URBAN ONE, INC. - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
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Commission
File No. 0-25969
RADIO
ONE, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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52-1166660
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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5900
Princess Garden Parkway
7th Floor
Lanham,
Maryland 20706
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
(301) 306-1111
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Class A
Common Stock, $.001 par value
Class D
Common Stock, $.001 par value
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes £ No
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. Yes £ No R
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes £ No R
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or
any amendment to this Form 10-K. Yes £ No R
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
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accelerated filer £ Accelerated
filer R Non-accelerated
filer £
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company as defined in
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The
number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock is
as follows:
Class
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Outstanding at February 27,
2009
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Class A
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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3,016,730
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Class B
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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2,861,843
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Class C
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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3,121,048
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Class D
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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62,348,486
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The
aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant,
based upon the closing price of the Registrant’s Class A and Class D
common stock on June 30, 2008, was approximately
$104.2 million.
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Form 10-K
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART I
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Item 1.
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Business
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Item 1A.
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Risk
Factors
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Item 1B.
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Unresolved
Staff
Comments
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Item 2.
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Properties
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Item 3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item 4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
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PART II
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Item 5.
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 6.
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Selected
Financial
Data
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Item 7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item 7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosure About Market
Risk
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Item 8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary
Data
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Item 9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Item 9A.
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Controls
and
Procedures
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Item 9B.
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Other
Information
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PART III
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Item 10.
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Directors
and Executive Officers of the
Registrant
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Item 11.
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Executive Compensation
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Item 12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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Item 13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related
Transactions
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Item 14.
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Principal
Accounting Fees and
Services
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PART IV
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Item 15.
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement
Schedules
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SIGNATURES
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CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
Unless
otherwise noted, the terms “Radio One,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”
refer to Radio One, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking
statements do not relay historical facts, but rather reflect our current
expectations concerning future operations, results and events. All statements
other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements”
including any projections of earnings, revenues or other financial items; any
statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future
operations; any statements concerning proposed new services or developments; any
statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements
of belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.
You can identify some of these forward-looking statements by our use of words
such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,”
“likely,” “may,” “estimates” and similar expressions. You can also
identify a forward-looking statement in that such statements discuss matters in
a way that anticipates operations, results or events that have not already
occurred but rather will or may occur in future periods. We cannot
guarantee that we will achieve any forward-looking plans, intentions, results,
operations or expectations. Because these statements apply to future
events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond
our control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
forecasted or anticipated in the forward-looking statements. These
risks, uncertainties and factors include (in no particular order), but are not
limited to:
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the
effects the current global financial and economic crisis, credit and
equity market volatility and the deteriorating U.S.
economy may continue to have on our business and financial condition and
the business and financial condition of our
advertisers;
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a
continued worsening of the economy could negatively impact our ability to
meet our cash needs and our ability to maintain compliance with our debt
covenants;
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fluctuations
in the demand for advertising across our various media given the current
economic environment;
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risks
associated with the implementation and execution of our business
diversification strategy;
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increased
competition in our markets and in the radio broadcasting and media
industries;
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changes
in media audience ratings and measurement
methodologies;
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regulation
by the Federal Communications Commission relative to maintaining our
broadcasting licenses, enacting media ownership rules and enforcing of
indecency rules;
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changes
in our key personnel and on-air
talent;
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increases
in the costs of our programming, including on-air talent and content
acquisitions costs;
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financial
losses that may be sustained due to impairment charges against our
broadcasting licenses, goodwill and other intangible assets, particularly
in light of the current economic
environment;
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increased
competition from new technologies;
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the
impact of our acquisitions, dispositions and similar
transactions;
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our
high degree of leverage and potential inability to refinance our debt
given current market conditions;
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our
current non-compliance with NASDAQ rules for continued listing of our
Class A and Class D common stock;
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other
factors mentioned in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission including the factors discussed in detail in Item 1A,
“Risk Factors,” contained in this
report.
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You
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
reflect our views as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new
information, future events or otherwise.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Overview
Radio One
is one of the nation’s largest radio broadcasting companies and the largest
broadcasting company that primarily targets African-American and urban
listeners. We currently own 53 broadcast stations located in 16 urban
markets in the United States. While our primary source of revenue is
the sale of local and national advertising for broadcast on our radio stations,
we have diversified our revenue streams by making acquisitions and investments
in other complementary media properties. Most recently, in April 2008, we
completed our acquisition of Community Connect Inc. (“CCI”), an online social
networking company that hosts the website BlackPlanet, the largest social
networking site primarily targeted at African-Americans. This acquisition
is consistent with our operating strategy of becoming a multi-media
entertainment and information content provider to African-American
consumers. Our other media acquisitions and investments include our
approximate 36% ownership interest in TV One, LLC (“TV One”), an
African-American targeted cable television network that we invested in with an
affiliate of Comcast Corporation and other investors; our 51% ownership interest
in Reach Media, Inc. (“Reach Media”), which operates the Tom Joyner Morning
Show; and our acquisition of certain net assets (“Giant Magazine”) of Giant
Magazine, LLC, an urban-themed lifestyle and entertainment magazine. Through our
national multi-media presence, we provide advertisers with a unique and powerful
delivery mechanism to the African-American
audience.
While
diversifying our operations, since December 2006, we have sold approximately
$287.9 million of our non-core radio assets. While we maintained our core
radio franchise, these dispositions have allowed the Company to more
strategically allocate its resources consistent with its long-term multi-media
operating strategy.
As part
of our consolidated financial statements, consistent with our financial
reporting structure and how the Company currently manages its businesses, we
have provided selected financial information on the Company’s two reportable
segments: (i) Radio Broadcasting and (ii) Internet/Publishing. (See Note 17 of
the audited consolidated financial statements included in Item 15 – Segment Information.)
Significant
2008 Events
On February 20, 2008, Peter Thompson assumed the role of Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Mr. Thompson
comes to the Company with over 20 years of financial experience and served as
the Company’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Development from October 1,
2007 until his appointment as the Company’s CFO. Mr. Thompson assumed the
role of CFO following the departure of Scott R. Royster, who left the Company on
December 31, 2007.
Acquisitions
In June 2008, the Company purchased the assets of WPRS-FM, a radio station
located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, for $38.0
million. From April 2007 and until closing, the station had been
operated under a local marketing agreement (“LMA”), and the results of its
operations were included in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements. The station was consolidated with the Company’s existing
Washington, DC operations in April 2007.
