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* Shortwave radio is mostly unused for broadcasting in the United States. What stations do exist are religious (often run by a new "prophet") or operated by fringe groups. You can find official time signal broadcasts there too, among other signals; really cool alarm and digital clocks can set themselves to these signals. The US government does operate news stations like Voice of America to reach an audience overseas, along with the occasional bit of propaganda aimed at Cuba, communist China or (historically) the former Soviet bloc.
Satellite broadcasting operates on higher frequencies; there are also frequencies outside the main terrestrial broadcast bands for certain special-purpose or utility stations, such as weather or marine
== Standards and Regulation ==
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