Radio broadcast stations (2003) | 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) | |
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) |
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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) | |
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) |
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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) |