“The Dominican Republic is one of the countries which proportionately has the most radio and television stations in the world,” said Dominican Telecomm Institute (Indotel) president Jose Rafael Vargas, including 98 cable TV companies, 44 VHF and UHF TV channels, and 391 AM and FM radio stations.
The official, speaking during the launch of digital television and radio projects, said the Dominican Republic has 126 AM, 247 FM, and 20 shortwave stations.
“There are 98 cable companies, for which there’s no a municipality in the country where there’s no cable; 44 VHF and UHF television channels; eight broadcasting channels and 31 extreme frequency {sic] channels,” Vargas said in the conference “From the digital gap to opportunity in Dominican Republic,” hosted by Virtual Educa Caribe 2009.
(Source: DominicanToday.com)
on Mar 9th, 2009 at 20:39
I disagree with his statement that there are 20 short wave stations in the Dominican Republic. As far as I know, there are only one or two stations using short wave.
on Mar 10th, 2009 at 22:10
Both of which are currently inactive, or not reported for months. Actually, WRTH has three, which might possibly return to the air sometime. What a ridiculous claim; doubt DR ever had 20 active SW stations. Thus making doubtful the other figures. Anyhow, quantity does not necessarily correlate with quality.