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  Directory of TV stations and their suppliers

Television Factbook, a directory from Television Digest, first published in 1945 by Martin Codel's Radio News Bureau- Located in Washington, D.C. Albert Warren became senior editor in 1956, and in 1961 became the publisher.The corporate name was then changed to Television Digest, Inc. The Factbook was published until 2018, when it went to a digital delivery database format.

Factbook Pocket Directories
Many issues contain listings of all operating TV Stations
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1949  
Full
Volume
   
1951  
Full
Volume
   
1955  
#20
Spring
Full
Volume
   
1955  
#21
Fall
Full
 Volume
   
1956  
#22
Spring
Full
Volume
   
#23
Fall
Full
Volume
   
1957  
#24
Spring
Full
Volume
   
1957  
#25
Fall
Full
Volume
   
1958  
       
1959  
       
1960  
       
1961  
       
1962-63 Click cover image for full volume
Index
Int
roduction
Statistics
Networks
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Educational
Stations
Assignments
1966 Click cover image for full volume
Index
Int
roduction
Statistics
Networks
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to

Virgin Islands
All Other
Educational
Canada
Stations
Assignments

Equipment
1967  
Station
Volume 
Services
Volume
 
 
1968-69  
Full
Station
Volume
Services
Volume
   
1970-71  
Full
Volume
Services Volume  
1972-73  
Full
Volume
Services
Volume
   
1974  
Services
Volume 
   
1975  
       
1976  
Full
Volume
   
1977  
Full
Volume
Services Volume  
1978  
       
1979  
Index Full
Volume
Services
Volume
 
1980  
       
1981  
Index Full
Stations
Volume
   
1982  
       
1983  
       
1984  
Index
and
Introduction
Full
Volume
Stations
Alabama
to
Montana
Stations
Nebraska
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other
Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1985  
Index
and
Introduction
Full
Volume
Stations
Alabama
to
Montana
Stations
Nebraska
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1986  
Index
and
Introduction
Full
Volume
Stations
Alabama
to
Montana
Stations
Nebraska
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1987  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1988  
Index
and
Introduction
Full
Volume
Stations
Alabama
to
Montana
Stations
Nebraska
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1989  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1990  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1991  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1991
Buyers
Guide 
   
1992  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1993  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1994  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1995  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1995
Services
Volume
   
1996  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
1997  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
Virgin
Islands
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
2001
Index
&
Introduction

(Both Volumes)
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
USVI
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
2002
Index
&
Introduction

&
Pocket Guide
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
North Carolina
Ohio
to
US Territories 
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
2003  
       
2004  
       
2005  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
North Dakota
Ohio
to
US Territories 
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
2006  
Volume I
Alabama

 To
North
Dakota
Volume 2
Ohio to

USVI
&
LPTV
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
2007  
Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
USVI
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
 
Cable
Vol II
2008  
Index
&
Introduction

&
Pocket Guide
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
Ohio
Oklahoma
to
USVI
All
Other

Translators
LPTV
Assignments
2009  
  Index
&
Introduction
Alabama
to
Idaho 
Illinois
to
New Mexico
 
2010  
       
2011  
2011
Factbook
Full Edition
   
2012 Only Volume 1 Available
Index
&
Introduction
Guide
Alabama
to
Indiana
Iowa
to
New Mexico
 
2018 Only Volume 1 Available
  Cable      
   
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