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CRTC - FINANCIAL DATABASE SYSTEM / FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RADIO
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  2004 2005   2006   2007   2008   CAGR (%)
($000) Reporting Units 95 95   97   100   97   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 169,321 168,399 -0.54 169,224 0.49 171,483 1.34 172,146 0.39 0.4
National Time Sales 57,569 76,136 32.25 86,599 13.74 89,264 3.08 95,639 7.14 13.5
Network Payments 0 0   0   0   0    
Syndication-Production 1,248 1,859 49.03 2,212 18.95 2,771 25.28 2,362 -14.76 17.3
Other 2,369 2,918 23.20 3,161 8.31 3,875 22.58 4,276 10.35  
Total Revenue 230,507 249,312 8.16 261,195 4.77 267,393 2.37 274,422 2.63 4.5
Expenses                    
Program 71,001 74,293 4.64 81,226 9.33 83,065 2.26 88,238 6.23 5.6
Technical 6,701 6,474 -3.39 8,360 29.13 8,612 3.02 9,787 13.64 9.9
Sales and Promotion 56,069 58,370 4.10 62,771 7.54 65,027 3.60 64,389 -0.98 3.5
Administration and General 59,274 62,720 5.81 59,512 -5.11 59,971 0.77 59,248 -1.20 -0.0
Total Expenses 193,045 201,856 4.56 211,868 4.96 216,675 2.27 221,663 2.30 3.5
Operating Income 37,462 47,456   49,327   50,718   52,760    
Depreciation 6,903 7,360 6.61 12,457 69.27 9,297 -25.37 10,163 9.32 10.2
P.B.I.T. 30,558 40,096   36,870   41,422   42,597    
Interest Expense 10,549 10,347 -1.91 8,660 -16.31 14,225 64.26 1,266 -91.10  
Adjustments - Gain(Loss) 6,217 5,761 -7.34 1,019 -82.31 11,275 >999± 32,235 185.89  
Pre-tax Profit 26,227 35,510   29,229   38,472   73,566    
Programming (%)                    
Programming Expense / Expense Total 36.8 36.8   38.3   38.3   39.8    
Programming Expense / Revenue Total 30.8 29.8   31.1   31.1   32.2    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 102,983 112,550 9.29 112,337 -0.19 115,391 2.72 116,865 1.28 3.2
Avg Staff Count 1,807 1,973 9.22 1,915 -2.96 1,835 -4.16 1,839 0.18  
Avg Salary ($) 56,999 57,033 0.06 58,662 2.86 62,870 7.17 63,557 1.09 2.8
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 53.3 55.8   53.0   53.3   52.7    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 16.3 19.0   18.9   19.0   19.2    
P.B.I.T. Margin 13.3 16.1   14.1   15.5   15.5    
Pre-tax Margin 11.4 14.2   11.2   14.4   26.8    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate
Date Modified: 2009-06-12
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