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Some hams simply enjoy chatting across town, while others contact as many different or exotic countries as possible. Hams also compete in on-the-air contests. Field Day, one of the most popular contests, is an exercise in emergency preparedness. During this contest, amateurs set up outdoor stations powered by batteries or gasoline generators, and contact as many stations as possible within a specified time.

Licensing of Broadcast Stations. There are more than 7,000 licensed broadcast stations in the United States, including approximately 4,000 AM, 2,400 FM, and 850 TV stations. Among these are 25 educational AM stations, 395 educational FM stations, and 184 educational TV stations.

Album stations program their music selections similarly to popular stations, except that all music heard on album stations comes from albums instead of single records. Classical music stations program semiclassical and classical music and occasionally play show tunes. Announcers on classical stations must be fully acquainted with the music, the artists, and the composers as well as the pronunciation of musical titles, which are often in foreign languages.