In April 2008, the Company acquired CCI for $38.0 million in cash. CCI is an
online social networking company operating branded websites including
BlackPlanet, MiGente, and AsianAvenue.
Dispositions
Between
December 2006 and May 2008, the Company sold the assets of 20 radio stations in
seven markets for approximately $287.9 million in cash. These dispositions were
consistent with the Company’s strategic plan to divest itself of non-core radio
assets.
Los
Angeles
Station: In May 2008, the Company sold the assets of its radio
station KRBV-FM, located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, to Bonneville
International Corporation (“Bonneville”) for approximately $137.5 million
in cash. Bonneville began operating the station under an LMA on April 8,
2008.
Miami Station: In April
2008, the Company sold the assets of its radio station WMCU-AM (formerly
WTPS-AM), located in the Miami metropolitan area, to Salem Communications
Holding Corporation (“Salem”) for approximately $12.3 million in
cash. Salem began operating the station under an LMA effective
October 18, 2007.
Augusta Stations: In
December 2007, the Company sold the assets of its five radio stations in
the Augusta metropolitan area to Perry Broadcasting Company for approximately
$3.1 million in cash.
Louisville Station: In
November 2007, the Company sold the assets of its radio station WLRX-FM in the
Louisville metropolitan area to WAY FM Media Group, Inc. for approximately
$1.0 million in cash.
Dayton and Louisville Stations: In
September 2007, the Company sold the assets of its five radio stations
in the Dayton metropolitan area and five of its six radio stations in the
Louisville metropolitan area to Main Line Broadcasting, LLC for approximately
$76.0 million in cash.
Minneapolis Station: In
August 2007, the Company sold the assets of its radio station KTTB-FM in the
Minneapolis metropolitan area to Northern Lights Broadcasting, LLC for
approximately $28.0 million in cash.
Boston Station: In
December 2006, the Company sold the assets of its radio station WILD-FM in the
Boston metropolitan area to Entercom Boston, LLC (“Entercom”) for approximately
$30.0 million in cash. Entercom began operating the station under an LMA
effective August 18, 2006.
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Our
Stations and Markets
The table
below provides information about our radio stations and the markets in which we
operated as of December 31, 2008.
Radio One
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Fall
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Audience
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Annual
Radio
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FM
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AM
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Revenue(b)
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Atlanta
(1)
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4 | - | 14.8 | 398.5 | 3 | 4.4 | 30.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Washington,
DC (2)
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3 | 2 | 12.9 | 365.1 | 4 | 4.2 | 26.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Philadelphia
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3 | - | 8.0 | 301.4 | 5 | 4.4 | 20.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit
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2 | 1 | 6.0 | 225.3 | 6 | 3.9 | 22.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Houston
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3 | - | 14.8 | 383.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 17.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dallas
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2 | - | 6.4 | 416.3 | 9 | 5.1 | 14.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore
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2 | 2 | 17.4 | 147.5 | 11 | 2.3 | 28.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis
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2 | - | 7.1 | 139.7 | 15 | 2.3 | 18.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte
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2 | - | 5.1 | 114.5 | 16 | 2.0 | 21.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland
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2 | 2 | 13.5 | 108.4 | 17 | 1.8 | 19.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond
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4 | 1 | 21.5 | 60.9 | 19 | .9 | 29.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Raleigh-Durham
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4 | - | 19.0 | 84.8 | 20 | 1.3 | 21.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boston
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- | 1 | - | 310.5 | 21 | 3.9 | 6.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati
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2 | 1 | 9.4 | 123.1 | 27 | 1.8 | 12.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Columbus
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3 | - | 13.4 | 102.9 | 29 | 1.4 | 14.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indianapolis
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3 | 1 | 18.6 | 93.6 | 31 | 1.4 | 14.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(2)
(3)
(4)
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Due
to a methodology measurement change, the four book average is measured
using the diary method in the first three quarters of the year and the
portable people meter (“PPM”) methodology for the fourth
quarter.
Due
to a methodology measurement change, the four book average is measured
using a 12 book PPM average.
We
do not subscribe to Arbitron for our Boston market.
WDNI-LP,
the low power television station that we acquired in Indianapolis in June
2000, is not included in this table.
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Audience
share data are for the 12+ demographic and derived from the Arbitron
Survey four book averages ending with the Fall 2008 Arbitron
Survey.
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2007
estimated annual radio revenues are from BIA Financials Investing in Radio
Market Report, 2008 Yearbook. The BIA Financials Investing in Radio Market
Report, 2009 Yearbook which would include the 2008 estimated annual radio
revenues was not available at the date the this Form 10-K was
filed.
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(c)
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Population
estimates are from the Arbitron Radio Market Report, Fall
2008.
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The
African-American Market Opportunity
We believe
that urban-oriented media primarily targeting African-Americans continues as an
attractive opportunity for the following reasons:
Relative
Outperformance versus General Market. Within our core radio
business, based on reports prepared by the independent accounting firm Miller,
Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP (“Miller Kaplan”), 2008 total market revenue in the
markets within which we operate declined 8.8% while our revenues within these
markets declined by 6.1%. We attribute this outperformance to the
unique multi-media platform we operate specifically targeting the
African-American population and urban listeners. Based upon population growth
trends, geographic concentration among the African-American population, income
growth and the significant influence of African-American culture, we believe
that targeting African-Americans through advertising continues to be an
attractive opportunity. In addition, the growth in internet usage
among African-Americans contrasted with the limited online content targeting the
African-American and urban consumer represents a market opportunity that has yet
to mature.
Rapid
African-American Population Growth. From 2000 to 2005, the
African-American population grew 4.8%, compared to a 4.3% overall population
growth rate, and accounted for 12.1% of total population growth. The
African-American population is expected to increase by approximately
2.4 million between 2005 and 2010 to approximately 40.0 million, a
9.9% increase from 2000, compared to an expected increase during the same period
of 6.0% for the non-African-American population. African-Americans are expected
to make up 17.9% of total population growth during the period from 2005 through
2010. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004, “U.S. Interim Projections by
Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin.”) According to the U.S. Census, the
average African-American population is nearly five years younger than the total
U.S. population average. As a result, urban formats, in general, tend to
skew younger than formats targeted to the general market population. Within the
next 30 years the African-American population is expected to exceed
50 million people and will represent more than 14% of the total
U.S. population. The African-American consumer market represents an
attractive customer segment in many states. (Source: The Multicultural Economy,
the University of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic Growth, 2006
Edition).
