As seen on TV and heard on the Radio: Radio and Television Broadcasting, 2019

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As seen on TV and heard on the Radio: Radio and Television Broadcasting, 2019

What do your favourite shows cost?


Table 1
Total programming and production expenses
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total programming and production expenses. The information is grouped by Category (appearing as row headers), Dollars (x1,000,000) (appearing as column headers).
Category Dollars (x1,000,000)
News 758
Reality TV 244
Game Shows 57
Accessible ProgrammingTable 1 Note 1 43
Note 1

Accessibility Programming costs include closed captioning, described video and dubbing

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How much are ads worth?


Table 2
Total advertising revenues by industry
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total advertising revenues by industry. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Dollars (x1,000,000,000) (appearing as column headers).
Industry Dollars (x1,000,000,000)
Private TV 1.56
Pay and Specialty TV 1.19

What’s playing on private Canadian radio stations?


Table 3
Percentage of stations categorized by self-reported genre
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of stations categorized by self-reported genre. The information is grouped by Genre (appearing as row headers), Percent (%) (appearing as column headers).
Genre Percent (%)
Country 16.2
Classic hits 12.5
Mainstream Rock 11.8

Languages heard on Canadian airwaves


Table 4
Private radio station counts by language and broadcast type
Table summary
This table displays the results of Private radio station counts by language and broadcast type. The information is grouped by Language and bandwidth (appearing as row headers), Number of stations (appearing as column headers).
Language and bandwidth Number of stations
English - FM 505
French - FM 96
Other language - FM 18
English - AM 100
French - AM 5
Other language - AM 13

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