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Table 3-2
Private radio broadcasters, by type of broadcaster, revenue and expense statement — FM

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FM: Part 1
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  thousands of dollars
Revenues  
Sales of air time  
Local 691,455 744,894 778,534 824,696 885,601
National and network 222,120 273,017 297,558 328,218 354,421
Sales of air time, total 913,575 1,017,911 1,076,092 1,152,914 1,240,022
Production and other, total 16,527 20,683 24,835 26,980 25,883
Operating revenue, total 930,102 1,038,594 1,100,927 1,179,894 1,265,905
Expenses  
Program 221,524 246,659 278,070 291,700 322,654
Technical services 24,226 25,596 29,202 32,255 36,282
Sales and promotion 238,894 252,527 270,926 290,725 306,858
Administration and general 198,153 212,609 218,716 247,727 255,216
Depreciation 29,731 30,488 37,747 33,863 35,024
Operating expenses, total 712,527 767,878 834,662 896,269 956,035
Profit before interest and taxes 217,575 270,716 266,265 283,625 309,870
Interest expense 27,736 23,846 21,470 28,535 13,860
Expenses, total 740,263 791,724 856,132 924,805 969,895
Net operating income 189,839 246,870 244,795 255,090 296,011
Other adjustments-income (expense) 12,553 7,591 31,413 27,703 55,274
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 202,392 254,461 276,208 282,793 351,285
Provision for income taxes 51,532 52,048 51,834 61,614 32,508
Net profit (loss) after income taxes 150,860 202,414 224,374 221,179 318,777
Salaries and other staff benefits 365,116 395,567 413,361 444,244 475,245
  numbers
Number of employees (weekly average) 6,089 6,438 6,902 7,246 7,713
Number of stations 368 394 428 458 492
FM: Part 2
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  percentage of revenues
Revenues  
Sales of air time  
Local 74.3 71.7 70.7 69.9 70.0
National and network 23.9 26.3 27.0 27.8 28.0
Sales of air time, total 98.2 98.0 97.7 97.7 98.0
Production and other, total 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.0
Operating revenue, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Expenses  
Program 23.8 23.7 25.3 24.7 25.5
Technical services 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.9
Sales and promotion 25.7 24.3 24.6 24.6 24.2
Administration and general 21.3 20.5 19.9 21.0 20.2
Depreciation 3.2 2.9 3.4 2.9 2.8
Operating expenses, total 76.6 73.9 75.8 76.0 75.5
Profit before interest and taxes 23.4 26.1 24.2 24.0 24.5
Interest expense 3.0 2.3 2.0 2.4 1.1
Expenses, total 79.6 76.2 77.8 78.4 76.6
Net operating income 20.4 23.8 22.2 21.6 23.4
Other adjustments-income (expense) 1.3 0.7 2.9 2.3 4.4
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 21.8 24.5 25.1 24.0 27.7
Provision for income taxes 5.5 5.0 4.7 5.2 2.6
Net profit (loss) after income taxes 16.2 19.5 20.4 18.7 25.2
Salaries and other staff benefits 39.3 38.1 37.5 37.7 37.5
Note(s):
Totals may not add due to rounding.