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# There Are 15,330 U.S. Radio Stations, But How Many Matter?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/there-are-15330-us-radio-stations-how-many-of-the-matter-to-you/
- Published: 2013-10-30T09:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-30T09:58:00.000Z
- Description: The FCC has released new numbers show 30,367 total licensed broadcast outlets (AM/FM/TV) in the United states. That includes 4728 AM stations, 6613 commercial FM stations and 3989 educational/non-profit FM. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/10/there-are-15330-us-radio-stations-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Radio & Satellite, arts, FCC, Federal Communication Commission, FM broadcasting, Formats, Low-power broadcasting, radio, Radio broadcasting, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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The FCC has released new numbers show 30,367 total licensed broadcast outlets (AM/FM/TV) in the United states. That includes 4728 AM stations, 6613 commercial FM stations and 3989 educational/non-profit FM stations. But with all of the options available online and via portable devices, how many still matter to you?

For me it's NPR, which admittedly is mostly nationally programmed and which I often listen to online, and 101.5 FM [The Music Place](http://www.1015themusicplace.com/?ref=hypebot.com), an all too rare locally owned, locally programmed commercial AAA and Americana radio station in Roanoke, Virginia ([listen online](http://www.1015themusicplace.com/?ref=hypebot.com)).

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**What broadcast radio stations matter to you?** What are your favorite online stations?

The full FCC stats:

AM STATIONS 4728FM COMMERCIAL 6613 FM EDUCATIONAL 3989 TOTAL 15,330
  
  
UHF COMMERCIAL TV 1029 VHF COMMERCIAL TV 358 UHF EDUCATIONAL TV 289 VHF EDUCATIONAL TV 107 TOTAL 1,783
  
  
CLASS A UHF STATIONS 380 CLASS A VHF STATIONSTOTAL 52 432
  
  
FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS 6055UHF TRANSLATORS 2911 VHF TRANSLATORSTOTAL 1133 10,099
  
  
UHF LOW POWER TV 1547 VHF LOW POWER TVTOTAL 388 1,935
  
  
LOW POWER FM 788 788 
  
  
TOTAL BROADCAST STATIONS 30,367

  
**What broadcast radio stations matter to you?** What are your favorite online stations?

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