Field Listing :: Radio broadcast stations
Country
Radio broadcast stations
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)
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)
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)
Austria
FM 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2009)
Bahrain
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
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)
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)
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)
Burma
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3 (2007)
Burundi
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Cambodia
AM 1, FM 50, shortwave NA (2008)
Canada
AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 (2004)
Cape Verde
AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (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)
Colombia
AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)
Comoros
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
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)
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)
Dominica
AM 4, FM 18, shortwave 0 (2009)
Ecuador
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
Egypt
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 22, shortwave 1 (2010)
Eritrea
AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)
Estonia
AM 0, FM 34, shortwave 0 (2009)
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)
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)
Gabon
AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)
Georgia
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)
Germany
AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998)
Ghana
AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 (2007)
Greece
AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)
Grenada
AM 2, FM 12, shortwave 0 (2009)
Guam
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2005)
Guatemala
AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
Guinea
AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006)
Guinea-Bissau
AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2001)
Guyana
AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2009)
Haiti
AM 41, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2009)
Honduras
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
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)
Iran
AM 72, FM 10, shortwave 21 (2010)
Iraq
55 (station frequency types NA) (2009)
Ireland
AM 9, FM 106, 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)
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)
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)
Macau
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2009)
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)
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)
Mexico
AM 851, FM 726, shortwave 15 (2009)
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)
Morocco
AM NA, FM 15, shortwave NA (2009)
Namibia
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001)
Nauru
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Nepal
AM 6, FM 80, shortwave 4 (2008)
Niger
AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)
Nigeria
AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11 (2001)
Niue
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
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)
Paraguay
AM 41, FM 121, shortwave 6 (2006)
Peru
AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
Poland
AM 14, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2008)
Portugal
AM 2, FM 63, shortwave 1 (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)
Samoa
AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Senegal
AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001)
Serbia
308 (station frequency types NA) (2009)
Slovakia
AM 1, FM 22, shortwave 1 (2008)
Slovenia
AM 10, FM 230, shortwave 0 (2006)
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)
Spain
AM 18, FM 250, shortwave 2 (2008)
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)
Tunisia
AM 7, FM 38, shortwave 2 (2007)
Turkey
1,090 (station frequency types NA) (2009)
Tuvalu
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)
Uganda
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)
Ukraine
524 (station frequency types NA) (2006)
Uruguay
AM 93, FM 191, shortwave 7 (2005)
Vanuatu
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Vietnam
AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)
Wake Island
AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)) provides satellite radio service (2005)
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)