Starfish Television Network was an unlicensed

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. It primarily broadcast programming by and about non-profit

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s, at no cost for airtime to those organizations. Founded in early 2007, Starfish began broadcasting on April 18, 2007.FCC Record: A Comprehensive Compilation of Decisions, Reports, Public Notices, and Other Documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States
United States, Federal Communications Commission, 2009. 9147. It ceased on March 31, 2010. At its peak, it was available to over 13 million households and featured nearly 600

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