Radio Ad Biz Posts Worst Quarter in History
May 21, 2009

-By Katy Bachman

The radio advertising business posted its worst quarter in history.
National and local ad spending combined fell 26 percent to $2.8
billion, according to figures released late Thursday (May 21) by the
Radio Advertising Bureau. Network radio, the segment of the business
that held up most of last year, fell 13 percent to $238 million. Off-
air revenue fell 12 percent to $264 million.

Revenue from radio's digital platforms, including online, streaming
and HD Radio side channels, was the medium's one bright spot, up 13
percent to $101 million.

Factoring all segments of the radio business, radio revenue was down
24 percent to $3.4 billion.

The RAB's estimates are based on a pool of more than 100 markets as
reported by Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., and extrapolated to the
entire U.S.

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Over-the-air HD Radio will never bill anything - going down? LOL!