1.   After years of planning, TV stations in US cities have begun limited broadcasts of digital TV, which offers a much sharper picture than traditional analog TV sets.

2.   All other ABC stations beginning digital broadcasts next month have bought the high-definition equipment, network executives said.

3.   In another development Wednesday, an U.S. aircraft began radio broadcasts in Afghanistan.

4.   It will begin broadcasts in Japan by December following the launch of its satellite next month and testing in the fall, Chang said.

5.   Next year Japanese television stations will begin broadcasts designed for wide-screen televisions.

6.   With technical and marketing assistance provided by the Home Shopping Network, HOT hopes to begin live broadcasts as well.

7.   XM, which expects to begin broadcasts next May or June, will be available in General Motors cars and trucks.

8.   A U.S.-financed radio station will begin daily broadcasts to Afghanistan next week, a station official said Friday.

9.   Approval was expected next month and the station was expected to begin broadcasts next year, the national news agency Bernama reported.

10.   But it also authorizes the United States to provide defense material to Taiwan and begin regular broadcasts of Radio Free Asia to China.