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Country | Radio broadcast stations
Afghanistan | AM 21, FM 23, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (2003)
Albania | AM 13, FM 46 (3 national, 62 local), shortwave 1 (2005)
Algeria | AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)
American Samoa | AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2006)
Andorra | AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 0 (1998)
Angola | AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)
Anguilla | AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Antarctica | AM NA, FM 2, shortwave 1, note - information for US bases only (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Argentina | AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)
Armenia | AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
Aruba | AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)
Australia | AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
Austria | AM 2, FM 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)
Azerbaijan | AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
Bahamas, The | AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Bahrain | AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Bangladesh | AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)
Barbados | AM 2, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2004)
Belarus | AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)
Belgium | FM 79, AM 7, shortwave 1 (1998)
Belize | AM 1, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)
Benin | AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (2000)
Bermuda | AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)
Bhutan | AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)
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 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)
Bulgaria | AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)
Burkina Faso | AM 3, FM 17, shortwave 3 (2002)
Burma | AM 1, FM 1 (2004)
Burundi | AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Cambodia | AM 2, FM 17, (2003)
Cameroon | AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (2002)
Canada | AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004)
Cape Verde | AM 0, FM 22 (and 12 low power repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)
Cayman Islands | AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2004)
Central African Republic | AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2002)
Chad | AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 5 (2002)
Chile | AM 180 (eight inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (one inactive) (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 | Republic of Cyprus: AM 5, FM 76, shortwave 0 north Cyprus: AM 1, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2004)
Czech Republic | AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
Denmark | AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998)
Djibouti | AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
Dominica | AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2004)
Dominican Republic | AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)
East Timor | AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Ecuador | AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
Egypt | AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)
El Salvador | AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
Equatorial Guinea | AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 5 (2002)
Eritrea | AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)
Estonia | AM 0, FM 98, shortwave 0 (2001)
Ethiopia | AM 8, FM 0, shortwave 1 (2001)
European Union | AM 866, FM 13,396, shortwave 73 (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 (1998)
Faroe Islands | AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Fiji | AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998)
Finland | AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1 (1998)
France | AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
French Guiana | AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters) (1998)
French Polynesia | AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
Gabon | AM 6, FM 7 (and 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)
Gambia, The | AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)
Gaza Strip | AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0 (2005)
Georgia | AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)
Germany | AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ghana | AM 0, FM 49, shortwave 3 (2001)
Gibraltar | AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)
Greece | AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)
Greenland | AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)
Grenada | AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guadeloupe | AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guam | AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2006)
Guatemala | AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
Guernsey | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Guinea | AM 4 (one station is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters), shortwave 3 (2001)
Guinea-Bissau | AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2002)
Guyana | AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
Haiti | AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)
Holy See (Vatican City) | AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 2 (2004)
Honduras | AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
Hong Kong | AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2004)
Hungary | AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)
Iceland | AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
India | AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998)
Indonesia | AM 678, FM 43, shortwave 82 (1998)
Iran | AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)
Iraq | after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations on the air inside Iraq (2004)
Ireland | AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
Isle of Man | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Israel | AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)
Italy | AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)
Jamaica | AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Jan Mayen | AM NA, FM NA, shortwave 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 (1998)
Jordan | AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)
Kazakhstan | AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Kenya | AM 24, FM 18, shortwave 6 (2001)
Kiribati | AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 note: the shortwave station may be inactive (2002)
Korea, North | AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2003)
Korea, South | AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2005)
Kuwait | AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Kyrgyzstan | AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
Laos | AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 2 (2006)
Latvia | AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)
Lebanon | AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)
Lesotho | AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Liberia | AM 0, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2001)
Libya | AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2002)
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 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Macedonia | AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)
Madagascar | AM 2 (plus a number of repeater stations), FM 9, shortwave 6 (2001)
Malawi | AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus a third station held in standby status) (2001)
Malaysia | AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001)
Maldives | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Mali | AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1 note: the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001)
Malta | AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)
Marshall Islands | AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 note: additionally, the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Services (Central Pacific Network) operate one FM and one AM station on Kwajalein (2005)
Martinique | AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)
Mauritania | AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)
Mauritius | AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2002)
Mayotte | AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2001)
Mexico | AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of | AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Moldova | AM 7, FM 50, shortwave 3 (1998)
Monaco | AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998)
Mongolia | AM 7, FM 62, shortwave 3 (2004)
Montserrat | AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Morocco | AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)
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 5, shortwave 1 (January 2000)
Netherlands | AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3 (2004)
Netherlands Antilles | AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 0 (2004)
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)
Niger | AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Nigeria | AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (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 (2006)
Norway | AM 5, FM at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998)
Oman | AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Pakistan | AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998)
Palau | AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2002)
Panama | AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998)
Papua New Guinea | AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)
Paraguay | AM 46, FM 27, shortwave 6 (three inactive) (1998)
Peru | AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
Philippines | AM 369, FM 583, shortwave 5 note: each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience (2004)
Pitcairn Islands | AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0, note - 15 Ham radio operators (VP6) (2004)
Poland | AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)
Portugal | AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
Puerto Rico | AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2006)
Qatar | AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)
Reunion | AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (2001)
Romania | AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)
Russia | AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62 (2004)
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 (2005)
Saint Helena | Saint Helena: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 Ascension: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2004)
Saint Lucia | AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2004)
Samoa | AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
San Marino | AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe | AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2002)
Saudi Arabia | AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)
Senegal | AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)
Serbia and Montenegro | AM 113, FM 194, shortwave 2 (1998)
Seychelles | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
Sierra Leone | AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (1999)
Singapore | AM 0, FM 17, shortwave 2 (2003)
Slovakia | AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)
Slovenia | AM 17, FM 160, shortwave 0 (1998)
Solomon Islands | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)
Somalia | AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 1 FM in Puntland, 1 FM in Somaliland (2001)
South Africa | AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 (2003)
Spain | AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)
Sri Lanka | AM 26, FM 45, shortwave 1 (1998)
Sudan | AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
Suriname | AM 4, FM 13, shortwave 1 (1998)
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 265, shortwave 1 (1998)
Switzerland | AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low power stations), shortwave 2 (1998)
Syria | AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Taiwan | AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)
Tajikistan | AM 8, FM 10, shortwave 2 (2002)
Tanzania | AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
Thailand | AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)
Togo | AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
Tokelau | AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: 1 radio station provides service to all islands (2002)
Tonga | AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago | AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2004)
Tunisia | AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)
Turkey | AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001)
Turkmenistan | AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands | AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Tuvalu | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Uganda | AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)
Ukraine | AM 134, FM 289, shortwave 4 (1998)
United Arab Emirates | AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004)
United Kingdom | AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
United States | AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006)
Uruguay | AM 93, FM 191, shortwave 7 (2005)
Uzbekistan | AM 20, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998)
Vanuatu | AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2004)
Venezuela | AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)
Vietnam | AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)
Virgin Islands | AM 6, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2006)
Wake Island | AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio service provided by satellite (2005)
Wallis and Futuna | AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)
West Bank | AM 1, FM 20, shortwave 0 (2005)
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)
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