High African-American
Geographic Concentration. An analysis of the African-American
population shows a high degree of geographic concentration. A recent
study shows that while the most populous five U.S. markets are home to 21.0% of
the overall U.S. population, 27.0% of the African-American population resides in
those same markets. Expanding the analysis to the most populous 20
U.S. markets, 45.0% of the overall U.S. population resides within these markets,
with 57% of the African-American population residing within them. (Source:
“Markets Within Markets,” CAB Race, Relevance and Revenue, June 2007). The
practical implication of this concentration is that constructing a geographic
media strategy across radio and the internet can have a much more meaningful
reach towards the African-American population than non-African-American
populations.
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Higher
African-American Income Growth. The economic status of
African-Americans improved at an above-average rate over the past two decades.
The per capita income of African-Americans is expected to increase 21.1% between
2005 and 2010 (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Income Data).
African-American buying power was estimated at $799 billion in 2006, up
from $590 billion in 2000. African-American buying power is expected to
increase to $1.1 trillion by 2011, up by 237.0% in 22 years. (Source:
“Black Buying Power,” CAB Race, Relevance and Revenue, June 2007). In
addition, African-American consumers tend to have a different consumption
profile than do non-African-Americans. A report published by the Cable
Advertising Bureau notes those products and services for which African-American
households spent more or a higher proportion of their money than
non-African-Americans. The products and services included apparel and
accessories, appliances, consumer electronics, food, personal care products,
telephone service and transportation. Such findings imply that utilities,
telecom firms, clothing and grocers would greatly benefit from marketing
directly to African-American consumers. This is particularly true in
those states (including the District of Columbia) where African American buying
power represents the largest share of total buying power within such states with
the largest share of total African-American buying power, such as the District
of Columbia (31.1%), Maryland (22.0%), Georgia (20.5%), North Carolina (14.5%)
and Virginia (13.1%). (Source: “Black Buying Power,” CAB Race,
Relevance and Revenue, June 2007).
Growing Influence of
African-American Culture. We believe that there continues to
be an ongoing “urbanization” of many facets of American society as evidenced by
the influence of African-American culture in the areas of politics, music, film,
fashion, sports and urban-oriented television shows and networks. We believe
that many companies from a broad range of industries and prominent fashion
designers have embraced this urbanization trend in their products as well as
their advertising messages.
Growth in Advertising
Targeting the African-American Market. We continue to believe
that large corporate advertisers are becoming more focused on reaching minority
consumers in the United States. The African-American community is considered an
emerging growth market within a mature domestic market. Over the 12-month period
October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, advertisers spent $2.3 billion across all
media targeting African-Americans. Of that amount, advertisers spent
$805 million, or 35% of total media spending, on radio formats targeting
African-Americans. Advertisers use radio to target African-Americans
more than any other medium. (Source: “Big Ad-Spend on Radio Targeting
Blacks” Mediaweek, January 29, 2008). We believe many large
corporations are expanding their commitment to ethnic advertising. The companies
that successfully market to the African-American audience have focused on
building brand relationships. Advertisers are making an effort to fully
understand the African-American consumer, and to relate to them with messages
that are relevant to their community. They are accomplishing this by visibly and
consistently engaging the African-American consumer, involving themselves with
the interests of the African-American consumer and increasing African-American
brand loyalty.
Significant and
Growing Internet Usage among African-Americans with Limited Targeted Online Content
Offerings. African-Americans are becoming significant users of
the internet. The same factors driving increases in African-American buying
power, such as improvements in education, income and employment, are also
increasing African-American internet usage. One study estimates that
African-Americans will make up 11.8% of all U.S. internet users in 2011, up
from 10.8% in 2006. (Source: "African Americans Online",
eMarketer, 2007). In one of the more recent studies available that tracks
internet usage patterns, African-Americans were found to use the internet more
hours per day than the general online population. Additionally, the growth of
internet penetration and high-speed internet penetration in African-American
households is expected to remain above that of the general population.
Furthermore, even with such high penetration, the overwhelming number of
African-Americans says there is not enough online content that is targeted
towards them as a distinct culture with its own needs and values. (Source: 2005
AOL African-American Cyberstudy, conducted for America Online by Images Market
Research). In fact, we believe that there is no company that dominates the
African-American market online and the lack of any strong competitive presence
presents a significant opportunity for us to build an online business that is
highly scalable.
The Results of our
Black America Study (www.blackamericastudy.com). In addition to
relying on third-party research and our own experience, from time to time we
conduct or commission our own proprietary research. In early 2008, we
released the groundbreaking “Black America Study”. This national
study, conducted by Yankelovich, a leader in consumer research for over 50
years, is one of the largest segmentation research studies ever done of Blacks
and African-Americans. This study helps us to better understand the
motivations of our core demographic by segmenting the large and growing
African-American audience so that we can highlight the diversity that exists in
Black America. This enhanced understanding helps us identify new opportunities
to serve the African-American community and assists us in helping advertisers
and marketers reach Black America more effectively.
The study
includes insight into African-Americans’ feelings about their future, past and
present, as well as, details on their relationship with media, advertising and
technology. The incredible wealth of quantifiable information about our
listeners, viewers, readers and visitors provides invaluable marketing and
programming applications for Radio One. This allows us to ensure that our
content best reflects our audience and allows for companies, organizations and
individuals to effectively reach this vital
community.
Business
Strategy
Radio Station
Portfolio Optimization. Our strategy is to make select
acquisitions of radio stations, primarily in markets where we already have a
presence, and to divest stations which are no longer strategic in nature. We may
divest stations that do not have an urban format or stations located in smaller
markets or markets where the African-American population is smaller, on a
relative basis, than other markets in which we operate. Since December 2006, we
have completed the sale of approximately $287.9 million of our non-core radio
assets in accordance with our portfolio optimization plan. Notwithstanding these
dispositions, we are continually looking for opportunities to upgrade existing
radio stations by strengthening their signals to reach a larger number of
potential listeners.
Investment in
Complementary Businesses. We continue to invest in
complementary businesses in the media and entertainment industry. The primary
focus of these investments will be on businesses that provide entertainment and
information content to African-American consumers. Such investments include the
internet and publishing. Most recently, in April 2008, we acquired
CCI, an online social networking company that hosts the website BlackPlanet, the
largest social networking site primarily targeted at African-Americans.
