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13,000

13,000 -- radio station count for US radio industry (2006)

2006  · Arbitron

There are 13,000 radio stations broadcasting across the United States.

  • Broken down into approximately 8,800 FM and 5,000 AM stations
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13,000
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Count
Data Vintage
2006
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US radio industry
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Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2006 Channel: Common Crawl
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Cited from Arbitron's American Radio Listening Trends report

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