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Average station revenue for all-news, news/talk, and news/talk/info radio stations


Average station revenue for all-news, news/talk and news/talk/information radio stations (in U.S. dollars)
YearAverage station revenue
2015$2,964,000
2016$2,965,000
2017$2,859,000
2018$2,799,000
2019$2,791,000
2020$2,198,000
2021$2,442,000
2022$2,478,000

Note: Data from previous years is updated annually. The BIA Advisory Services database contains revenue data for every year shown in the chart for 355 of the 965 all-news, news-talk, and news-talk-info stations; therefore, only those stations are included in the averages. BIA Advisory Services does not typically report revenue for stations that are not part of a radio market. Data includes full-power AM and FM radio stations in the BIA Advisory Services database in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Source: Pew Research Center analysis of MEDIA Access Pro & BIA Advisory Services data.

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