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Montréal Radio Market

Financial Summary - Radio

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  2004 2005   2006   2007   2008   CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 18 20   20   21   20   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 89,108,694 88,373,608 -0.82 88,992,789 0.70 88,510,623 -0.54 84,833,980 -4.15 -1.2
National Time Sales 34,487,995 45,771,504 32.72 53,219,918 16.27 54,473,177 2.35 59,148,738 8.58 14.4
Network Payments 1,970,629 2,154,606 9.34 1,959,221 -9.07 1,592,311 -18.73 1,998,580 25.51 0.4
Syndication-Production 595,858 921,830 54.71 1,246,807 35.25 1,417,795 13.71 932,054 -34.26 11.8
Other Revenue 694 575,822 >999± 372,800 -35.26 818,950 119.68 1,333,908 62.88  
Total Revenue 126,163,870 137,797,370 9.22 145,791,535 5.80 146,812,856 0.70 148,247,260 0.98 4.1
Expenses                    
Program 40,342,552 43,332,846 7.41 47,050,978 8.58 46,925,267 -0.27 50,637,827 7.91 5.9
Technical 3,295,932 3,396,613 3.05 4,102,261 20.78 4,083,036 -0.47 4,833,952 18.39 10.1
Sales and Promotion 26,932,277 28,615,348 6.25 30,755,932 7.48 31,778,183 3.32 29,235,379 -8.00 2.1
Administration and General 28,348,734 29,805,939 5.14 28,639,642 -3.91 27,346,116 -4.52 27,247,788 -0.36 -1.0
Total Expenses 98,919,495 105,150,746 6.30 110,548,813 5.13 110,132,602 -0.38 111,954,946 1.65 3.1
Operating Income 27,244,375 32,646,624   35,242,722   36,680,254   36,292,314    
Depreciation 2,286,855 2,242,640 -1.93 2,025,062 -9.70 2,319,877 14.56 2,844,774 22.63 5.6
P.B.I.T. 24,957,520 30,403,984   33,217,660   34,360,377   33,447,540    
Interest Expense 3,005,603 3,119,138 3.78 1,941,508 -37.75 1,762,768 -9.21 1,785,876 1.31  
Adjustments -2,417,847 -1,150,333 -52.42 -1,117,890 -2.82 -1,027,904 -8.05 -2,362,702 129.86  
Pre-tax Profit 19,534,070 26,134,513   30,158,262   31,569,705   29,298,962    
Programming (%)                    
Prog Expense/
Expense Total 		40.8 41.2   42.6   42.6   45.2    
Prog Expense/
Revenue Total 		32.0 31.4   32.3   32.0   34.2    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 47,236,845 50,700,856 7.33 51,698,292 1.97 50,817,808 -1.70 50,972,517 0.30 1.9
Avg Staff Count 692.00 748.40 8.15 759.75 1.52 679.20 -10.60 690.74 1.70  
Avg Salary ($) 68,261 67,746 -0.76 68,046 0.44 74,820 9.95 73,794 -1.37 2.0
Salaries/ Expense Total (%) 47.8 48.2   46.8   46.1   45.5    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 21.6 23.7   24.2   25.0   24.5    
P.B.I.T. Margin 19.8 22.1   22.8   23.4   22.6    
Pre-tax Margin 15.5 19.0   20.7   21.5   19.8    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate
Date Modified: 2009-10-19
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