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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
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Afghanistan
AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan Persian), Urdu, and English)
Akrotiri
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)
Albania
AM 13, FM 46, shortwave 1
Algeria
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8
American Samoa
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0
Andorra
AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 0
Angola
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7
Anguilla
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0
Antarctica
FM 2, shortwave 1 (information for US bases only); note - many research stations have a local FM radio station
Antigua and Barbuda
AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0
Argentina
AM 260 (includes 10 inactive stations), FM (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6
Armenia
AM 9, FM 16, shortwave 1
Aruba
AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0
Australia
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1
Austria
AM 2, FM 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1
Azerbaijan
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1
Bahamas, The
AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0
Bahrain
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0
Bangladesh
AM 15, FM 13, shortwave 2
Barbados
AM 2, FM 6, shortwave 0
Belarus
AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11
Belgium
AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1
Belize
AM 1, FM 16, shortwave 0
Benin
AM 1, FM 34, shortwave 1
Bermuda
AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0
Bhutan
AM 0, FM 9, shortwave 1
Bolivia
AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77
Bosnia and Herzegovina
AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1
Botswana
AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4
Brazil
AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations)
British Indian Ocean Territory
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0
British Virgin Islands
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0
Brunei
AM 1, FM 2 (transmitting on 18 different frequencies), shortwave 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) station transmits two FM signals with English and Nepali service)
Bulgaria
AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2
Burkina Faso
AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 3
Burma
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3
Burundi
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1
Cambodia
AM 2, FM 17, shortwave NA
Cameroon
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3
Canada
AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6
Cape Verde
AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0
Cayman Islands
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0
Central African Republic
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1
Chad
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 5
Chile
AM 180 (8 inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (1 inactive)
China
AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45
Christmas Island
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0
Colombia
AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27
Comoros
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2
Congo, Republic of the
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3
Cook Islands
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Costa Rica
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19
Croatia
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5
Cuba
AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); north Cyprus: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1
Czech Republic
AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17
Côte d'Ivoire
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3
Denmark
AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0
Dhekelia
AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)
Djibouti
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0
Dominica
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0
Dominican Republic
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4
Ecuador
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29
Egypt
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3
El Salvador
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0
Equatorial Guinea
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 5
Eritrea
AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2
Estonia
AM 0, FM 98, shortwave 0
Ethiopia
AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1
European Union
AM 930, FM 13,655, shortwave 71 (1998); note - sum of individual country radio broadcast stations; there is also a European-wide station (Euroradio)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
AM 1, FM 7, shortwave 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service)
Faroe Islands
AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0
Fiji
AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0
Finland
AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1
France
AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2
French Guiana
AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters)
French Polynesia
AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2
Gabon
AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4
Gambia, The
AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0
Gaza Strip
AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0
Georgia
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4
Germany
AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4
Ghana
AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3
Gibraltar
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0
Greece
AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4
Greenland
AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0
Grenada
AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0
Guadeloupe
AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0
Guam
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2
Guatemala
AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15
Guernsey
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Guinea
AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3
Guinea-Bissau
AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0
Guyana
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1
Haiti
AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0
Holy See (Vatican City)
AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 2
Honduras
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12
Hong Kong
AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0
Hungary
AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3
Iceland
AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1
India
AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68
Indonesia
AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82
Iran
AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5
Iraq
after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations (types NA) on the air inside Iraq
Ireland
AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0
Israel
AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2
Italy
AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9
Jamaica
AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0
Jan Mayen
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (there is one radio and meteorological station)
Japan
AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21
Jersey
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0
Johnston Atoll
AM NA, FM 7 (1 island-run morale, welfare, and recreation station and 6 all-music digital radio stations broadcast over FM band), shortwave NA
Jordan
FM 31
Kazakhstan
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9
Kenya
AM 24, FM 18, shortwave 6
Kiribati
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive)
Korea, North
AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14
Korea, South
AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2
