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Radio broadcast stations (Country profile category: Communications)

Afghanistan:
AM 7 (6 are inactive; the active station is in Kabul), FM 1, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pushtu, Dari, Urdu, and English) (1999)

Albania:
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 2 (1999)

Algeria:
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)

American Samoa:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Andorra:
AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 0 (1998)

Angola:
AM 34, FM 7, shortwave 9 (1999)

Anguilla:
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

Antarctica:
AM NA, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

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 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)

Australia:
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)

Austria:
AM 1, FM 61 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

Azerbaijan:
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)

Bahamas, The:
AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Bahrain:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Bangladesh:
AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)

Barbados:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

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 (1998)

Bermuda:
AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Bhutan:
AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Bolivia:
AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998)

Botswana:
AM 7, FM 15, shortwave 5 (1998)

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 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Brunei:
AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)

Bulgaria:
AM 24, FM 93, shortwave 2 (1998)

Burkina Faso:
AM 2, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)

Burma:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1998)

Burundi:
AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Cambodia:
AM 7, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1999)

Cameroon:
AM 11, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)

Canada:
AM 535, FM 53, shortwave 6 (1998)

Cape Verde:
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)

Cayman Islands:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)

Central African Republic:
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

Chad:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 5 (1998)

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 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Colombia:
AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)

Comoros:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
AM 3, FM 12, shortwave 1 (1999)

Congo, Republic of the:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)

Cook Islands:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Costa Rica:
AM 50, FM 43, shortwave 19 (1998)

Cote d'Ivoire:
AM 2, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)

Croatia:
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)

Cuba:
AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)

Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Czech Republic:
AM 21, FM 199, shortwave 1 (1999)

Denmark:
AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998)

Djibouti:
AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Dominica:
AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)

Dominican Republic:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)

Ecuador:
AM 392, FM 27, shortwave 29 (1998)

Egypt:
AM 42 (plus 15 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)

El Salvador:
AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)

Equatorial Guinea:
AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 4 (1998)

Eritrea:
AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 2 (2000)

Estonia:
AM 3 (all AM stations inactive since July 1998), FM 82, shortwave 1 (1998)

Ethiopia:
AM 5, FM 0, shortwave 2 (1999)

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, shortwave 6 (1998)

Gambia, The:
AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Gaza Strip:
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Georgia:
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)

Germany:
AM 51, FM 767, shortwave 4 (1998)

Ghana:
AM 0, FM 18, shortwave 3 (1999)

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 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Guadeloupe:
AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)

Guam:
AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 0 (1998)

Guatemala:
AM 101, FM 32, shortwave 15 (1998)

Guernsey:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Guinea:
AM 4, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)

Guinea-Bissau:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Guyana:
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

Haiti:
AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)

Holy See (Vatican City):
AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 2 (1998)

Honduras:
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)

Hong Kong:
AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

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:
AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)

Ireland:
AM 9, FM 106, 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 190, FM 88, shortwave 24 (1999)

Jersey:
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Johnston Atoll:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Jordan:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)

Kazakhstan:
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)

Kenya:
AM 24, FM 8, shortwave 6 (1999)

Kiribati:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Korea, North:
AM 16, FM 14, shortwave 12 (1999)

Korea, South:
AM 106, FM 97, shortwave 6 (1999)

Kuwait:
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Kyrgyzstan:
AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)

Laos:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)

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 6, shortwave 4 (1999)

Libya:
AM 17, FM 4, shortwave 3 (1998)

Liechtenstein:
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Lithuania:
AM 3, FM 112, shortwave 1 (1998)

Luxembourg:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Macau:
AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
AM 29, FM 20, shortwave 0 (1998)

Madagascar:
AM 2 (plus 8 repeater stations), FM 7, shortwave 5 (1998)

Malawi:
AM 9, FM 4 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 3 (1998)

Malaysia:
AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999)

Maldives:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Mali:
AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 7 (1998)

Malta:
AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)

Man, Isle of:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Marshall Islands:
AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Martinique:
AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)

Mauritania:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Mauritius:
AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1998)

Mayotte:
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Mexico:
AM 865, FM about 500, shortwave 13 (1999)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Moldova:
AM 7, FM 50, shortwave 3 (1998)

Monaco:
AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998)

Mongolia:
AM 12, FM 2, shortwave 13 (1998)

Montserrat:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Morocco:
AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)

Mozambique:
AM 14, FM 4, shortwave 17 (1998)

Namibia:
AM 2, FM 34, shortwave 5 (1998)

Nauru:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Nepal:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (January 2000)

Netherlands:
AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)

Netherlands Antilles:
AM 9, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

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 5, shortwave 4 (1998)

Nigeria:
AM 82, FM 35, shortwave 11 (1998)

Niue:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Norfolk Island:
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Northern Mariana Islands:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

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 0, shortwave 1 (1998)

Panama:
AM 80, FM 44, 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 366, FM 290, shortwave 3 (1999)

Pitcairn Islands:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Poland:
AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)

Portugal:
AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)

Puerto Rico:
AM 72, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998)

Qatar:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)

Reunion:
AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (1998)

Romania:
AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)

Russia:
AM 420, FM 447, shortwave 56 (1998)

Rwanda:
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)

Saint Helena:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
AM 3, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Saint Lucia:
AM 2, FM 7 (plus 3 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Samoa:
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

San Marino:
AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Sao Tome and Principe:
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Saudi Arabia:
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)

Senegal:
AM 10, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)

Serbia and Montenegro:
AM 113, FM 194, shortwave 2 (1998)

Seychelles:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 2 (1998)

Sierra Leone:
AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (1999)

Singapore:
AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 5 (1998)

Slovakia:
AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)

Slovenia:
AM 17, FM 160, shortwave 0 (1998)

Solomon Islands:
AM 3, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Somalia:
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 4 (1988)

South Africa:
AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
none

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 4, shortwave 1 (1998)

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)

Tajikistan:
AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 5 (1998)

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: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)

Tonga:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Trinidad and Tobago:
AM 2, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)

Tunisia:
AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)

Turkey:
AM 16, FM 72, shortwave 6 (1998)

Turkmenistan:
AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
AM 3 (one inactive), FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)

Tuvalu:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Uganda:
AM 19, FM 4, shortwave 5 (1998)

Ukraine:
AM 134, FM 289, shortwave 4 (1998)

United Arab Emirates:
AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)

United Kingdom:
AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)

United States:
AM about 5,000, FM about 5,000, shortwave 18 (1998)

Uruguay:
AM 94, FM 115, shortwave 14 (seven are inactive) (1998)

Uzbekistan:
AM 20, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998)

Vanuatu:
AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Venezuela:
AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)

Vietnam:
AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)

Virgin Islands:
AM 5, FM 11, shortwave 0 (1998)

Wake Island:
AM 0, FM NA, shortwave NA
note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio service provided by satellite (1998)

Wallis and Futuna:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

West Bank:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

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 (1998)

Zimbabwe:
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Taiwan:
AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)

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