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2006-2010 Financial Summaries

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Other Medium Markets - Aggregate
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 8 8 8 8 9  
Revenue      Var %     Var %     Var %     Var %  5 yr
Local Time Sales 14,897,463 15,579,317 4.58 15,833,279 1.63 14,539,378 -8.17 15,426,086 6.10 0.9
National Time Sales 4,728,536 5,281,566 11.70 6,780,297 28.38 4,819,077 -28.93 5,526,167 14.67 4.0
Network Payments                   n/a
Syndication-Production             n/a   n/a n/a
Government Grants                   n/a
Other  1,137 777,433 >999± 154,541 -80.12 556,146 259.87 413,597 -25.63  
Total Revenue 19,627,136 21,638,316 10.25 22,768,117 5.22 19,914,601 -12.53 21,365,850 7.29 2.1
Expenses                    
Program 5,397,738 5,692,597 5.46 5,629,477 -1.11 5,560,823 -1.22 5,561,829 0.02 0.8
Technical 567,118 627,462 10.64 609,426 -2.87 609,043 -0.06 740,833 21.64 6.9
Sales and Promotion 5,708,920 7,115,227 24.63 7,585,084 6.60 7,456,626 -1.69 7,552,232 1.28 7.3
Administration and General 3,488,231 3,749,189 7.48 4,494,583 19.88 3,091,976 -31.21 4,389,020 41.95 5.9
Total Expenses 15,162,007 17,184,475 13.34 18,318,570 6.60 16,718,468 -8.73 18,243,914 9.12 4.7
Operating Income 4,465,129 4,453,841   4,449,547   3,196,133   3,121,936    
Depreciation 651,963 712,842 9.34 703,126 -1.36 625,053 -11.10 686,347 9.81 1.3
P.B.I.T. 3,813,166 3,740,999   3,746,421   2,571,080   2,435,589    
Interest Expense 590,255 641,461 8.68 417,901 -34.85 280,345 -32.92 2,592 -99.08  
Adjustments - Gain(Loss) 78,712 134,481 70.85 -517,221 -484.61 -4,272,019 725.96 -778,972 -81.77  
Pre-tax Profit 3,301,623 3,234,019   2,811,299   -1,981,284   1,654,025    
Programming (%)                    
Programming Expense / Expense Total 35.6 33.1   30.7   33.3   30.5    
Programming Expense / Revenue Total 27.5 26.3   24.7   27.9   26.0    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 9,520,891 9,511,535 -0.10 9,842,902 3.48 9,770,720 -0.73 10,118,552 3.56 1.5
Avg Staff Count 160.4 171.3 6.76 163.8 -4.35 150.8 -7.94 159.7 5.93  
Avg Salary ($) 59,357 55,542 -6.43 60,091 8.19 64,793 7.82 63,344 -2.24 1.6
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 62.8 55.3   53.7   58.4   55.5    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 22.7 20.6   19.5   16.0   14.6    
P.B.I.T. Margin 19.4 17.3   16.5   12.9   11.4    
Pre-tax Margin 16.8 14.9   12.3   -9.9   7.7    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate