FIELD LISTING :: RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS
| 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) |