1 Excludes data for 3 stations because of inconsistencies in their reports. 4 Excludes data for 1 station because of an inconsistency in its report. Excludes data for 4 stations because of inconsistencies in their reports. TABLE 20.-Distribution of stations by total amounts received for political broadcasts Table 21.—Distribution of stations by total amount of time of sustaining Number of commercial stations in operation__. Number of stations filing usable reports (excludes stations which failed to file reports, filed reports received too late to tabulate, or filed nonusable reports) 296 256 Number of stations reporting no political broadcast activity. 90 166 TABLE 22.-Program time and announcements paid for by candidates or TABLE 23.-Program time free of charge to candidates or supporters 1. On programs primarily devoted to appearances of candidates or their supporters: a. Total amount of program time paid for by commercial sponsors (in minutes). b. Total amount of time of sustaining programs (in minutes). c. Number of programs on which opposing candidates appeared together.. 2. On programs not primarily devoted to appearances of candidates or their supporters: a. Number of appearances by candidates or supporters on programs paid for by commercial sponsors... b. Number of appearances by candidates or supporters on sustaining programs. NOTE.-Excludes data for 2 stations because of inconsistencies in their reports. TABLE 24.-Number of political broadcasts by time of day broadcast NOTE.-Excludes data for 6 stations because of inconsistencies in their reports. |