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Number of commercial radio stations in the United States from 1952 to 2016

The data displays the increase of commercial radio stations in the U.S. from 1952 to 2016. According to the source, there were 6,530 commercial radio stations in the U.S. in 1970, a figure which almost doubled to 11,358 by 2016..

1952	3068
1961	4517
1970	6530
1980	7709
1990	9379
1993	9915
2001	10620
2002	10679
2003	10728
2004	10727
2005	10729
2006	10691
2007	10700
2008	10694
2009	10705
2010	10755
2011	10766
2012	10802
2013	10867
2014	10887
2015	10927
2016	11358

Number of commercial radio stations in the United States from 1952 to 2016

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