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Yes, The US Government owns the domestic TV channels NASA TV and The Pentagon Channel. It also owns Radio and TV Marti which broadcasts to Cuba from the Florida Keys and recently the US Government leases 2 radio stations in the Miami area to rebroadcast Radio Marti. Our government owns and operates a number of radio and TV stations in foreign countries which retransmit the government owned VOA Radio, VOA TV, and Music Mix. Lastly our government owns the Arabic language Radio Sawa and 24 hour TV news channel Alhurra.

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