Table 1
Geographic location and channels for digital communication (frequencies)
| Geographic location | Hyperlocals | Commentary option on news site | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan | 21 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 |
| Urban | 28 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 18 |
| Countryside | 22 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 9 |
| Rural | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 75 | 73 | 58 | 44 | 37 |
[i] Comments: Metropolitan = big city regions of Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö. Urban = municipalities with a population of at least 30,000, or where the biggest city has at least 25,000 inhabitants. Countryside = municipalities not included in the two classifications above, and which have a population density of at least five residents per square kilometre. Rural = municipalities not included in the three classifications above, and which have a population density of less than five residents per square kilometre.