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| Over the past 20 years, a lot of ink has been devoted to the growth and impact of ESPN and its programming. There are some facts, however, which even the most loyal ESPN viewers might not know. With that in mind, here are a few things you might not have known about ESPN:
1 - Buildings at ESPN Plaza in 1979 7 - Buildings at ESPN Plaza in 1999 3 - Satellite dishes at ESPN Plaza in 1979 25 - Satellite dishes at ESPN Plaza in 1999 6 - Movies in which Chris Berman has appeared (Eddie, Celtic Pride, Little Big League, Necessary Roughness, Kingpin and The Program) 21 - Languages in which ESPN programming is broadcast throughout the world 22 - Age of WNBA sideline reporter Tiffany Wright, the youngest ESPN on-air personality 22 - Uniform number of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Paul Mara, who was born in Ridgewood, N.J. on Sept. 7, 1979 41.68120 N - Latitude of ESPN Plaza 42 - ESPN personalities who are former professional athletes 43 - Acres of land at ESPN Plaza 59 - Monitors in Studio A, where SportsCenter and other programs are produced 62 - Sports Emmy Awards won by ESPN and ESPN2 72.94101 W - Longitude of ESPN Plaza 128 - Monitors in the Screening Room at ESPN Plaza 173 - Beta tape machines at ESPN Plaza
620 - ESPN Radio affiliates across the country 860 - Parking spaces at ESPN Plaza 960 - Pages in the 1999 ESPN Sports Almanac 1,097 - College football telecasts on ESPN as of Sept. 7, 1999, the network's 20th anniversary 2,100 - ESPN employees 3,283 - Miles from ESPN Plaza in Bristol, Connecticut to Bristol, England 4,200 - Live/original hours of annual programming on ESPN2 4,900 - Live/original hours of annual programming on ESPN 7,306 - Days ESPN has been on the air as of Sept. 7, 1999 21,523 - SportsCenter episodes aired as of Sept. 7, 1999 30,000 - Videotapes in the ESPN Classic library 95,000 - Average number of e-mail messages sent per day at ESPN 371,700 - Square footage of ESPN Plaza buildings 850,000 - Circulation of ESPN The Magazine
1,400,000 - ESPN subscribers in 1979 6,000,000 - Unique users of ESPN Internet Ventures per month 65,076,000 - Homes reached by ESPN2 in 1999, the second most popular sports television network
117,600,000,000,000 - Miles from Earth (20 light years) to the star Eta Cassiopeia; if the star has inhabitants and cable TV, it would just be receiving ESPN's first SportsCenter telecast with George Grande and Lee Leonard
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