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Number of U.S. homes with cable and satellite that receive MTV: 83,400,000 1

Number of U.S. homes that receive C-SPAN: 85,000,000 2

MSNBC's rank among U.S. cable television networks, based on distribution: 34 3

C-SPAN's rank, based on distribution: 8 4

Average weekly audience for West Wing, 2000-2001 season: 17,012,000 5

Estimated number of people watching C-SPAN each week: 28,500,000 6

Percentage of Americans who voted in 2000 election: 51% 7

Percentage of C-SPAN viewers who voted in 2000: 90% 8

2001 salary budget for New York Yankees: $109,791,893 9

2001 operating budget for C-SPAN networks: $36,200,000 10

Number of people who work for Library of Congress: 4,083 11

Number of people who work for C-SPAN: 282 12

Miles traveled by 2 C-SPAN "School Buses" while visiting U.S. schools: 422,857 13

Circumference of Earth, in miles: 24,901 14

Hours of original programming produced annually by 11 Discovery networks: 2,100 15

Hours of original programming produced in 2001 by 3 C-SPAN networks: 7,222 16

U.S. House debates, as percentage of C-SPAN programming in 2001: 13% 17

Hours of secret Nixon White House tapes housed at National Archives: 3,700 18

Hours of programming stored in C-SPAN's archive: 167,267 19

Number of cameras that late-night comedians say C-SPAN owns: 1 20

Number of cameras C-SPAN actually owns: 78 21

Number of books featured on Oprah's Book Club since its September 17, 1996 debut: 46 22

Number of books featured on C-SPAN's Booknotes since September 17, 1996: 271 23

Number of cases argued before the U.S. Supreme Court during 2000-2001 term: 86 24

Number of times C-SPAN was permitted to televise those cases: 0 25

Number of viewer phone calls aired by C-SPAN last year: 25,000 26

Number of pastries served annually to guests fielding those phone calls: 2,920 27

Percentage of cable customers with access to C-SPAN: 97% 28

License fees paid by cable companies to support C-SPAN since 1979: $384,111,000 29

Federal taxpayer dollars ever received by C-SPAN: $0 30

Numbers Current as of January 2002

SOURCES:

1 Kagan World Media, December 2001

2 Kagan World Media, December 2001

3 Kagan World Media, November 2001

4 Kagan World Media, December 2001

5 Nielsen Media Research, May 2001

6 SRI National Audience Survey, Fall 2000

7 Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, November 2000

8 SRI National Audience Survey, Fall 2000

9 ESPN.com

10 C-SPAN

11 Library of Congress Public Information Officer

12 C-SPAN

13 C-SPAN

14 NASA

15 Discovery.com

16 C-SPAN Archives

17 C-SPAN Archives

18 National Archives, Nixon Project

19 C-SPAN Archives

20 Saturday Night Live, et al.

21 C-SPAN

22 Oprah.com

23 C-SPAN

24 Supreme Court Public Information Officer

25 C-SPAN

26 C-SPAN

27 C-SPAN

28 C-SPAN

29 C-SPAN

30 C-SPAN


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