The first automated post office in the US postal system was opened in Providence in 1960. As of 2001, 95.7% of the state's occupied housing units had telephones. In 2003, the state had 6 major AM and 9 major FM radio stations. Rhode Island had seven television stations, including one public broadcasting affiliate operated by the state's Public Telecommunications Authority. The Providence-New Bedford area had 565,230 television-viewing homes, 79% with cable. A total of 23,508 Internet domain names were registered in Rhode Island by the year 2000.