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Montréal Radio Market - FM

Financial Summary - Radio

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  2004 2005   2006   2007   2008   CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 9 11   11   11   11   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 67,727,461 70,054,437 3.44 70,662,621 0.87 71,302,256 0.91 66,920,030 -6.15 -0.3
National Time Sales 30,893,503 43,518,549 40.87 50,470,883 15.98 52,169,910 3.37 56,779,207 8.84 16.4
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 595,558 921,830 54.78 1,246,807 35.25 1,029,983 -17.39 910,354 -11.61 11.2
Other Revenue -70,497 308,169 -537.14 230,673 -25.15 104,299 -54.78 829,246 695.07  
Total Revenue 101,116,654 116,957,591 15.67 124,570,205 6.51 126,198,759 1.31 127,437,417 0.98 6.0
Expenses                    
Program 25,444,434 30,133,008 18.43 34,508,984 14.52 34,696,002 0.54 37,764,972 8.85 10.4
Technical 2,013,867 2,054,899 2.04 2,614,649 27.24 2,510,179 -4.00 2,822,328 12.44 8.8
Sales and Promotion 20,905,758 23,057,588 10.29 25,139,564 9.03 26,384,676 4.95 24,371,463 -7.63 3.9
Administration and General 20,528,895 22,783,830 10.98 21,760,775 -4.49 20,869,694 -4.09 20,994,263 0.60 0.6
Total Expenses 68,892,954 78,029,325 13.26 84,023,972 7.68 84,460,551 0.52 85,953,026 1.77 5.7
Operating Income 32,223,700 38,928,266   40,546,233   41,738,208   41,484,391    
Depreciation 1,524,559 1,607,866 5.46 1,489,149 -7.38 1,675,003 12.48 2,176,174 29.92 9.3
P.B.I.T. 30,699,141 37,320,400   39,057,084   40,063,205   39,308,217    
Interest Expense 2,446,880 2,186,996 -10.62 1,489,284 -31.90 1,294,131 -13.10 1,256,537 -2.90  
Adjustments -1,990,638 -1,686,832 -15.26 -798,045 -52.69 -2,164,814 171.26 -3,002,086 38.68  
Pre-tax Profit 26,261,623 33,446,572   36,769,755   36,604,260   35,049,594    
Programming (%)                    
Prog Expense/ Expense Total 36.9 38.6   41.1   41.1   43.9    
Prog Expense/ Revenue Total 25.2 25.8   27.7   27.5   29.6    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 29,119,031 33,708,495 15.76 35,288,220 4.69 35,306,129 0.05 35,849,052 1.54 5.3
Avg Staff Count 350.30 398.30 13.70 426.25 7.02 399.50 -6.28 438.18 9.68  
Avg Salary ($) 83,126 84,631 1.81 82,788 -2.18 88,376 6.75 81,814 -7.43 -0.4
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 42.3 43.2   42.0   41.8   41.7    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 31.9 33.3   32.5   33.1   32.6    
P.B.I.T. Margin 30.4 31.9   31.4   31.7   30.8    
Pre-tax Margin 26.0 28.6   29.5   29.0   27.5    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate
Date Modified: 2009-10-19
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