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Table 3-1
Private radio broadcasters, by type of broadcaster, revenue and expense statement — AM

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AM: Part 1
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  thousands of dollars
Revenues  
Sales of air time  
Local 251,220 250,002 259,734 268,033 265,889
National and network 49,390 50,206 53,997 52,238 54,436
Sales of air time, total 300,610 300,208 313,731 320,271 320,325
Production and other, total 3,935 5,614 5,704 11,042 9,104
Operating revenue, total 304,545 305,822 319,435 331,313 329,429
Expenses  
Program 116,578 111,218 116,563 120,815 116,814
Technical services 13,526 13,644 14,140 13,575 14,160
Sales and promotion 77,981 76,560 81,603 83,716 82,364
Administration and general 80,845 80,293 79,606 87,147 80,399
Depreciation 10,293 10,329 9,934 9,773 9,031
Operating expenses, total 299,223 292,043 301,846 315,027 302,768
Profit before interest and taxes 5,322 13,779 17,588 16,287 26,661
Interest expense 6,878 5,412 7,035 6,597 4,666
Expenses, total 306,101 297,455 308,881 321,623 307,434
Net operating income -1,556 8,368 10,554 9,690 21,996
Other adjustments-income (expense) 3,909 159 10,474 13,352 16,990
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 2,353 8,527 21,027 23,042 38,986
Provision for income taxes -315 2,832 -2,274 793 6,251
Net profit (loss) after income taxes 2,668 5,694 23,301 22,249 32,735
Salaries and other staff benefits 170,090 161,401 165,425 168,208 163,336
  numbers
Number of employees (weekly average) 3,118 3,009 3,021 2,986 2,787
Number of stations 190 180 178 174 159
AM: Part 2
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  percentage of revenues
Revenues  
Sales of air time  
Local 82.5 81.7 81.3 80.9 80.7
National and network 16.2 16.4 16.9 15.8 16.5
Sales of air time, total 98.7 98.2 98.2 96.7 97.2
Production and other, total 1.3 1.8 1.8 3.3 2.8
Operating revenue, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Expenses  
Program 38.3 36.4 36.5 36.5 35.5
Technical services 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.3
Sales and promotion 25.6 25.0 25.5 25.3 25.0
Administration and general 26.5 26.3 24.9 26.3 24.4
Depreciation 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.7
Operating expenses, total 98.3 95.5 94.5 95.1 91.9
Profit before interest and taxes 1.7 4.5 5.5 4.9 8.1
Interest expense 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.4
Expenses, total 100.5 97.3 96.7 97.1 93.3
Net operating income -0.5 2.7 3.3 2.9 6.7
Other adjustments-income (expense) 1.3 0.1 3.3 4.0 5.2
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 0.8 2.8 6.6 7.0 11.8
Provision for income taxes -0.1 0.9 -0.7 0.2 1.9
Net profit (loss) after income taxes 0.9 1.9 7.3 6.7 9.9
Salaries and other staff benefits 55.9 52.8 51.8 50.8 49.6
Note(s):
Totals may not add due to rounding.