CREATE TABLE table_1817879_2 (_number_of_new_stations VARCHAR, date_opened VARCHAR)

How many news stations opened on the date of June 24, 2000?
SELECT _number_of_new_stations FROM table_1817879_2 WHERE date_opened = "June 24, 2000"
SELECT "_number_of_new_stations" FROM "table_1817879_2" WHERE "June 24, 2000" = "date_opened"