1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities - U.S. Summary
Communications. Establishments furnish point-to-point communications service & radio & television broadcasting & paging.

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SIC Description_______________________ Estab
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ments		 Revenue
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ment		 Payroll
Annual
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First Qtr
($1,000)
48 Communications. Establishments furnish point-to-point communications service & radio & television broadcasting & pagi 39,244 230,667,16 1,294,236 47,057,941 12,335,145
481,2,9 Communications exc broadcasting & cable. Includes telephone & telegraph & other message communications. 26,227 174,926,12 943,518 36,522,874 9,745,487
481 Telephone. Tel voice and data communication except radiotelephone & telephone answering services. Incl leasing tel li 24,730 171,580,09 928,245 35,900,576 9,589,748
4812 Radiotelephone. Two-way communications service such as cellular tel; incl beeper, paging services, & leasing tel line 3,063 12,269,735 61,077 2,091,368 522,617
4813 Telephone. Voice & data communications except radiotelephone & telephone answering service. Incl leasing of tel lines 21,667 159,310,36 867,168 33,809,208 9,067,131
482 Telegraph communications. Estab furnish telegraph & other nonvocal message communication services such as cablegram, 489 988,142 5,536 217,800 55,824
489 Communication services, n.e.c. Includes satellite tracking stations radar station opr, and microwave relay stations. 1,008 2,357,888 9,737 404,498 99,915
483,4 Broadcasting & cable services. Includes radio & TV broadcasting & cable & oth pay TV svce: CCTV, CATV, DBS, MDS, SM 13,017 55,741,042 350,718 10,535,067 2,589,658
483 Radio & TV broadcasting. Incl public radio, network radio, and radio broadcasting stations. 8,549 28,228,942 221,755 6,976,376 1,698,018
4832 Radio broadcasting. Stations engaged in radio broadcasting of voice & music to the public; & in sale of time & prgm m 6,956 6,865,419 112,385 2,547,700 612,212
4833 Television broadcasting. Includes educational, commercial, religious stations & estabs that produce taped TV program 1,593 21,363,523 109,370 4,428,676 1,085,806
484 Cable & other pay TV. Estabs televise programs on subscription for a fee. Incl estab that produce taped program mater 4,468 27,512,100 128,963 3,558,691 891,640

Source: 1992 Economic Census: Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities
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