BIA Financial has released its annual report on radio revenues for the previous year. Thanks to the New York Daily News reports each year, we have produced this table comparing station revenues for the past five years.
Station | Owner | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
106.7 WLTW | Clear Channel | $52.6 | $62.8 | $65.6 | $58.9 | $70.2 |
1010 WINS | CBS | $51.8 | $57.7 | $59.7 | $60.8 | $60.6 |
100.3 WHTZ | Clear Channel | $49.6 | $52.3 | $47.3 | – | $48.6 |
880 WCBS | CBS | $46.7 | $53.7 | $56.2 | $56.2 | $55.7 |
660 WFAN | CBS | $38.9 | $37.5 | $50.6 | $52.5 | $52.5 |
95.5 WPLJ | Citadel | $31.1 | $35.8 | $37.2 | – | $39.6 |
97.1 WQHT | Emmis | $30.1 | $32.3 | $31.9 | – | $40.8 |
97.9 WSKQ | Spanish Broadcasting | $29.4 | $35.3 | $32.5 | – | $36.9 |
104.3 WAXQ | Clear Channel | $29.2 | $34.4 | $35.1 | $33.5 | |
107.5 WBLS | Inner City | $28.0 | $33.2 | $26.8 | – | $25.5 |
98.7 WRKS | Emmis | $26.4 | $26.2 | $35.5 | – | $28.8 |
103.5 WKTU | Clear Channel | $25.6 | $29.0 | $34.6 | – | $38.4 |
105.1 WWPR | Clear Channel | $25.0 | $26.9 | $28.3 | – | $23.9 |
770 WABC | Citadel | $21.3 | $23.1 | $23.4 | – | $24.0 |
93.1 WPAT-FM | Spanish Broadcasting | $20.8 | $23.0 | $16.6 | – | $14.8 |
101.1 WCBS-FM | CBS | $18.5 | $18.2 | $16.1 | $23.9 | $34.1 |
102.7 WWFS | CBS | $17.8 | $18.1 | $18.0 | $15.4 | $7.9 |
92.3 WXRK | CBS | $15.9 | $17.0 | $18.7 | $50.8 | $52.2 |
710 WOR | Buckley | $15.1 | $16.0 | $20.3 | – | $19.6 |
96.3 WQXR | New York Times | $10.6 | $12.9 | $13.2 | – | $15.4 |
101.9 WRXP | Emmis | $10.4 | $14.4 | $14.8 | – | $27.0 |
105.9 WCAA | Univision | $9.5 | $9.0 | $12.3 | – | $4.1 |
1280 WADO | Univision | $9.5 | $10.5 | $11.4 | – | $7.7 |
1050 WEPN | Disney | $9.3 | $10.0 | $10.3 | – | $7.8 |
570 WMCA | Salem | $7.9 | $8.8 | $8.6 | – | $8.3 |
All figures in Millions. |
Most stations have dropped from the revenues posted in 2004, especially those at the top. Some like WFAN from the loss of Imus and WXRK from the loss of Howard Stern were substantial. A few that have risen over the past five years include Clear Channel’s CHR Z100, Inner City’s Urban WBLS, and CBS’ Fresh 102.7 as it has slowly risen from the dead.