'Don't Get Your Hopes Up' Over April Revs, Says Analyst"

NEW YORK -- May 16, 2008: The RAB reported today that radio revenues
fell by 1 percent in April, but Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker is
saying, "Don't get your hopes up."

The April result was radio's best performance since August 2007, and,
though Ryvicker acknowledges that it was "bettter than expected," she
says, "We are hearing from both private and public companies that May
looks more like March (which was down 8 percent) than like April." She
notes that she did not get a good "read" on April's strength --
adding, "strength being relative, as -1 percent is much better than
the mid-single-digit declines that we have primarily seen since last
August)."

Ryvicker is keeping her radio-industry estimate at down 2.5 percent
for 2008, but moving her second-quarter estimate to down 3 percent
from down 4 percent.

http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntr...&pt=todaysnews

Ha! Ha! It's because of all the money/resources wasted on the HD Radio
farce.

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'Don't Get Your Hopes Up' Over April Revs, Says Analyst"

NEW YORK -- May 16, 2008: The RAB reported today that radio revenues
fell by 1 percent in April, but Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker is
saying, "Don't get your hopes up."

Ha! Ha! It's because of all the money/resources wasted on the HD Radio
farce.

Revenues do not decline due to capital expenditures. Revenues decline
because the economy is in a near recession.

Your knowledge of business is so astronomically poor it is a source of
ongoing amazement.

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On May 19, 1:43?pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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'Don't Get Your Hopes Up' Over April Revs, Says Analyst"

NEW YORK -- May 16, 2008: The RAB reported today that radio revenues
fell by 1 percent in April, but Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker is
saying, "Don't get your hopes up."

Ha! Ha! It's because of all the money/resources wasted on the HD Radio
farce.

Revenues do not decline due to capital expenditures. Revenues decline
because the economy is in a near recession.

Your knowledge of business is so astronomically poor it is a source of
ongoing amazement.

Just as I thought, the HD Alliance and its boosters are already
blaming the failure of HD radio on the recession!

I have no idea what the Alliance thinks. Many HD broadcasters are not part
of it... and its goal is promotional, not to give opinions.

BTW - is your
little, dwindling research staff still laughing?

No, it expanded this year.

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'Don't Get Your Hopes Up' Over April Revs, Says Analyst"

NEW YORK -- May 16, 2008: The RAB reported today that radio revenues
fell by 1 percent in April, but Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker is
saying, "Don't get your hopes up."

Ha! Ha! It's because of all the money/resources wasted on the HD
Radio
farce.

Revenues do not decline due to capital expenditures. Revenues decline
because the economy is in a near recession.

Your knowledge of business is so astronomically poor it is a source of
ongoing amazement.
Just as I thought, the HD Alliance and its boosters are already
blaming the failure of HD radio on the recession!

Or the HD naysayers are blaming HD radio for the recesssion....which is
it?- Hide quoted text -

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HD Radio is to be blamed for radio's recession.

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"Radio: How many people did it take to write that Clear Channel memo?"

"When BainCapital opened the books it revealed the enormous sums of
money and time wasted with HD Radio conversion – at $100K per station....

So, a station is putting less than 1 percent of it's revenue into new and
experimental technology is causing a radio recession?

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On May 19, 3:27 pm, "Radio Ron" wrote:

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"When BainCapital opened the books it revealed the enormous sums of
money and time wasted with HD Radio conversion – at $100K per station
- and the other Clear Channel side projects, many since abandoned, all
of which helped give the radio industry its bad name."

That is not a fact.... that is the opinion of one ornery programmer from the
Mistake on the Lake who has no engineering or general management or
owenrship experience.

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'Don't Get Your Hopes Up' Over April Revs, Says Analyst"

NEW YORK -- May 16, 2008: The RAB reported today that radio revenues
fell by 1 percent in April, but Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker is
saying, "Don't get your hopes up."

Ha! Ha! It's because of all the money/resources wasted on the HD
Radio
farce.

Revenues do not decline due to capital expenditures. Revenues decline
because the economy is in a near recession.