This acquisition is consistent with our operating strategy of becoming a
multi-media entertainment and information content provider to African-American
consumers. We believe that our unique position as a diversified media
company focused on the African-American consumer provides us with a competitive
advantage in these new businesses.
3
Top
50 African-American Radio Markets in the United States
The table
below notes the top 50 African-American radio markets in the United States.
Boxes and bold text indicate markets where we own radio stations. Population
estimates are for 2008 and are based upon data provided by
Arbitron.
Rank
|
Market
|
African-American
Population
(Persons 12+)
|
African-Americans
as
a Percentage of the
Overall Population(Persons 12+)
|
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(In thousands)
|
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1 |
New
York, NY
|
2,665 | 17.3 | % | |||||||
2 |
Chicago,
IL
|
1,379 | 17.6 | ||||||||
3 |
Atlanta,
GA
|
1,355 | 30.9 | ||||||||
4 |
Washington,
DC
|
1,140 | 26.9 | ||||||||
5 |
Philadelphia,
PA
|
885 | 20.3 | ||||||||
6 |
Detroit,
MI
|
853 | 22.0 | ||||||||
7 |
Houston-Galveston,
TX
|
811 | 17.0 | ||||||||
8 |
Los
Angeles, CA
|
810 | 7.4 | ||||||||
9 |
Dallas-Ft. Worth,
TX
|
733 | 14.3 | ||||||||
10 |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood,
FL
|
714 | 20.0 | ||||||||
11 |
Baltimore,
MD
|
649 | 28.6 | ||||||||
12 |
Memphis,
TN
|
469 | 43.9 | ||||||||
13 |
San Francisco,
CA
|
426 | 7.1 | ||||||||
14 |
Norfolk-Virginia
Beach-Newport News, VA
|
425 | 31.8 | ||||||||
15 |
St. Louis,
MO
|
418 | 18.2 | ||||||||
16 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock
Hill, NC
|
411 | 21.0 | ||||||||
17 |
Cleveland,
OH
|
336 | 19.0 | ||||||||
18 |
New
Orleans, LA
|
307 | 32.8 | ||||||||
19 |
Richmond,
VA
|
279 | 29.6 | ||||||||
20 |
Raleigh-Durham,
NC
|
277 | 21.5 | ||||||||
21 |
Boston,
MA
|
261 | 6.7 | ||||||||
22 |
Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
|
255 | 10.7 | ||||||||
23 |
Birmingham,
AL
|
251 | 28.3 | ||||||||
24 |
Jacksonville,
FL
|
245 | 21.5 | ||||||||
25 |
Orlando,
FL
|
241 | 15.9 | ||||||||
26 |
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High
Point, NC
|
240 | 20.3 | ||||||||
27 |
Cincinnati,
OH
|
216 | 12.2 | ||||||||
28 |
Milwaukee-Racine,
WI
|
214 | 14.8 | ||||||||
29 |
Columbus,
OH
|
212 | 14.6 | ||||||||
30 |
Nassau-Suffolk
(Long Island), NY
|
210 | 9.0 | ||||||||
31 |
Indianapolis,
IN
|
205 | 14.8 | ||||||||
32 |
Kansas
City, KS
|
199 | 12.5 | ||||||||
33 |
Nashville,
TN
|
196 | 15.9 | ||||||||
34 |
Baton
Rouge, LA
|
195 | 34.1 | ||||||||
35 |
Jackson,
MS
|
182 | 45.8 | ||||||||
36 |
Middlesex-Somerset-Union,
NJ
|
182 | 13.2 | ||||||||
37 |
Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN
|
182 | 6.7 | ||||||||
38 |
Seattle-Tacoma,
WA
|
182 | 5.4 | ||||||||
39 |
Columbia,
SC
|
171 | 32.9 | ||||||||
40 |
Riverside-San Bernardino,
CA
|
171 | 9.2 | ||||||||
41 |
West
Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL
|
168 | 15.0 | ||||||||
42 |
Pittsburgh,
PA
|
165 | 8.4 | ||||||||
43 |
Las
Vegas, NV
|
161 | 10.1 | ||||||||
44 |
Charleston,
SC
|
154 | 28.3 | ||||||||
45 |
Augusta,
GA
|
147 | 34.2 | ||||||||
46 |
Greenville-Spartanburg,
SC
|
145 | 16.8 | ||||||||
47 |
Phoenix,
AZ
|
144 | 4.4 | ||||||||
48 |
Sacramento,
CA
|
139 | 7.6 | ||||||||
49 |
Louisville,
KY
|
133 | 14.0 | ||||||||
50 |
Greenville-New
Bern-Jacksonville, NC
|
129 | 24.4 |
Multi-Media
Operating Strategy
To maximize
net revenue and station operating income at our radio stations, we strive to
achieve the largest audience share of African-American listeners in each market,
convert these audience share ratings to advertising revenue, and control
operating expenses. Complementing our core radio franchise are our cable, print
and online media interests. Through our national presence across our various
media, we provide our customers with a multi-media advertising platform that is
a unique and powerful delivery mechanism to African-Americans. We believe that
as we continue to diversify into other media, the strength and effectiveness of
this unique platform will become even more compelling. The success of
our strategy relies on the following:
|
•
|
market
research, targeted programming and
marketing;
|
|
•
|
ownership
and syndication of programming
content;
|
|
•
|
radio
station clustering, programming segmentation and sales
bundling;
|
|
•
|
strategic
and coordinated sales, marketing and special event
efforts;
|
|
•
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strong
management and performance-based
incentives; and
|
|
•
|
significant
community involvement.
|
4
Market
Research, Targeted Programming and Marketing
We use market
research to tailor the programming, marketing and promotion of our radio
stations and content of our complementary media to maximize audience share. We
also use our research to reinforce our current programming and content and to
identify unserved or underserved markets or segments of the African-American
population and to determine whether to acquire new media properties or reprogram
one of our existing media properties to target those markets or
segments.
We also seek
to reinforce our targeted programming and content by creating a distinct and
marketable identity for each of our media properties. To achieve this objective,
in addition to our significant community involvement discussed below, we employ
and promote distinct, high-profile personalities across our media properties,
many of whom have strong ties to the African-American community.
