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Historical Values
Year Value
1995 broadcast stations: AM 77, FM 0, shortwave 2 radios: NA
1995 broadcast stations: 5 televisions: NA
1996 AM 77, FM 0, shortwave 2
1996 5 (1986 est.)
1997 AM 18, FM 80, shortwave 2
1997 11 (1996 est.)
1998 AM 18, FM 80, shortwave 2
1998 11 (1996 est.)
1999 AM 18, FM 80, shortwave 2
1999 5 (1997)
2000 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2000 5 (1997)
2001 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2001 5 (1997)
2002 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2002 5 (1997)
2003 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2003 5 (1997)
2004 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2004 5 (1997)
2005 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2005 5 (1997)
2006 AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)
2006 5 (1997)
2007 AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
2007 5 (1997)
2008 AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
2008 5 (1997)
2009 AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
2009 5 (1997)
2010 multiple privately-owned national terrestrial television networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2011 multiple privately-owned national terrestrial television networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2012 multiple privately-owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2013 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2014 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2015 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2015 AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
2015 5 (1997)
2016 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)
2017 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2017)
2018 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2017)
2019 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T)
2020 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T)
2021 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T)
2022 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and two known government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2022)
2023 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and two known government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2022)
2024 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and two known government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2022)
2025 multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio stations and 2 government-owned radio stations; transition to digital transmission was set to begin in 2018, along with adoption of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T) (2022)