Regardless of whether the groundhog saw his shadow last week — it’s still cold over much of the nation’s landscape — and that means keeping the heat on and also keeping an eye on the thermostat for a balance of being comfortable and holding down costs. Across the U.S., just over half of all homes are heated by gas. Electricity is the second most popular fuel, used in just over a third of homes. Fuel oil and kerosene heat just about 8 percent of U.S. houses, mostly in the Northeastern states and Alaska. Because of its ideal climate, many homes in Hawaii do not even have heating systems. However, new rules require all new homes there to have solar hot water systems.
The first radio station owned and operated by African-Americans went on the air 63 years ago — WERD in Atlanta, featuring popular DJ Jack Gibson. A radio news network aimed at African-Americans was the National Black Network, started in 1973, now known as the American Urban Radio Networks. Today’s radio dial is fragmented according to the format of stations listeners prefer. The most popular format is news-talk, closely followed by stations appealing to fans of country music each with more than 2,000 stations. There are more than 14,400 radio stations across the nation, about 60 percent broadcasting on FM. This special edition of Profile America is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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