The number of radio stations in the United states and Canada
(separated by country)? Average amount of listeners per station, or
total listeners?

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 08 Feb 2004 03:15 PST

Hi.

I can give you the  number of radio stations in the United states and
Canada separated by country, but the second part of your question is
vague.

How do you define 'listeners'?  I've located a statistic of the total
number of  Americans who listen to the radio at least once per week. 
Would that be acceptable?

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Clarification of Question by lochradio-ga on 08 Feb 2004 11:10 PST

Yes that would be acceptable. Thanks.

Hello.

There are about 13,000 radio stations in the U.S. and 700 in Canada.

sources:

Associated Press, 1/6/04:
"Only about 300 of the United States' 13,000 radio stations have
become licensed for digital"
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/business/technology/7646329.htm

The Guardian, March 4, 2003:
"You might more pertinently wonder how you govern a country like the
US that has 13,000 radio stations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,906875,00.html

The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2003:
"..it's hard to get the 700 radio stations in Canada and the 13,000 in
the United States to recognize the severity of the problem"
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031204.wxftwkapi04/BNStory/Front/

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Approximately 223 million Americans listen to the radio at least once a week.

Salt Lake Tribune, March 2, 2003
"A century after its birth, radio remains an enormously popular mass
medium. In an average week, radio reaches 223 million people, or 94
percent of all Americans aged 12 or older. "
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Mar/03022003/utah/34326.asp

As for how much they listen, Barron's reports that the average
American adult listen to two hours of radio per day.

'From Barron's Online: "On a typical day, America's 200 million adults
listen to the radio for at least two hours, mostly in their
cars.Image: Satellite radio artwork from Barron's'
source: Radio & Internet Newsletter, 2/18/03
http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/021803/index.asp

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search strategy:
"united states * radio stations"
u.s., "has * radio stations"
"radio stations in canada"
"million * listen to the radio"

I hope this helps.

Exactly the information I was looking for. Thanks.

Thank you for the tip.
-juggler

In case it might be of some further use to you, here is a link to the
latest FCC quarterly report of the exact number of licensed television
and radio broadcast stations, broken down by station type:

FCC: Broadcast Station Totals: September 30, 2003
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/totals/bt030930.html