Ownership
and Syndication of Programming Content
To diversify
our revenue base, we seek to develop or acquire proprietary African-American
targeted content. We distribute this content in a variety of ways, utilizing our
own network of multi-media distribution assets or through distribution assets
owned by others. If we distribute content through others, we will be paid for
providing this content or receive advertising inventory in exchange. To date,
our programming content efforts have included our investment in TV One and its
related programming, our acquisition of 51% of the common stock of Reach Media,
the acquisition of Giant Magazine, the acquisition and development of our
interactive brands including BlackPlanet, NewsOne, TheUrbanDaily and
HelloBeautiful and the development of several syndicated radio
shows.
Radio
Station Clustering, Programming Segmentation and Sales Bundling
We strive to
build clusters of radio stations in our markets, with each radio station
targeting different demographic segments of the African-American population.
This clustering and programming segmentation strategy allows us to achieve
greater penetration into the distinct segments of our overall target market. In
a similar fashion, we have multiple online brands including BlackPlanet,
NewsOne, TheUrbanDaily and HelloBeautiful. Each of these brands
focuses upon a different segment of African-American online
users. With our radio station clusters and multiple online brands we
are able to direct advertisers to specific audiences or to bundle the radio
stations and brands for advertising sales purposes when
advantageous.
We believe
there are several potential benefits that result from operating multiple radio
stations in the same market and multiple online brands. First, each additional
radio station in a market and online brand provides us with a larger percentage
of the prime advertising time available for sale within that market and among
online users. Second, the more stations we program and brands we
operate, the greater the market share we can achieve in our target demographic
groups through the use of segmented programming and content delivery. Third, we
are often able to consolidate sales, promotional, technical support and business
functions across stations and brands to produce substantial cost savings.
Finally, the purchase of additional radio stations in an existing market and the
development of additional online brands allow us to take advantage of our market
expertise and existing relationships with advertisers.
Sales,
Marketing and Special Events
We have
assembled an effective, highly trained sales staff responsible for converting
audience share into revenue. We operate with a focused, sales-oriented culture,
which rewards aggressive selling efforts through a commission and bonus
compensation structure. We hire and deploy large teams of sales professionals
for each of our media properties or media clusters, and we provide these teams
with the resources necessary to compete effectively in the markets in which we
operate. We utilize various sales strategies to sell and market our properties
on a stand-alone basis, in combination with other properties within a given
market, and across our various media properties, where appropriate.
We have
created a national platform of radio stations in some of the largest
African-American markets. This platform reaches approximately 12 million
listeners weekly, more than that of any other radio broadcaster primarily
targeting African-Americans. Given the high degree of geographic concentration
among the African-American population, national advertisers find advertising on
our radio stations an efficient and cost-effective way to reach this target
audience. Through our corporate sales department, we bundle and sell our
platform of radio stations to national advertisers, thereby enhancing our
revenue generating opportunities, expanding our base of advertisers, creating
greater demand for our advertising time inventory and increasing the capacity
utilization of our inventory and making our sales efforts more efficient. We
have also created a dedicated online and print sales force as part of our
interactive unit. The unit’s national team focuses on helping marketers
reach our online and print audience of approximately 8 million unique
visitors. Our leading advertising products, custom solutions, and
integrated inventory opportunities, allow marketers a unique vehicle to reach
online African-American consumers at scale. To allow marketers to reach our
audience across all of our platforms (radio, television, online and print) in an
efficient way, we recently launched One Solution. One Solution is our a
cross-platform/brand sales and marketing effort which allows top tier
advertisers to take full advantage of our complete suite of offerings through a
one-stop shop approach.
In order to
create advertising loyalty, we strive to be the recognized expert in marketing
to the African-American consumer in the markets in which we operate. We believe
that we have achieved this recognition by focusing on serving the
African-American consumer and by creating innovative advertising campaigns and
promotional tie-ins with our advertising clients and sponsoring numerous
entertainment events each year. In these events, advertisers buy signage, booth
space and broadcast promotions to sell a variety of goods and services to
African-American consumers. As we expand our presence in our existing markets
and into new markets, we may increase the number of events and the number of
markets in which we host events based upon our evaluation of the financial
viability and economic benefits of the events.
Strong
Management and Performance-Based Incentives
We focus on
hiring and retaining highly motivated and talented individuals in each
functional area of our organization who can effectively help us implement our
growth and operating strategies. Our management team is comprised of a diverse
group of individuals who bring significant expertise to their functional areas.
To enhance the quality of our management in the areas of sales and programming,
general managers, sales managers and program directors have significant portions
of their compensation tied to the achievement of certain performance goals.
General Managers’ compensation is based partially on increasing market share and
achieving station operating income benchmarks, which creates an incentive for
management to focus on both sales growth and expense control. Additionally,
sales managers and sales personnel have incentive packages based on sales goals,
and program directors and on-air talent have incentive packages focused on
maximizing ratings in specific target segments. Our One Solution sales approach
seeks to drive incremental revenue and value across all of our media properties
and includes performance based incentives for our sales team.
Significant
Community Involvement
We believe
our active involvement and significant relationships in the African-American
community across our brands and in each of our markets provide a competitive
advantage in targeting African-American audiences and significantly improve the
marketability of our advertising to businesses that are targeting such
communities. We believe that a media property’s image should reflect the
lifestyle and viewpoints of the target demographic group it serves. Due to our
fundamental understanding of the African-American community, we are well
positioned to identify music and musical styles, as well as political and social
trends and issues, early in their evolution. This understanding is then
integrated into significant aspects of our operations across all of our media
properties and enables us to create enhanced awareness and name recognition in
the marketplace. In addition, we believe our approach to community involvement
leads to increased effectiveness in developing and updating our programming
formats and online brands and content which in turn leads to greater
listenership and users of our online properties, driving higher ratings and
online traffic over the long-term.
5
Our
Radio Station Portfolio
The following
table sets forth selected information about our portfolio of radio stations as
of December 31, 2008. Market population data and revenue rank data are from BIA
Financials Investing in Radio Market Report, 2008 Fourth Edition. Audience share
and audience rank data are based on Arbitron Survey four book averages ending
with the Fall 2008 Arbitron Survey unless otherwise noted. As used in this
table, “n/a” means not applicable or not available and (“t”) means tied with one
or more radio stations.