Your knowledge of business is so astronomically poor it is a source of
ongoing amazement.
Just as I thought, the HD Alliance and its boosters are already
blaming the failure of HD radio on the recession!

Or the HD naysayers are blaming HD radio for the recesssion....which is
it?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
HD Radio is to be blamed for radio's recession.

OK...Any facts to back that up?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Radio: How many people did it take to write that Clear Channel memo?"

"When BainCapital opened the books it revealed the enormous sums of
money and time wasted with HD Radio conversion – at $100K per station.....

So, a station is putting less than 1 percent of it's revenue into new and
experimental technology is causing a radio recession?- Hide quoted text -

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"CLEAR CHANNEL PULLS THE PLUG ON SOME HD RADIO STATIONS"

"After conducting a survey of 340 HD2 stations to determine their
programming needs, the folks at Clear Channel have dumped a number of
their HD 'Format Lab' stations due to a lack of demand."

http://talentfilter.blogspot.com/200...-some-hd..html

"Clear Channel's murky future"

"Sad because eliminating new hires (including sellers), failing to
replace those who leave, stopping all investment in the future, and
halting all advertising and research is the equivalent of saying that
necessity requires us to strangle the goose that lays the golden eggs,
even as the goose is up for sale."

http://www.hear2.com/2008/01/clear-channels.html

Yup! No more investments in HD Radio!

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"When BainCapital opened the books it revealed the enormous sums of
money and time wasted with HD Radio conversion – at $100K per
station....

So, a station is putting less than 1 percent of it's revenue into new and
experimental technology is causing a radio recession?

The gross revenues for CCU last year was $6 billion. Radio only was about
half that. Over the last 4 years, CCU has converted several hundred stations
to HD.... let's say it is 100 a year... that's $10 million out of $6
billion. In any case, the HD installs are capitalized and depreciated over
multiple years. And capital expenses do not affect revenues at all.

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'Don't Get Your Hopes Up' Over April Revs, Says Analyst"

NEW YORK -- May 16, 2008: The RAB reported today that radio
revenues
fell by 1 percent in April, but Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker is
saying, "Don't get your hopes up."

Ha! Ha! It's because of all the money/resources wasted on the HD
Radio
farce.

Revenues do not decline due to capital expenditures. Revenues
decline
because the economy is in a near recession.

Your knowledge of business is so astronomically poor it is a source
of
ongoing amazement.
Just as I thought, the HD Alliance and its boosters are already
blaming the failure of HD radio on the recession!

Or the HD naysayers are blaming HD radio for the recesssion....which
is
it?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
HD Radio is to be blamed for radio's recession.

OK...Any facts to back that up?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Radio: How many people did it take to write that Clear Channel memo?"

"When BainCapital opened the books it revealed the enormous sums of
money and time wasted with HD Radio conversion – at $100K per
station....

So, a station is putting less than 1 percent of it's revenue into new and
experimental technology is causing a radio recession?- Hide quoted text -

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"CLEAR CHANNEL PULLS THE PLUG ON SOME HD RADIO STATIONS"
"After conducting a survey of 340 HD2 stations to determine their
programming needs, the folks at Clear Channel have dumped a number of
their HD 'Format Lab' stations due to a lack of demand."
http://talentfilter.blogspt.com/2008...n-some-hd.html
"Clear Channel's murky future"
"Sad because eliminating new hires (including sellers), failing to
replace those who leave, stopping all investment in the future, and
halting all advertising and research is the equivalent of saying that
necessity requires us to strangle the goose that lays the golden eggs,
even as the goose is up for sale."
http://www.hear2.com2008/01/clear-channels.html
Yup! No more investments in HD Radio!




So, a station is putting less than 1 percent of it's revenue into new and
experimental technology is causing a radio recession?-

Revanues decline because advertisers invest their ad dollars in new media
like the internet. dumass.

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Revanues decline because advertisers invest their ad dollars in new media
like the internet. dumass.

Not in the current economy. Revenues decline across the board because the
economy is sluggish and on the borderline of a recession. Car sales are off
double digits, so by your logic it would be because people are buying space
ships and starcruisers.