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<strong>14</strong>,<strong>420</strong> <strong>Radio</strong> <strong>Stations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>th</strong>e US | <strong>Radio</strong> Survivor http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/03/11/<strong>14</strong><strong>420</strong>-radio-stations-<strong>in</strong>-<strong>th</strong>e-us/<strong>14</strong>,<strong>420</strong> <strong>Radio</strong> <strong>Stations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>th</strong>e USMarch 11<strong>th</strong>, 2010 by Paul Riismandel <strong>in</strong> FCC, LPFM, college radio, commercial radio, high schoolradio, public radio, statisticsAt <strong>th</strong>e end of last mon<strong>th</strong> <strong>th</strong>e FCC released its tallies for <strong>th</strong>e total number ofbroadcast stations <strong>in</strong> <strong>th</strong>e US as of Sept. 31, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2009. When you see<strong>th</strong>e big number of <strong>14</strong>,<strong>420</strong> full-service radio stations it’s a big rem<strong>in</strong>der <strong>th</strong>at radio isstill an enormous media presence <strong>in</strong> <strong>th</strong>is country. This total represents an <strong>in</strong>creaseof 23 stations just from <strong>th</strong>e end of September.Here’s <strong>th</strong>e breakdown for all radio types:Enter your email addressto receive our FeedBurnerRSS feed via email:Register/Log <strong>in</strong>RegisterLog <strong>in</strong>Entries RSSComments RSSWordPress.orgFull-power stationsAM stations – 4790FM commercial stations – 6479FM educational stations – 3151TOTAL <strong>14</strong>,<strong>420</strong>. . . . or send us an e-mailand/or follow ourtweets!If you like what we dohere at <strong>Radio</strong> Survivor,please consider mak<strong>in</strong>g acontribution:FM translator and booster stations – 6155Low-power FM stations – 864Grand total: 21,439Note <strong>th</strong>at FM translators and boosters are low-power stations <strong>th</strong>at may not orig<strong>in</strong>ate<strong>th</strong>eir own programm<strong>in</strong>g. They may only retransmit <strong>th</strong>e signal of a full-powerstation. I’m pretty sure <strong>th</strong>at a very large percentage of translators arenon-commercial, <strong>th</strong>ought I don’t have <strong>th</strong>e exact number at hand. This is because<strong>th</strong>e rules for non-comm translators are much looser <strong>th</strong>an for commercial ones. Anon-comm translator may be located any distance away from <strong>th</strong>e station itretransmits, whereas a commercial translator must be located wi<strong>th</strong><strong>in</strong> its mo<strong>th</strong>erstation’s expected broadcast range.Educational stations encompass all non-commercial stations <strong>th</strong>at have NCE licenses,<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g college, school, religious, community and public stations. The FCC does notdist<strong>in</strong>guish between <strong>th</strong>em.Even <strong>th</strong>ough many observers have tuned out of radio, it’s go<strong>in</strong>g to be a long timebefore 21,439 broadcast stations are go<strong>in</strong>g to be abandoned and forgotten.Share and Enjoy:Tags: FCC, radioLeave a ReplyRegisterName (required)Email (will not be published) (required)Website or BlogXHTML: You can use <strong>th</strong>ese tags: Visit our Amazon storeCategoriesbooks (4)cars (9)college radio (41)commercial radio (71)community radio (22)consolidation (13)copyright (1)da future (16)economics (8)electronics (2)emergencies (4)FCC (54)file shar<strong>in</strong>g (1)free advice (1)fun and games (11)HD <strong>Radio</strong> (4)high school radio (2)history (26)Information (15)<strong>in</strong>ternational (12)Internet radio (46)journalism (7)localism (18)LPFM (15)mobile (<strong>14</strong>)mobile radio (35)music (35)music shar<strong>in</strong>g (3)op<strong>in</strong>ion (11)Performance Rights Act (2)piracy (7)politix (11)pop culture (13)privacy (1)product review (2)public radio (43)radio obsessive profile (6)radio scholarship (4)radio studies (3)radio towers (1)rat<strong>in</strong>gs (3)satellite radio (23)shortwave (1)social network<strong>in</strong>g (3)statistics (6)talk radio (19)top 5 lists (17)tv (12)tweets! 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