Market Rank
|
Four Book Average
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
2008
|
Audience
Share
|
Audience
Rank
|
Audience
Share
|
Audience
Share
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Metro
|
Radio
|
Year
|
Target
Age
|
in 12+
|
in
12+-
|
in
Target
|
in
Target
|
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Market
|
Population
|
Revenue
|
Acquired
|
Format
|
Demographic
|
DemoGraphic
|
DemoGraphic
|
DemoGraphic
|
DemoGraphic
|
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Atlanta(1)(2)
|
7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WPZE-FM
|
1999
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 4.2 | 7 | 3.9 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WJZZ-FM
|
1999
|
NAC/Jazz
|
25-54 | 2.8 | 12 | 2.6 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WHTA-FM
|
2002
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 4.1 | 6 | 7.4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WAMJ-FM
|
2004
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 3.7 | 8 | 4.6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington,
DC(1)(2)
|
9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WKYS-FM
|
1995
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 4.4 | 8 | 9.2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WMMJ-FM
|
1987
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 5.2 | 3 | 5.4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WPRS-FM
|
2008
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 2.8 | 15 | 2.9 | 14 | (t) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WYCB-AM
|
1998
|
Gospel
|
25-54 | 0.2 | 38 | (t) | 0.2 | 38 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WOL-AM
|
1980
|
News/Talk
|
35-64 | 0.3 | 32 | (t) | 0.3 | 32 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Philadelphia(3)
|
3 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WPPZ-FM
|
1997
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 3.0 | 17 | 3.6 | 12 | (t) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WPHI-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 2.1 | 21 | 4.6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WRNB-FM
|
2004
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 2.9 | 18 | 3.2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit(1)(2)
|
11 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WHTD-FM
|
1998
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 2.2 | 18 | 4.9 | 4 | (t) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WDMK-FM
|
1998
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 2.8 | 15 | 3.1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WCHB-AM
|
1998
|
News/Talk
|
35-64 | 1.1 | 23 | (t) | 0.9 | 23 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston(3)
|
6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KMJQ-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 6.6 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
KBXX-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 5.8 | 3 | 9.5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
KROI-FM
|
2004
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 2.4 | 19 | 2.7 | 17 | (t) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dallas(1)(2)
|
5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KBFB-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 3.9 | 4 | (t) | 6.2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
KSOC-FM
|
2001
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 2.5 | 13 | (t) | 2.9 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore
|
22 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WERQ-FM
|
1993
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 9.5 | 1 | 22.1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WWIN-FM
|
1992
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 7.2 | 3 | 8.0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WOLB-AM
|
1992
|
News/Talk
|
35-64 | 0.3 | 40 | (t) | 0.2 | 47 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WWIN-AM
|
1993
|
Gospel
|
35-64 | 0.4 | 37 | (t) | 0.4 | 36 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis
|
20 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WFUN-FM
|
1999
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 3.9 | 9 | (t) | 4.2 | 8 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WHHL-FM
|
2006
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 3.2 | 16 | (t) | 7.0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland
|
29 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WENZ-FM
|
1999
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 5.8 | 6 | 14.4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WERE-AM
|
1999
|
News/Talk
|
35-64 | 0.4 | 27 | (t) | 0.2 | 28 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WZAK-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 6.4 | 5 | 7.7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WJMO-AM
|
2000
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 0.9 | 21 | (t) | 0.7 | 20 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte
|
25 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WQNC-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 2.1 | 17 | 2.4 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WPZS-FM
|
2004
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 3.0 | 13 | (t) | 2.9 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond
|
54 | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WCDX-FM
|
2001
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 6.2 | 5 | 13.0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WPZZ-FM
|
1999
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 5.8 | 8 | 5.2 | 6 | (t) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WKJS-FM
|
2001
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 9.3 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WKJM-FM
|
2001
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WTPS-AM
|
2001
|
News/Talk
|
35-64 | 0.2 | 31 | (t) | 0.2 | 30 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Raleigh-Durham
|
43 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WQOK-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 6.8 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WFXK-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | ** | ** | ** | ** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WFXC-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 6.6 | 4 | 7.0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNNL-FM
|
2000
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 5.6 | 7 | (t) | 5.4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbus
|
36 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WCKX-FM
|
2001
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 7.1 | 3 | 12.9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WXMG-FM
|
2001
|
R&B/Oldies
|
25-54 | 4.7 | 6 | (t) | 5.2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WJYD-FM
|
2001
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.7 | 19 | (t) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati
|
28 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WIZF-FM
|
2001
|
Urban
Contemporary
|
18-34 | 4.6 | 7 | (t) | 9.9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WMOJ-FM
|
2006
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 3.9 | 9 | 4.2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDBZ-AM
|
2007
|
News/Talk
|
35-64 | 0.9 | 21 | (t) | 0.8 | 24 | (t) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indianapolis(4)
|
40 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WHHH-FM
|
2000
|
Rhythmic
CHR
|
18-34 | 5.8 | 5 | 11.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WTLC-FM
|
2000
|
Urban
AC
|
25-54 | 6.8 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNOU-FM
|
2000
|
Pop/CHR
|
18-34 | 4.0 | 9 | 7.5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WTLC-AM
|
2001
|
Contemporary
Inspirational
|
25-54 | 2.0 | 15 | (t) | 2.1 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AC —
refers to Adult Contemporary
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NAC —
refers to New Adult Contemporary
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CHR —
refers to Contemporary Hit Radio
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R&B —
refers to Rhythm and Blues
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pop
— refers to Popular Music
|
*
|
Simulcast
with WKJS-FM
|
**
|
Simulcast
with WFXC-FM
|
(1)
|
Due
to a methodology measurement change, the four book average is measured
using the diary method in the first three quarters of the year and the PPM
methodology for the fourth quarter.
|
(2)
|
Due
to a methodology measurement change, the rank is based upon three book
diary average ranking.
|
(3)
|
Due
to a methodology measurement change, the four book average is measured
using 12 book PPM average.
|
(4)
|
WDNI-LP,
the low power television station that we acquired in Indianapolis in June
2000, is not included in this table.
|
6
Radio
Advertising Revenue
For the year
ended December 31, 2008 approximately 96.2% of our net revenue was
generated from the sale of advertising in our core radio business. Substantially
all the net revenue generated from our radio franchise is generated from the
sale of local and national advertising. Local sales are made by the sales staff
located in our markets. National sales are made primarily by a firm specializing
in radio advertising sales on the national level. This firm is paid a commission
on the advertising sold. Approximately 58.0% of our net revenue for the year
ended December 31, 2008 was generated from the sale of local advertising
and 24.2% from sales to national advertisers, including network advertising. The
balance of net revenue generated from our radio franchise is primarily derived
from tower rental income, ticket sales and revenue related to Radio One
sponsored events, management fees and other revenue.
