Radio broadcast stations: AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999).[1] Television broadcast stations: 48 (1997).[1] Bolivia has a large number of radio and TV stations broadcasting with private media outlets dominating.[1] There has been a recent, rapid growth of state-owned media, including a network of community radios.[2] State-owned and private radio and TV stations generally operate freely, although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting (2010).[1]