Country | |
---|---|
Afghanistan |
48 (station types NA) (2009) |
Akrotiri |
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006) |
Albania |
AM 13, FM 46, shortwave 1 (2005) |
Algeria |
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) |
American Samoa |
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005) |
Andorra |
AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 0 (easy access to radio and television broadcasts originating in France and Spain) (2009) |
Angola |
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2001) |
Anguilla |
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2009) |
Antarctica |
FM 2, shortwave 1 (information for US bases only); note - many research stations have a local FM radio station (2007) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Argentina |
AM 260, FM (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998) |
Armenia |
AM 9, FM 16, shortwave 1 (2006) |
Aruba |
AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004) |
Australia |
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Austria |
FM 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2009) |
Azerbaijan |
AM 10, FM 11, shortwave 1 (2010) |
Bahamas, The |
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Bahrain |
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Bangladesh |
AM 17, FM 19, shortwave 2 (2009) |
Barbados |
AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Belarus |
AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998) |
Belgium |
AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Belize |
AM 1, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2006) |
Benin |
AM 1, FM 34, shortwave 1 (2007) |
Bermuda |
AM 5, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2009) |
Bhutan |
AM 0, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2007) |
Bolivia |
AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Botswana |
AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001) |
Brazil |
AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999) |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998) |
British Virgin Islands |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004) |
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) (2006) |
Bulgaria |
AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001) |
Burkina Faso |
AM 2, FM 26, shortwave 3 (2007) |
Burma |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3 (2007) |
Burundi |
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Cabo Verde |
AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2001) |
Cambodia |
AM 1, FM 50, shortwave NA (2008) |
Cameroon |
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (2001) |
Canada |
AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004) |
Cayman Islands |
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Central African Republic |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Chad |
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 5 (2001) |
Chile |
AM 180, FM 64, shortwave 17 (1998) |
China |
AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998) |
Christmas Island |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2006) |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004) |
Colombia |
AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999) |
Comoros |
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001) |
Congo, Republic of the |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2001) |
Cook Islands |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004) |
Costa Rica |
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
Cote d'Ivoire |
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (1998) |
Croatia |
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999) |
Cuba |
AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Cyprus |
area under government control: AM 5, FM 76, shortwave 0 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: AM 1, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2004) |
Czech Republic |
AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000) |
Denmark |
AM 1, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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) (2006) |
Djibouti |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Dominica |
AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Dominican Republic |
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998) |
Ecuador |
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001) |
Egypt |
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 22, shortwave 1 (2010) |
El Salvador |
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005) |
Equatorial Guinea |
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 5 (2001) |
Eritrea |
AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000) |
Estonia |
AM 0, FM 34, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Ethiopia |
AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1 (2001) |
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) (2006) |
Faroe Islands |
AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Fiji |
AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Finland |
AM 2, FM 59, shortwave 2 (2008) |
France |
AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998) |
French Polynesia |
AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Gabon |
AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001) |
Gambia, The |
AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Gaza Strip |
AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Georgia |
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998) |
Germany |
AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998) |
Ghana |
AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 (2007) |
Gibraltar |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Greece |
AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998) |
Greenland |
AM 5, FM 14, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Grenada |
AM 2, FM 12, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Guam |
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2005) |
Guatemala |
AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000) |
Guernsey |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Guinea-Bissau |
AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Guinea |
AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006) |
Guyana |
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2009) |
Haiti |
AM 41, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Holy See (Vatican City) |
AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 5 (2008) |
Honduras |
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998) |
Hong Kong |
AM 6, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Hungary |
AM 5, FM 90, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Iceland |
AM 3, FM about 70, shortwave 1 (2008) |
India |
AM 149, FM 171, shortwave 54 (2009) |
Indonesia |
AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998) |
Iran |
AM 72, FM 10, shortwave 21 (2010) |
Iraq |
55 (station frequency types NA) (2009) |
Ireland |
AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Isle of Man |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Israel |
AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 0 (2010) |
Italy |
AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998) |
Jamaica |
AM 4, FM 24, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Jan Mayen |
NA; note - there is one radio and meteorological station (1998) |
Japan |
AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21 (2001) |
Jersey |
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (UK radio broadcasts carried via local relays) (2008) |
Jordan |
AM 1, FM 28 (2010) |
Kazakhstan |
AM 60, FM 18, shortwave 9 (2008) |
Kenya |
AM 24, FM 82, shortwave 6 (2008) |
Kiribati |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may be inactive) (2002) |
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 (2006) |
Korea, South |
AM 96, FM 322, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Kuwait |
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Kyrgyzstan |
AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave 2 (2009) |
Laos |
AM 3, FM 34, shortwave 3 (2010) |
Latvia |
AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Lebanon |
AM 20, FM 30 (plus about a dozen unlicensed stations operating), shortwave 4 (2009) |
Lesotho |
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2007) |