Advertising
rates charged by radio stations are based primarily on:
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radio station’s audience share within the demographic groups targeted by
the advertisers;
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number of radio stations in the market competing for the same demographic
groups; and
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supply and demand for radio advertising
time.
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A radio
station’s listenership is measured by diary ratings surveys or the PPM metering
system, both of which estimate the number of listeners tuned to a radio station
and the time they spend listening to that radio station. Ratings are used by
advertisers to evaluate whether to advertise on our radio stations, and are used
by us to chart audience growth, set advertising rates and adjust programming.
Advertising rates are generally highest during the morning and afternoon
commuting hours.
Strategic
Diversification and Other Sources of Revenue
We have
expanded our operations to include other media forms that are complementary to
our core radio business. Most recently, in April 2008, we acquired
CCI, an online social networking company that hosts the website BlackPlanet, the
largest social networking site primarily targeted at African-Americans.
CCI currently generates the majority of the Company’s internet revenue, and
derives such revenue principally from advertising services, including
advertising aimed at diversity recruiting. Advertising services include the sale
of banner and sponsorship advertisements. Advertising revenue is
recognized either as impressions (the number of times advertisements appear in
viewed pages) are delivered, when “click through” purchases or leads are
reported, or ratably over the contract period, where applicable. CCI has a
diversity recruiting agreement with Monster, Inc. (“Monster”). Under
the agreement, Monster posts job listings and advertising on CCI’s websites and
CCI earns revenue for displaying the images on its websites.
CCI is a part
of our broader interactive unit which also includes the online brands NewsOne,
TheUrbanDaily and HelloBeautiful. Similar to CCI, these web properties primarily
derive their revenue from advertising services and revenue is recognized either
as impressions are delivered, when “click through” purchases or leads are
reported, or ratably over the contract, where applicable.
In February
2005, we acquired 51% of the common stock of Reach Media, which operates The Tom
Joyner Morning Show and related businesses. Reach Media primarily derives its
revenue from the sale of advertising inventory in connection with its
syndication agreements. Mr. Joyner is a leading nationally syndicated radio
personality. As of December 31, 2008, The Tom Joyner Morning Show was broadcast
on 108 affiliate stations across the United States and is a top-rated morning
show in many of the markets in which it is broadcast. Reach Media provides
programming content for TV One and operates www.BlackAmericaWeb.com, an
African-American targeted web-site. Reach Media also operates the Tom Joyner
Family Reunion and various other special event-related activities.
In July 2003,
we entered into a joint venture agreement with an affiliate of Comcast
Corporation and other investors to create TV One, LLC, an entity formed to
operate a cable television network featuring lifestyle, entertainment and
news-related programming targeted primarily towards African-American viewers. At
that time, we committed to make a cumulative cash investment of $74.0 million in
TV One, of which $60.3 million had been funded as of December 31, 2008. The
initial commitment period for funding the capital committed was extended to
April 1, 2009, due in part to TV One's lower than anticipated capital needs
during the initial commitment period.
In December
2004, TV One entered into a distribution agreement with DIRECTV, Inc.
("DIRECTV") and certain affiliates of DIRECTV became investors in TV One. As of
December 31, 2008, we owned approximately 36% of TV One on a fully-converted
basis.
We entered
into separate network services and advertising services agreements with TV One
in 2003. Under the network services agreement, we are providing TV One with
administrative and operational support services and access to Radio One
personalities. This agreement was originally scheduled to expire in January
2009, and has now been extended to January 2010. Under the advertising services
agreement, we are providing a specified amount of advertising to TV One. This
agreement was also originally scheduled to expire in January 2009, and has now
been extended to January 2011. In consideration of providing these services, we
have received equity in TV One, and receive an annual cash fee of $500,000 for
providing services under the network services agreement.
We have
launched websites that simultaneously stream radio station content for 39 of our
radio stations, and we derive revenue from the sale of advertisements on those
websites. We generally encourage our web advertisers to run simultaneous radio
campaigns and use our radio airwaves to promote our websites. By providing
streaming, we have been able to broaden our listener reach, particularly to
“office hour” listeners. We believe streaming has had a positive impact on our
radio stations’ presence. In addition, our station websites link to
our other online properties acting as traffic sources for these online
brands.
In December
2006, we acquired certain assets of Giant Magazine, an urban-themed music and
lifestyle magazine. While we generally view the magazine business as a difficult
business in which to operate, we believe that this magazine complements our
existing asset base and can share resources across our platform of assets,
including our radio stations, TV One, our interactive unit and our corporate
back-office functions. Furthermore, Giant Magazine supports the content needs of
our interactive unit.
Future
opportunities could include investments in, or acquisitions of, companies in
diverse media businesses, music production and distribution, movie distribution,
internet-based services, and distribution of our content through emerging
distribution systems such as the internet, cellular phones, personal digital
assistants, digital entertainment devices, and the home entertainment
market.
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Competition
The media
industry is highly competitive and we face intense competition in both our core
radio franchise and in our complimentary media properties, including our
interactive unit. Our media properties compete for audiences and advertising
revenue with other radio stations and with other media such as broadcast and
cable television, the internet, satellite radio, newspapers, magazines, direct
mail and outdoor advertising, some of which may be controlled by
horizontally-integrated companies. Audience ratings and advertising revenue are
subject to change and any adverse change in a market could adversely affect our
net revenue in that market. If a competing station converts to a format similar
to that of one of our stations, or if one of our competitors strengthens its
operations, our stations could suffer a reduction in ratings and advertising
revenue. Other media companies which are larger and have more resources may also
enter, or increase their presence in markets or segments in which we operate.
Although we believe our media properties are well positioned to compete, we
cannot assure that our properties will maintain or increase their current
ratings, market share or advertising revenue.
The radio
broadcasting industry is subject to rapid technological change, evolving
industry standards and the emergence of new media technologies, which may impact
our business. We cannot assure you that we will have the resources to acquire
new technologies or to introduce new services that could compete with these new
technologies. Several new media technologies are being, or have been, developed
including the following:
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satellite
delivered digital audio radio service, which has resulted in the
introduction of several new satellite radio services with sound quality
equivalent to that of compact
discs;
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audio
programming by cable television systems and direct broadcast satellite
systems; and
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digital
audio and video content available for listening and/or viewing on the
internet and/or available for downloading to portable
devices.
