How many are there

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 11 Oct 2003 17:47 PDT

Hi digital,

I have located the number of commercial radio stations, by country, of
the EU for the year 1995. I also have a more recent number of stations
for 10 of the 15 countries in the EU. Would this information suffice
as an answer to your question?

Regards,
rainbow~

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Clarification of Question by digital1-ga on 12 Oct 2003 06:17 PDT

Rainbow, thank you, and yes it sounds as if you have the answer, is it
possible that you can post by country as opposed to the just one
figure? However you do it, I will consider it the answer.

Hi digital1,

The following is the result of my research for the number of
commercial radio stations in the European Union. As I mentioned in my
clarification, the data is available for 1995, but scarce for more
recent years. Some of the numbers are mentioned on the World
Information website, while for others I had to search for one country
at a time, thus the unavailability of some.



COUNTRY           1995             2002/2003
========         ======           ===========

Austria            11                 50
Belgium           200                200
Denmark           170                250
Finland            52                 70 
France            698                800
Germany           188                N/A
Greece            420                420
Ireland            24                 25
Italy             650                N/A
Luxembourg         23                N/A
Portugal          515                300
Spain            1450                N/A
Sweden             90                 90
The Netherlands   310                N/A
United Kingdom    177                300

TOTAL            4978                


Sources: 
Europa: Association of European Radios
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/convergencegp/aer.html

World Information
http://www.worldinformation.com/


Search criteria:
“there are” “* commercial radios stations” EU
“there are” “* commercial radios stations” <country>


I hope this helps. If you have questions regarding my answer please
don’t hesitate to ask before rating.

Best regards,
rainbow-ga

Thanks for the fast and acurate answer, there will be more questions.
This is a really nicely laid out answer so I have included a tip..

Hi digital1,

Thank you for the comment, rating and tip!

Best regards,
rainbow-ga

digital1,
You might find this useful too...
   
"Oliver & Ohlbaum, a strategy consultancy in the media sector, have
published their review of the European radio sector. It is understood
to be the first overview of its kind.
Within the report, it is suggested that the "European commercial radio
sector is still extremely underdeveloped with 5,100 stations..."
http://www.theradiomagazine.co.uk/PastNews/2001-12.htm
("European Commercial Radio Underperforming", 11 December 2001)