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Financial Summary - Radio

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  2004 2005   2006   2007   2008   CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 13 15   16   16   16   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 44,035,296 49,922,380 13.37 56,007,061 12.19 62,708,289 11.96 71,674,565 14.30 13.0
National Time Sales 12,422,262 12,749,059 2.63 13,056,315 2.41 14,290,848 9.46 15,074,029 5.48 5.0
Network Payments               0   n/a
Syndication-Production 428,138 539,463 26.00 1,353,803 150.95 552,806 -59.17 14,135 -97.44 -57.4
Other Revenue 250,829 547,921 118.44 578,012 5.49 416,183 -28.00 399,243 -4.07  
Total Revenue 57,136,525 63,758,823 11.59 70,995,191 11.35 77,968,126 9.82 87,161,972 11.79 11.1
Expenses                    
Program 12,899,573 14,834,734 15.00 18,470,648 24.51 18,864,925 2.13 21,064,365 11.66 13.0
Technical 1,247,357 1,452,821 16.47 1,828,324 25.85 2,047,707 12.00 2,210,186 7.93 15.4
Sales and Promotion 14,370,096 15,809,052 10.01 18,936,576 19.78 19,190,782 1.34 21,779,252 13.49 11.0
Administration and General 10,127,226 12,640,157 24.81 14,699,246 16.29 14,857,334 1.08 15,302,664 3.00 10.9
Total Expenses 38,644,252 44,736,764 15.77 53,934,794 20.56 54,960,748 1.90 60,356,467 9.82 11.8
Operating Income 18,492,273 19,022,059   17,060,397   23,007,378   26,805,505    
Depreciation 2,423,170 1,766,689 -27.09 2,456,237 39.03 2,184,709 -11.05 2,347,272 7.44 -0.8
P.B.I.T. 16,069,103 17,255,370   14,604,160   20,822,669   24,458,233    
Interest Expense 1,300,391 1,341,330 3.15 1,578,143 17.66 1,223,768 -22.46 898,244 -26.60  
Adjustments 1,506,440 -290,069 -119.26 7,551,605 >999± 6,701,620 -11.26 7,159,901 6.84  
Pre-tax Profit 16,275,152 15,623,971   20,577,622   26,300,521   30,719,890    
Programming (%)                    
Prog Expense/
Expense Total 		33.4 33.2   34.2   34.3   34.9    
Prog Expense/
Revenue Total 		22.6 23.3   26.0   24.2   24.2    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 20,826,290 23,190,286 11.35 28,037,205 20.90 28,930,829 3.19 32,048,107 10.77 11.4
Avg Staff Count 281.50 339.75 20.69 379.45 11.69 411.81 8.53 422.98 2.71  
Avg Salary ($) 73,983 68,257 -7.74 73,889 8.25 70,253 -4.92 75,767 7.85 0.6
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 53.9 51.8   52.0   52.6   53.1    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 32.4 29.8   24.0   29.5   30.8    
P.B.I.T. Margin 28.1 27.1   20.6   26.7   28.1    
Pre-tax Margin 28.5 24.5   29.0   33.7   35.2    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate
Date Modified: 2009-10-19
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