Radio Revs Edge Up
While it didn’t match the growth rates for Internet or TV advertising, radio managed to post a modest 1% increase in total advertising
revenues in the second quarter, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau.
Recently released RAB figures show that revenues increased to $4.36 billion in the second quarter of 2012
year-over-year. For the first half of the year, revenues were also up 1% to $7.89 billion.
Spot ad revenue increased 1% to $3.76 billion in the second quarter, while off-air grew 4%
to $409 million and digital rose 3% to $191 million. The second-quarter figures don’t include network radio data because Miller Kaplan, which collects it, was unable to obtain information from
participants representing at least 90% of total market revenues.
In terms of categories, the biggest increases were seen in health care, where spending was up 23%; automotive, up 17%;
home furnishings, up 10%; insurance, up 10%; concerts, theaters, and movies, up 9%, and professional services, up 4%.
As expected, political advertising is also giving radio a boost, with
$15.2 million of political spending in the second quarter and $22.5 million in the first half of the year.
However, the digital advertising figures are disappointing,
following 10% growth in the first quarter and 15% growth in 2011. This is especially true given they remain a fairly small part of the overall business, at just 4.4% of total radio ad revenues in the
second quarter.
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