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Financial Summary - Radio

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  2004 2005   2006   2007   2008   CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 122 116   111   104   94   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 86,244,944 82,847,461 -3.94 78,171,734 -5.64 75,336,609 -3.63 71,854,856 -4.62 -4.5
National Time Sales 20,962,690 21,690,268 3.47 20,882,524 -3.72 18,982,093 -9.10 18,861,535 -0.64 -2.6
Network Payments               8   n/a
Syndication-Production 431,538 446,186 3.39 453,705 1.69 399,722 -11.90 344,133 -13.91 -5.5
Other Revenue 461,977 466,111 0.89 796,178 70.81 820,321 3.03 848,293 3.41  
Total Revenue 108,101,149 105,450,026 -2.45 100,304,141 -4.88 95,538,745 -4.75 91,908,825 -3.80 -4.0
Expenses                    
Program 32,631,016 32,557,578 -0.23 31,378,146 -3.62 29,368,101 -6.41 26,728,673 -8.99 -4.9
Technical 5,218,569 5,067,756 -2.89 5,137,932 1.38 4,283,947 -16.62 3,762,467 -12.17 -7.9
Sales and Promotion 28,564,988 28,119,712 -1.56 27,669,225 -1.60 26,610,671 -3.83 24,264,556 -8.82 -4.0
Administration and General 33,340,928 32,632,111 -2.13 31,216,942 -4.34 30,298,351 -2.94 28,437,354 -6.14 -3.9
Total Expenses 99,755,501 98,377,157 -1.38 95,402,245 -3.02 90,561,070 -5.07 83,193,050 -8.14 -4.4
Operating Income 8,345,648 7,072,869   4,901,896   4,977,675   8,715,775    
Depreciation 4,126,822 4,282,880 3.78 4,599,847 7.40 4,019,174 -12.62 4,105,293 2.14 -0.1
P.B.I.T. 4,218,826 2,789,989   302,049   958,501   4,610,482    
Interest Expense 1,696,435 1,713,658 1.02 2,491,377 45.38 1,787,566 -28.25 1,705,977 -4.56  
Adjustments -570,907 357,494 -162.62 245,460 -31.34 926,613 277.50 609,440 -34.23  
Pre-tax Profit 1,951,484 1,433,825   -1,943,868   97,548   3,513,945    
Programming (%)                    
Prog Expense/
Expense Total 		32.7 33.1   32.9   32.4   32.1    
Prog Expense/
Revenue Total 		30.2 30.9   31.3   30.7   29.1    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 61,993,997 58,663,921 -5.37 56,519,652 -3.66 53,652,262 -5.07 48,198,731 -10.16 -6.1
Avg Staff Count 1369.82 1268.34 -7.41 1225.51 -3.38 1112.55 -9.22 991.69 -10.86  
Avg Salary ($) 45,257 46,253 2.20 46,119 -0.29 48,225 4.56 48,603 0.78 1.8
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 62.1 59.6   59.2   59.2   57.9    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 7.7 6.7   4.9   5.2   9.5    
P.B.I.T. Margin 3.9 2.6   0.3   1.0   5.0    
Pre-tax Margin 1.8 1.4   -1.9   0.1   3.8    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate
Date Modified: 2009-11-03
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