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Networks in the Database Online:

#                       Station is scrambled. (pay-TV)
(off)			Station is off the air.
3Abn			Three Angels Broadcasting Network (religious)
A&E			Arts & Entertainment (cable)
A-Channel		Canadian independent networks
A1			America One
ABC
ACCESS			Alberta educational network
ACN			American Collectibles Network
ACTS			American Christian Television System
ads			all-commercials (short-form, not infomercials)
AECC			same as ACCESS
AFTV 			Armed Forces TV
AIN			American Independent Network
ALLARCOM PAY		same as SuperChannel (Canada)
AMC			American Movie Classics (cable)
America's Store		home-shopping
ANC			All News Channel
ANIK D			unknown Canadian source
ARCS			Alaska rural TV
ARTS			cable channel
Asian			Asian ethnic programming
ASN			Atlantic Satellite Network (Canadian Maritimes)
Av			America's Voice
Azteca 13, Azteca 7	Mexican general networks
Azteca IND		Mexican independent stations, owned by 
			TV Azteca network
Azteca USA		U.S. Spanish-language network
BBS VTV			Vancouver independent station
Beach TV		
BLO			Bloomberg TV (financial news)
Bltn board
Box			The Box (pay-per-view music videos)
Boxing?
CABLE NEWS		same as CNN
CANC, CANCOM		unknown Canadian source
Catholic		Catholic religious programming
CB			Test pattern?
CBC			Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (English)
CBC NEWS, CBC NEWSWORL	CBC Newsworld, Canadian all-news channel
CBC North		CBC English & native-language channel for far north
CBC PARLIAME		Canadian Parliament
CBS
Church Channel		(by TBN)
CIN			(Spanish religion?)			
CMT			Country Music Television (cable)
CNI news
CNN			Cable News Network
COMMUNITY
COR			Cornerstone (religious)
CSPAN			U.S. Congress
CTN			Christian Television Network
CTV			Canadian general network
Cultural
CW			(replacement for WB)
Data			Station broadcasts data (usually for Internet access
			rather than video.
Daystar			religious network
DISC			Discovery Channel (cable)
DISN			Disney Channel (cable)
Dream TV		independent channel for African-Americans
DW			Deutsche Welle (German all-news channel, in English)
EDU			educational
Enlace TBN		Spanish-language religious channel
ESPN			Entertainment & Sports Programming Network (cable)
ETH			Ethnic - programs in minority languages
EWTN			Eternal Word Television Network (Catholic)
Fam			Family Channel
FamilyNet		FamilyNet
FC, FIRST CHOICE	Canadian cable movie channel
Fox
FoxK			Fox Kid's
FTN			Bilingual (mostly Spanish) religious channel
GEMS S:			Spanish cable channel
GLO			Global, Canadian independent network
Gob Est			Mexican state government stations
			(not always non-commercial)
GTN			same as GLO
H OF C			(Canadian) House of Commons
HBO#			Home Box Office (cable)
HSC			Home Shopping Club
hse			Home Shopping en Espanol
hsh			generic home-shopping channels
HSN			Home Shopping Network
HSS			Home Shopping Spree (obsolete?)
HTVN			Hispanic TV Network
i			Independent TV (formerly known as Pax)
I:			Italian-language programs
IND			Independent (no network)
infomercials
INSP			Inspirational TV (religious)
IPN			Mexican educational network
JCTV			Christian music videos (by TBN)
KEY			Keystone, religious channel?
KNOW			British Columbia educational channel
Korean
KTV			Kaleidoscope TV (for physically-challenged?)
LIF			Lifetime (cable)
LWS			Local Weather Station
Mas Musica		Spanish-language music videos
MITV			Maritimes Independent TV (now part of Global)
MM			Much Music (mostly Canadian music-video channel)
MSTV			Main St. TV
MWSC#			Midwest Sportschannel (cable)
MyNet			(replacement for UPN)
N1			Network One
NASA			NASA channel (U.S. space flight)
NASHVILLE		The Nashville (National) Network
NBC
NICK			Nickelodeon (cable)
NOS			Nostalgia Channel
OLA			Ontario Legislature Channel
OUTDOOR CHANNEL
Pat Pro-TV		Mexican translators, primary unknown
Pax			(now known as 'i')
PBS
PCTN			Pioneer Country Television Network (Penna.)
PIN			Product Information Network (Infomercials)
Praise Net
PRIME SPORTS
PSN			Panda Shopping Network
Psychics/REL
PTCB			Prime Time Christian Broadcasting (Texas)
QS, QSN			Quatre Saisons (Quebec)
R-QF			same as SRC
RAI			Italian government channel
RCN (S:news)		Spanish news from Colombia
REL			generic religious stations
S:			generic Spanish-language programming
SAH			Shop-At-Home (to close June/July 2006)
SHO#			Showtime (cable)
Smile			Smile of a Child (TBN pre-teen channel)
SRC			Radio-Canada ("French CBC")
SUPERCHANNEL		Canadian premium channel
SUR			South American ethnic channel (in Spanish)
TBN			Trinity Broadcasting Network (religious)
TBS			Turner Broadcasting System (cable)
TCM			Turner Classic Movies
Telemax (S:)
Telenoticias		Spanish-language all-news channel
Teleritmo videos
TFO			Ontario educational, in French
TLC			The Learning Channel (cable)
TLN 			religious channel
TMC			The Movie Channel
Tmd			Telemundo (Spanish)
TNN			The Nashville (National) Network
TNT			Turner Network Television
TP			test pattern
TQ			Tele-Quebec (educational, French)
TQS			Quatre Saisons (Quebec, French)
TSN			The Sports Network (Canada, cable)
TV Azteca		Spanish-language network
TV Land			(cable)
TV Tabasque		Mexican regional network
TVA			Canadian French-language commercial network
TVNC			TV Northern Canada (native/English)
TVO			TVOntario (Ontario educational, English)
TWC			The Weather Channel
U de NL			University of Nuevo Leon, educational
U de S			University of Sonora, educational
UBN			Unity Broadcasting Network (religious)
Uni			Univision 
UPN			(to disappear September 2006)
USA			USA Network (cable)
V. of Faith
Vacation Channel
VCC			Video Catalog Channel (home shopping)
VVN			ValueVision (home shopping)
WB			(to disappear September 2006)
WBK			WB Kids 
WHT			World Harvest Television (religious)
Worship			(nature scenes & religious music)
WX MAP#
X-movies#		X-rated movies, scrambled
XEQ (9)			Mexican general network
XEW (2)			"El Canal de las Estrellas"
XHGC (5)		Mexican general network
XHTV (4)		"Central 4"
YTV			Canadian children's network (cable)