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Since the 1990 s , most television stations in the United States have broadcast continuously without regular sign-offs , instead running infomercials , networked overnight news shows , syndicated reruns , cartoons , or old movies ; thus , the broadcast of test patterns has become mostly obsolete ( though they are still used in post-production and broadcast facilities to check color and signal paths ) .
 location: United States
Given options, please tell me the categories of all the listed entity words.Output format is "type1: word1; type2: word2". 
Option: media, plant, vehicle, astronomical object, time, disease, animal, location, person, organization, mythical figure, food, biology, geographical phenomenon, instrument, event 
Text: {0} 
 Entities: United States 
Answer:
 location: United States