Radio Newsroom Investment

2006 Annual Report

The state of radio newsrooms remains difficult.

While there have been some gains in salaries, the news investment picture becomes less attractive when all the numbers are brought together.

Radio news salaries are still generally lower than those of their television counterparts. Staffing levels appear to be declining. So is the amount of news being broadcast. The situation is further complicated as the amount of news being locally produced still remains cloudy because of the impact of consolidation on radio newsrooms.