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Commercial Radio
2005-2009 Financial Summaries

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Montréal Radio Market - AM
  2005 2006   2007   2008   2009   CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 9 9   10   9   9   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 18,319,171 18,330,168 0.06 17,208,367 -6.12 17,913,950 4.10 15,144,438 -15.46 -4.7
National Time Sales 2,252,955 2,749,035 22.02 2,303,267 -16.22 2,369,531 2.88 3,970,413 67.56 15.2
Network Payments           0   0 n/a n/a
Syndication-Production       387,812   21,700 -94.40 35,935 65.60 n/a
Other Revenue 267,653 142,127 -46.90 714,651 402.83 504,662 -29.38 828,228 64.12  
Total Revenue 20,839,779 21,221,330 1.83 20,614,097 -2.86 20,809,843 0.95 19,979,014 -3.99 -1.1
Expenses                    
Program 13,199,838 12,541,994 -4.98 12,229,265 -2.49 12,872,855 5.26 11,810,608 -8.25 -2.7
Technical 1,341,714 1,487,612 10.87 1,572,857 5.73 2,011,624 27.90 1,850,860 -7.99 8.4
Sales and Promotion 5,557,760 5,616,368 1.05 5,393,507 -3.97 4,863,916 -9.82 5,611,547 15.37 0.2
Administration and General 7,022,109 6,878,867 -2.04 6,476,422 -5.85 6,253,525 -3.44 5,701,338 -8.83 -5.1
Total Expenses 27,121,421 26,524,841 -2.20 25,672,051 -3.22 26,001,920 1.28 24,974,353 -3.95 -2.0
Operating Income -6,281,642 -5,303,511   -5,057,954   -5,192,077   -4,995,339    
Depreciation 634,774 535,913 -15.57 644,874 20.33 668,600 3.68 718,582 7.48 3.2
P.B.I.T. -6,916,416 -5,839,424   -5,702,828   -5,860,677   -5,713,921    
Interest Expense 932,142 452,224 -51.49 468,637 3.63 529,339 12.95 547,713 3.47  
Adjustments 536,499 -319,845 -159.62 1,136,910 -455.46 639,384 -43.76 3,106,703 385.89  
Pre-tax Profit -7,312,059 -6,611,493   -5,034,555   -5,750,632   -3,154,931    
Programming (%)                    
Prog Expense/Expense Total 48.7 47.3   47.6   49.5   47.3    
Prog Expense/Revenue Total 63.3 59.1   59.3   61.9   59.1    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 16,992,361 16,410,072 -3.43 15,511,679 -5.47 15,123,465 -2.50 14,117,459 -6.65 -4.5
Avg Staff Count 350.1 333.5 -4.74 279.7 -16.13 252.6 -9.70 244.4 -3.22  
Avg Salary ($) 48,536 49,206 1.38 55,458 12.71 59,881 7.97 57,757 -3.55 4.4
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 62.7 61.9   60.4   58.2   56.5    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin -30.1 -25.0   -24.5   -25.0   -25.0    
P.B.I.T. Margin -33.2 -27.5   -27.7   -28.2   -28.6    
Pre-tax Margin -35.1 -31.2   -24.4   -27.6   -15.8    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate