This statistic shows the profitability of radio news stations in the United States from 2000 to 2021. According to the most recently available data, in 2021 just 12 percent of surveyed radio stations reported that they were showing profit, almost half the figure reported for the year 2000. Interestingly, the data reveals that in each year the majority of surveyed directors and managers reported that they did not know whether their stations were showing profitability or not.
Profitability of radio news stations in the United States from 2000 to 2021
The survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2020 among all 1,762 operating, non-satellite television stations and a random sample of 3,379 radio stations. Valid responses came from as many as 1,358 television stations (77.1%) and 765 radio news directors and general managers representing 2,310 radio stations. Some data sets (e.g. the number of TV stations originating local news, getting it from others and women TV news directors) are based on a complete census and are not projected from a smaller sample.
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RTDNA. (May 12, 2021). Profitability of radio news stations in the United States from 2000 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/957467/radio-news-profitability-level-us/
RTDNA. "Profitability of radio news stations in the United States from 2000 to 2021." Chart. May 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/957467/radio-news-profitability-level-us/
RTDNA. (2021). Profitability of radio news stations in the United States from 2000 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/957467/radio-news-profitability-level-us/
RTDNA. "Profitability of Radio News Stations in The United States from 2000 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/957467/radio-news-profitability-level-us/
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