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Table 3-4
Private radio broadcasters, by type of broadcaster, revenue and expense statement — French language

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French language: Part 1
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  thousands of dollars
Revenues  
Sales of air time  
Local 142,575 138,151 138,225 140,916 142,717
National and network 51,785 69,462 78,630 81,911 87,502
Sales of air time, total 194,360 207,613 216,854 222,827 230,219
Production and other, total 4,857 5,837 6,506 7,322 8,170
Operating revenue, total 199,217 213,451 223,360 230,149 238,388
Expenses  
Program 61,382 63,880 70,734 71,725 76,869
Technical services 5,112 5,438 7,272 7,403 8,095
Sales and promotion 46,392 51,371 55,927 57,773 58,265
Administration and general 57,094 56,850 51,565 52,895 52,845
Depreciation 6,211 6,801 12,069 8,723 9,493
Operating expenses, total 176,192 184,340 197,568 198,520 205,567
Profit before interest and taxes 23,025 29,111 25,792 31,630 32,822
Interest expense 11,233 9,468 9,133 14,722 960
Expenses, total 187,425 193,808 206,701 213,242 206,527
Net operating income 11,792 19,643 16,659 16,907 31,861
Other adjustments-income (expense) 8,849 11,977 2,214 13,158 35,572
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 20,641 31,620 18,874 30,065 67,434
Provision for income taxes 5,108 2,880 4,777 8,779 7,623
Net profit (loss) after income taxes 15,533 28,740 14,097 21,285 59,811
Salaries and other staff benefits 90,384 99,482 97,149 102,078 103,186
  numbers
Number of employees (weekly average) 1,604 1,713 1,635 1,607 1,698
Number of stations 97 98 100 103 105
French language: Part 2
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  percentage of revenues
Revenues  
Sales of air time  
Local 71.6 64.7 61.9 61.2 59.9
National and network 26.0 32.5 35.2 35.6 36.7
Sales of air time, total 97.6 97.3 97.1 96.8 96.6
Production and other, total 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.4
Operating revenue, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Expenses  
Program 30.8 29.9 31.7 31.2 32.2
Technical services 2.6 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.4
Sales and promotion 23.3 24.1 25.0 25.1 24.4
Administration and general 28.7 26.6 23.1 23.0 22.2
Depreciation 3.1 3.2 5.4 3.8 4.0
Operating expenses, total 88.4 86.4 88.5 86.3 86.2
Profit before interest and taxes 11.6 13.6 11.5 13.7 13.8
Interest expense 5.6 4.4 4.1 6.4 0.4
Expenses, total 94.1 90.8 92.5 92.7 86.6
Net operating income 5.9 9.2 7.5 7.3 13.4
Other adjustments-income (expense) 4.4 5.6 1.0 5.7 14.9
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 10.4 14.8 8.5 13.1 28.3
Provision for income taxes 2.6 1.3 2.1 3.8 3.2
Net profit (loss) after income taxes 7.8 13.5 6.3 9.2 25.1
Salaries and other staff benefits 45.4 46.6 43.5 44.4 43.3
Note(s):
Totals may not add due to rounding.