Compare Radio broadcast stations (2002) - Radio broadcast stations (2005)

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	Radio broadcast stations (2002)	Radio broadcast stations (2005)
Afghanistan	AM 7 (6 are inactive; the active station is in Kabul), FM 1, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (1999)	AM 21, FM 23, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (2003)
American Samoa	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2004)
Anguilla	AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)	AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Aruba	AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)
Austria	AM 2, FM 160 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)	AM 2, FM 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)
Bahamas, The	AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Barbados	AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2004)
Bermuda	AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2004)
Bhutan	AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)	AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)
British Virgin Islands	AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Burma	AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1998)	AM 1, FM 1 (2004)
Cambodia	AM 7, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1999)	AM 2, FM 17, (2003)
Canada	AM 535, FM 53, shortwave 6 (1998)	AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004)
Cape Verde	AM 0, FM 15 (and 17 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)	AM 0, FM 22 (and 12 low power repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)
Cayman Islands	AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2004)
Christmas Island	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)
Cook Islands	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Costa Rica	AM 50, FM 43, shortwave 19 (1998)	AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)	Republic of Cyprus: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); north Cyprus: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Dominica	AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2004)
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)
Guam	AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2003)
Hong Kong	AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2004)
Iraq	AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)	after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations on the air inside Iraq (2004)
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 (2002)	-
Korea, North	AM 16, FM 14, shortwave 12 (1999)	AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2003)
Korea, South	AM 104, FM 136, shortwave 5 (2001)	AM 58, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2004)
Macedonia	-	AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)	-
Mexico	AM 851, FM 598, shortwave 16 (2000)	AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of	AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Mongolia	AM 7, FM 9, shortwave 4 (2001)	AM 7, FM 62, shortwave 3 (2004)
Netherlands	AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)	AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3 (2004)
Netherlands Antilles	AM 9, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 0 (2004)
Norfolk Island	AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)
Philippines	AM 366, FM 290, shortwave 5 note: each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience (2002)	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 (1998)	AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0, note - 15 Ham radio operators (VP6) (2004)
Rwanda	AM 0, FM 3 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters and the third FM program is a 24 hour BBC program), shortwave 1 (2002)	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 Kitts and Nevis	AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2004)
Saint Lucia	AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2004)
Samoa	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Singapore	AM 0, FM 16, shortwave 2 (1998)	AM 0, FM 17, shortwave 2 (2003)
Solomon Islands	AM 3, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)
Somalia	AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 5 (2001)	AM 0, FM 11, shortwave 1 in Mogadishu; 1 FM in Puntland, 1 FM in Somaliland (2001)
Swaziland	AM 3, FM 2 plus 4 repeaters, shortwave 3 (2001)	AM 3, FM 2 plus 4 repeaters, shortwave 3 (2004)
Tokelau	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: 1 radio station provides service to all islands (2002)
Tonga	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (2001)	AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago	AM 2, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2004)
Turks and Caicos Islands	AM 3 (one inactive), FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Tuvalu	AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1999)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
United Arab Emirates	AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)	AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004)
United States	AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998)	AM 4,854, FM 8,950, shortwave 18 (2004)
Vanuatu	AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 1 (2002)	AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2004)
Virgin Islands	AM 5, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2002)	AM 6, FM 17, shortwave 0 (2004)