'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.

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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.

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

"pocket-radio" wrote in message
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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.

"pocket-radio" wrote in message
. ..
Revanues decline because advertisers invest their ad dollars in new media
like the internet. dumass.

Revenue is declining in ALL media.

Not one for the other.