Liberia |
AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 2 (2007) |
Libya |
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2001) |
Liechtenstein |
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Lithuania |
AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Luxembourg |
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999) |
Macau |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Macedonia |
AM 1, FM 68, shortwave 0 (2009) |
Madagascar |
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001) |
Malawi |
AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus one shortwave station on standby) (2001) |
Malaysia |
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001) |
Maldives |
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 1 (2009) |
Mali |
AM 1, FM 230 (27 regional and government stations, and 203 private stations), shortwave 1 (2001) |
Malta |
AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999) |
Marshall Islands |
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (additionally, the American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (Central Pacific Network) operates one FM and one AM station on Kwajalein Island) (2005) |
Mauritania |
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Mauritius |
AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Mexico |
AM 851, FM 726, shortwave 15 (2009) |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004) |
Moldova |
AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA (2006) |
Monaco |
AM 1, FM 11, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Mongolia |
AM 7, FM 108 (includes 20 national radio broadcaster repeaters), shortwave 4 (2009) |
Montenegro |
31 (station frequency types NA) (2004) |
Montserrat |
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Morocco |
AM NA, FM 15, shortwave NA (2009) |
Mozambique |
AM 13, FM 17, shortwave 11 (2001) |
Namibia |
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001) |
Nauru |
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Nepal |
AM 6, FM 80, shortwave 4 (2008) |
Netherlands |
AM 4, FM 567, shortwave 1 (2009) |
New Caledonia |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998) |
New Zealand |
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998) |
Nicaragua |
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Nigeria |
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001) |
Niger |
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001) |
Niue |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Norfolk Island |
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005) |
Northern Mariana Islands |
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 1 (2005) |
Norway |
AM 5, FM 160, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Oman |
AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999) |
Pakistan |
AM 31, FM 68, shortwave NA (2006) |
Palau |
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Panama |
AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Papua New Guinea |
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998) |
Paraguay |
AM 41, FM 121, shortwave 6 (2006) |
Peru |
AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999) |
Philippines |
AM 383, FM 659, shortwave 4 (2008) |
Pitcairn Islands |
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (15 ham radio operators (VP6)) (2004) |
Poland |
AM 14, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2008) |
Portugal |
AM 2, FM 63, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Puerto Rico |
AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Qatar |
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Romania |
698 (station frequency type NA) (2006) |
Russia |
AM 323, FM about 1,500, shortwave 62 (2004) |
Rwanda |
AM 0, FM 10 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters; international FM programming includes the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle) (2007) |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
Saint Helena: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 Ascension: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2005) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
AM 3, FM 8, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Saint Lucia |
AM 2, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Saint Martin |
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2007) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
AM 1, FM 8, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Samoa |
AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004) |
San Marino |
AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Sao Tome and Principe |
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Saudi Arabia |
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Senegal |
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Serbia |
308 (station frequency types NA) (2009) |
Seychelles |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2001) |
Sierra Leone |
AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Singapore |
AM 0, FM 19, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Slovakia |
AM 1, FM 22, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Slovenia |
AM 10, FM 230, shortwave 0 (2006) |
Solomon Islands |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004) |
Somalia |
AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001) |
South Africa |
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) |
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands |
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2003) |
Spain |
AM 18, FM 250, shortwave 2 (2008) |
Sri Lanka |
AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4 (2007) |
Sudan |
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Suriname |
AM 4, FM 23, shortwave 3 (2008) |
Svalbard |
AM 1, FM 1 (plus 2 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998) |
Swaziland |
AM 3, FM 2 (plus 4 repeaters), shortwave 3 (2004) |
Sweden |
AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Switzerland |
AM 3, FM 106 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 3 (2008) |
Syria |
AM 14, FM 15, shortwave 26 (2010) |
Taiwan |
AM 21, FM 143, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Tajikistan |
16 (number of licensed stations with only about 10 broadcasting) (2009) |
Tanzania |
AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Thailand |
AM 238, FM 351, shortwave 6 (2007) |
Timor-Leste |
at least 21 (Timor-Leste has one national public broadcaster and 20 community and church radio stations - station frequency types NA) (2007) |
Togo |
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998) |
Tokelau |
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (one radio station provides service to all islands) (2002) |
Tonga |
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Trinidad and Tobago |
AM 2, FM 28, shortwave 0 (2008) |
Tunisia |
AM 7, FM 38, shortwave 2 (2007) |
Turkey |
1,090 (station frequency types NA) (2009) |
Turkmenistan |
AM 12, FM 9, shortwave 2 (2008) |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2003) |
Tuvalu |
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004) |
Uganda |
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001) |
Ukraine |
524 (station frequency types NA) (2006) |
United Arab Emirates |
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004) |
United Kingdom |
AM 206, FM 696, shortwave 3 (2008) |
United States |
AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) |
Uruguay |
AM 93, FM 191, shortwave 7 (2005) |
Uzbekistan |
AM 20, FM 24, shortwave 3 (2008) |
Vanuatu |
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) |
Venezuela |
AM 46, FM 131, shortwave 3 (2008) |
Vietnam |
AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999) |
Virgin Islands |
AM 6, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2005) |
Wake Island |
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)) provides satellite radio service (2005) |
Wallis and Futuna |
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000) |
West Bank |
AM 0, FM 27, shortwave 0 (2010) |
Western Sahara |
AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998) |
World |
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA |
Yemen |
AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Zambia |
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001) |
Zimbabwe |
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998) |