by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 19, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Radio, SAM, SMBs
More than half of radio advertisers (53.4%) are planning to increase their advertising spend in 2019, compared to only 35% of the businesses in our annual SAM™ survey. Radio advertisers use an average of 13 different media channels for advertising. What do they...
by Rick Ducey | Dec 10, 2018 | BIA, Blog
Local radio stations do not have the authorization to provide zoned coverage areas inside their overall FCC authorized signal contours. What would happen if this changed? The results could be quite remarkable, as shown by a recent study BIA performed for Geo Broadcast...
by Thomas Buono | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Broadcast
It’s difficult to look at the trends and see the positive in the radio industry over the last few years. Local advertising continues to decline, the public stock prices have slid significantly against the S&P 500, and radio’s share of local advertising...
by Mark Fratrik | Jan 19, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Radio
In terms of radio and television station transactions, the past year was strong but not overwhelming. As shown in the year end totals, BIA/Kelsey reports that the total number of television stations sold in 2017 were 107 for a total value of nearly $4.7 billion. For...
by Celine Matthiessen | Dec 6, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Mobile-Social
Our Local Advertising Forecast projection for 2018 shows the largest annual ad increase in the past five years. While local advertising marketplace revenue has been growing steadily, total local advertising revenue in the U.S. will reach $151.2 billion in 2018, up...
