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Small Markets - British Columbia and Territories - FM

Financial Summary - Radio

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  2004 2005   2006   2007   2008   CAGR (%)
($) Reporting Units 41 44   51   52   53   5 yr
Revenue     Var %   Var %   Var %   Var %  
Local Time Sales 32,086,056 36,530,127 13.85 41,584,410 13.84 44,772,415 7.67 48,759,440 8.91 11.0
National Time Sales 9,410,060 11,391,422 21.06 11,432,585 0.36 13,173,804 15.23 14,995,698 13.83 12.4
Network Payments               0   n/a
Syndication-Production 326,336 418,462 28.23 354,101 -15.38 134,831 -61.92 165,176 22.51 -15.7
Other Revenue 185,386 705,053 280.32 362,799 -48.54 567,501 56.42 704,383 24.12  
Total Revenue 42,007,838 49,045,064 16.75 53,733,895 9.56 58,648,551 9.15 64,624,697 10.19 11.4
Expenses                    
Program 11,459,358 12,470,346 8.82 14,002,953 12.29 15,032,631 7.35 15,191,240 1.06 7.3
Technical 1,732,865 1,703,227 -1.71 2,083,064 22.30 2,250,284 8.03 2,637,101 17.19 11.1
Sales and Promotion 12,042,617 13,203,724 9.64 14,783,604 11.97 16,708,685 13.02 17,814,688 6.62 10.3
Administration and General 12,159,763 12,689,923 4.36 13,893,258 9.48 15,162,204 9.13 15,369,115 1.36 6.0
Total Expenses 37,394,603 40,067,220 7.15 44,762,879 11.72 49,153,804 9.81 51,012,144 3.78 8.1
Operating Income 4,613,235 8,977,844   8,971,016   9,494,747   13,612,553    
Depreciation 1,581,874 1,819,333 15.01 1,944,579 6.88 2,268,134 16.64 1,540,096 -32.10 -0.7
P.B.I.T. 3,031,361 7,158,511   7,026,437   7,226,613   12,072,457    
Interest Expense 1,228,954 1,137,159 -7.47 1,650,516 45.14 1,258,707 -23.74 1,053,603 -16.29  
Adjustments 126,763 -283,669 -323.78 248,360 -187.55 518,520 108.78 -978,717 -288.75  
Pre-tax Profit 1,929,170 5,737,683   5,624,281   6,486,426   10,040,137    
Programming (%)                    
Prog Expense/
Expense Total
30.6 31.1   31.3   30.6   29.8    
Prog Expense/
Revenue Total
27.3 25.4   26.1   25.6   23.5    
Staff                    
Total Salaries 21,644,094 23,274,289 7.53 25,483,735 9.49 28,155,998 10.49 28,656,185 1.78 7.3
Avg Staff Count 488.26 497.97 1.99 571.13 14.69 593.22 3.87 545.04 -8.12  
Avg Salary ($) 44,329 46,738 5.44 44,620 -4.53 47,463 6.37 52,576 10.77 4.4
Salaries/Expense Total (%) 57.9 58.1   56.9   57.3   56.2    
Profitability (%)                    
Operating Margin 11.0 18.3   16.7   16.2   21.1    
P.B.I.T. Margin 7.2 14.6   13.1   12.3   18.7    
Pre-tax Margin 4.6 11.7   10.5   11.1   15.5    
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate