE Sound Effects
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SECAM French and Russian Color Television System
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SECC State Emergency Communications Committee (for EBS)
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SEG Screen Extras Guild
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SESAC Society of European Songwriters Artists and Composers
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SFX Sound Effects
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SH Specified Hours (Licensed hours of operation)
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SIA Storage Instantaneous Audimeter
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SID Source Identification Signal (in TV VBI)
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SIU Sets in Use
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SMA Special Market Area
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SMATV Subscription Master Antenna Television
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SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
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SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
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SNG Satellite News Gathering
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SOF Sound on Film
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SOT Sound on Tape
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SPACE Society for Private & Commercial Earth Stations
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SPARS Society of Professional Audio Recording Studios
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SPL Sound Pressure Level
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SRA Station Representative Association Inc.
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STA Special Temporary Authority
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STC Satellite Television Corp.
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STL Studio Transmitter Link
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STV Subscription Television
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STVA Subscription Television Association
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SVI Standard Volume Indicator (VU Meter)
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SVRC Satellite Viewing Rights Coalition
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SWARC Satellite World Radio Conference
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T&A Tits and Ass
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T/R Transmit - Receive Earth Terminal
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TARPAC Television & Radio Political Action Committee
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TARPEC Television and Radio Political Education Committee
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TASO Television Allocations Study Organization
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TBA To Be Announced
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TBC Time Base Corrector
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TBD To be Determined
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TBR To be Recorded
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TD Technical Director
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TDMA Time Division Multiple Access (Satellite system)
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TF Till Forbid (open ended advertising schedule)
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TFN Till Further Notice (scheduled for broadcast)
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THD Total Harmonic Distortion
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TI Terrestrial Interference to space communications
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TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion
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TIO Television Information Office
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TMC Time Multiplex Component Video
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TMP Test Market Profile
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TNC Threaded Connector (for small coaxial cable)
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TOC Television Operator Council
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TPO Transmitter Power Output
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TRF Tuned Radio Frequency (type of receiver)
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TRL Telemetry Return Link
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TSA Total Survey Area
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TSL Transmitter to Studio Link
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TVB Television Bureau of Advertising
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TVI Television reception interference
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TVRO TV Receive-only Satellite Earth Terminal
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TWTA Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier
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UC Urban Contemporary (Program format)
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UHF Ultra High Frequency
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UL Underwriters Laboratory
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USIA United States Information Agency
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UT Universal Coordinated Time (formerly GMT)
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VAC Voltage - Alternating Current
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VAR Video to Audio Carrier Ratio
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VBI Vertical Blanking Interval
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VBIC Vertical Blanking Interval Code
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VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
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VCR Video Cassette Recorder
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VDP Video Disk Player
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VHF Very High Frequency
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VHS Video Home System (a video cassettee recording format)
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VIMCAS Vertical Interval Multi-channel Audio System
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VIRS Vertical Interval Reference Signal
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VITC Vertical Interval Time Code
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VITS Vertical Interval Television Signal
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VOA Voice of America
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VOM Volt Ohm Meter (used in electronic service work)
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VPS Viewers per Set
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VPVH Viewer per Viewing Household
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VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
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VTR Video Tape Recorder
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VTVM Vacuum Tume Volt Meter (used in electronic service work)
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VU Volume Unit (measurement of program level)
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WARC World Administrative Radio Conference
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WATCH Washington Association of Television & Children
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WATS Wide Area Telephone Service
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WGA Writers Guild of America
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WHCA White House Communications Agency
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WIC Women in Cable
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WPFC World Press Freedom Committee
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WST World System Teletext
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WW Working Women
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ZI Zoom In
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ZO Zoom Out
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