Kuwait
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1
Kyrgyzstan
AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave NA
Laos
AM 7, FM 14, shortwave 2
Latvia
AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1
Lebanon
AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4
Lesotho
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1
Liberia
AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 2
Libya
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3
Liechtenstein
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0
Lithuania
AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1
Luxembourg
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2
Macau
AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0
Macedonia, Republic of
AM 29, FM 63, shortwave 0
Madagascar
AM 2 (plus a number of repeater stations), FM 9, shortwave 6
Malawi
AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus one shortwave station on standby)
Malaysia
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15
Maldives
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1
Mali
AM 1, FM 230 (27 regional and government stations, and 203 private stations), shortwave 1
Malta
AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6
Man, Isle of
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Marshall Islands
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (additionally, the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Services (Central Pacific Network) operate one FM and one AM station on Kwajalein)
Martinique
AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0
Mauritania
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1
Mauritius
AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0
Mayotte
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0
Mexico
AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15
Micronesia, Federated States of
AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0
Moldova
AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA
Monaco
AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8
Mongolia
AM 7, FM 115 (includes 20 National radio broadcaster repeaters), shortwave 4
Montenegro
31 (station types NA)
Montserrat
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0
Morocco
AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6
Mozambique
AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11
Namibia
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4
Nauru
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
Nepal
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1
Netherlands
AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3
Netherlands Antilles
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 0
New Caledonia
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0
New Zealand
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4
Nicaragua
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1
Niger
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4
Nigeria
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11
Niue
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Norfolk Island
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0
Northern Mariana Islands
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 1
Norway
AM 5, FM at least 650, shortwave 1
Oman
AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2
Pakistan
AM 31, FM 68, shortwave NA
Palau
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1
Panama
AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0
Papua New Guinea
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28
Paraguay
AM 41, FM 121, shortwave 6 (3 inactive)
Peru
AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189
Philippines
AM 381, FM 628, shortwave 4 (each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience)
Pitcairn Islands
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (15 Ham radio operators (VP6))
Poland
AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1
Portugal
AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2
Puerto Rico
AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Qatar
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1
Romania
698 (frequency type NA)
Russia
AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62
Rwanda
AM 0, FM 8 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle), shortwave 1
Réunion
AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0
Saint Helena
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0
Saint Lucia
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0
Saint Martin
FM 3
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0
Samoa
AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0
San Marino
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0
Saudi Arabia
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2
Senegal
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1
Serbia and Montenegro
153 (station types NA)
Seychelles
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2
Sierra Leone
AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1
Singapore
AM 0, FM 17, shortwave 2
Slovakia
AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2
Slovenia
AM 10, FM 230, shortwave 0
Solomon Islands
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1
Somalia
AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu)
South Africa
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1
Spain
AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1
Sri Lanka
AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4
Sudan
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1
Suriname
AM 4, FM 13, shortwave 1
Svalbard
AM 1, FM 1 (plus 2 repeaters), shortwave 0
Swaziland
AM 3, FM 2 (plus 4 repeaters), shortwave 3
Sweden
AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1
Switzerland
AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 2
Syria
AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1
São Tomé and Príncipe
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1
Taiwan
AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50
Tajikistan
AM 8, FM 10, shortwave 2
Tanzania
AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2
Thailand
AM 238, FM 351, shortwave 6
Togo
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4
Tokelau
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (one radio station provides service to all islands)
Tonga
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1
Trinidad and Tobago
AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0
Tunisia
AM 7, FM 38, shortwave 2
Turkey
AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6
Turkmenistan
AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2
Turks and Caicos Islands
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0
Tuvalu
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Uganda
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2
Ukraine
524 (station types NA)
United Arab Emirates
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2
United Kingdom
AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3
United States
AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Uruguay
AM 93, FM 191, shortwave 7
Uzbekistan
AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 3
Vanuatu
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1
Venezuela
AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11
Vietnam
AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29
Virgin Islands
AM 6, FM 16, shortwave 0
Wake Island
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio service provided by satellite
Wallis and Futuna
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
West Bank
AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0
Western Sahara
AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0
Yemen
AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2
Zambia
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4
Zimbabwe
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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"Radio broadcast stations by country", All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/med_rad_bro_sta-media-radio-broadcast-stations
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