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Along with
most other public radio companies, we have invested in iBiquity, a developer of
digital audio broadcast technology. We have committed by the end of 2009 to
convert most of our analog broadcast radio stations to in-band, on-channel
digital radio broadcasts, which could provide multi-channel, multi-format
digital radio services in the same bandwidth currently occupied by traditional
AM and FM radio services. However, we cannot assure you that these arrangements
will be successful or enable us to adapt effectively to these new media
technologies. As of December 31, 2008, we had converted 45 stations to
digital broadcast.
Our
interactive unit competes for the time and attention of internet users and,
thus, advertisers and advertising revenues with a wide range of internet
companies such as Yahoo! Inc., Google and Microsoft, social networking sites
such as MySpace and Facebook and traditional media companies, which are
increasingly offering their own internet products and services. The internet is
dynamic and rapidly evolving, and new and popular competitors, such as social
networking sites, frequently emerge and/or are fragmented by new and evolving
technologies.
Antitrust
Regulation
The agencies
responsible for enforcing the federal antitrust laws, the Federal Trade
Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), may investigate
acquisitions. The DOJ has challenged a number of media property transactions.
Some of those challenges ultimately resulted in consent decrees requiring, among
other things, divestitures of certain media properties. We cannot predict the
outcome of any specific DOJ or FTC review of a particular
acquisition.
For
acquisitions meeting certain size thresholds, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act requires
the parties to file Notification and Report Forms concerning antitrust issues
with the DOJ and the FTC and to observe specified waiting period requirements
before completing the acquisition. If the investigating agency raises
substantive issues in connection with a proposed transaction, the parties
involved frequently engage in lengthy discussions and/or negotiations with the
investigating agency to address those issues, including restructuring the
proposed acquisition or divesting assets. In addition, the investigating agency
could file suit in federal court to enjoin the acquisition or to require the
divestiture of assets, among other remedies. All acquisitions, regardless of
whether they are required to be reported under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, may be
investigated by the DOJ or the FTC under the antitrust laws before or after
completion. In addition, private parties may under certain circumstances bring
legal action to challenge an acquisition under the antitrust laws. The DOJ has
stated publicly that it believes that local marketing agreements, joint sales
agreements, time brokerage agreements and other similar agreements customarily
entered into in connection with radio station transfers could violate the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act if such agreements take effect prior to the expiration of
the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The DOJ has established
certain revenue and audience share concentration benchmarks with respect to
radio station acquisitions, above which a transaction may receive additional
antitrust scrutiny. The DOJ has also investigated transactions that do not meet
or exceed these benchmarks and has cleared transactions that do exceed these
benchmarks.
Federal
Regulation of Radio Broadcasting
The radio
broadcasting industry is subject to extensive and changing regulation by the
Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) of ownership limitations, programming,
technical operations, employment and other business practices. The FCC regulates
radio broadcast stations pursuant to the Communications Act (the “Communications
Act”) of 1934, as amended. The Communications Act permits the operation of radio
broadcast stations only in accordance with a license issued by the FCC upon a
finding that the grant of a license would serve the public interest, convenience
and necessity. Among other things, the FCC:
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assigns
frequency bands for radio
broadcasting;
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determines
the particular frequencies, locations, operating power, interference
standards and other technical parameters of radio broadcast
stations;
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issues,
renews, revokes and modifies radio broadcast station
licenses;
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imposes
annual regulatory fees and application processing fees to recover its
administrative costs;
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establishes
technical requirements for certain transmitting equipment to restrict
harmful emissions;
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adopts
and implements regulations and policies that affect the ownership,
operation, program content and employment and business practices of radio
broadcast stations; and
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has
the power to impose penalties, including monetary forfeitures, for
violations of its rules and the Communications
Act.
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The
Communications Act prohibits the assignment of an FCC license, or transfer of
control of an FCC licensee, without the prior approval of the FCC. In
determining whether to grant or renew a radio broadcast license or consent to
assignment or transfer of a license, the FCC considers a number of factors,
including restrictions on foreign ownership, compliance with FCC media ownership
limits and other FCC rules, the character and other qualifications of the
licensee (or proposed licensee) and compliance with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
1988. A licensee’s failure to comply with the requirements of the Communications
Act or FCC rules and policies may result in the imposition of sanctions,
including admonishment, fines, the grant of a license renewal of less than a
full eight-year term or with conditions, denial of a license renewal
application, the revocation of an FCC license and/or the denial of FCC consent
to acquire additional broadcast properties.
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Congress, the
FCC and, in some cases, local jurisdictions, are considering and may in the
future adopt new laws, regulations and policies that could affect the operation,
ownership and profitability of our radio stations, result in the loss of
audience share and advertising revenue for our radio broadcast stations or
affect our ability to acquire additional radio broadcast stations or finance
such acquisitions. Such matters include or may include:
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changes
to the license authorization and renewal
process;
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proposals
to improve record keeping, including enhanced disclosure of stations’
efforts to serve the public
interest;
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proposals
to impose spectrum use or other fees on FCC
licensees;
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changes
to rules relating to political broadcasting including proposals to grant
free air time to candidates, and other changes regarding political and
non-political program content, funding, political advertising rates, and
sponsorship disclosures;
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proposals
to restrict or prohibit the advertising of beer, wine and other alcoholic
beverages;
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proposals
regarding the regulation of the broadcast of indecent or violent
content;
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proposals
to increase the actions stations must take to demonstrate service to their
local communities;
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technical
and frequency allocation matters, including increased protection of low
power FM stations from interference by full-service
stations;
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changes
in broadcast multiple ownership, foreign ownership, cross-ownership and
ownership attribution policies;
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changes
to allow satellite radio operators to insert local content into their
programming service;
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additional
public interest requirements for terrestrial digital audio
broadcasters;
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changes
to allow telephone companies to deliver audio and video programming to
homes in their service
areas; and
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proposals
to alter provisions of the tax laws affecting broadcast operations and
acquisitions.
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The FCC also has adopted procedures for the auction of broadcast spectrum in circumstances where two or more parties have filed mutually exclusive applications for authority to construct new stations or certain major changes in existing stations. Such procedures may limit our efforts to modify or expand the broadcast signals of our stations.
We cannot
predict what changes, if any, might be adopted or considered in the future, or
what impact, if any, the implementation of any particular proposals or changes
might have on our business.
FCC License Grants
and Renewals. In making licensing determinations, the FCC
considers an applicant’s legal, technical, financial and other qualifications.
The FCC grants radio broadcast station licenses for specific periods of time
and, upon application, may renew them for additional terms. A station may
continue to operate beyond the expiration date of its license if a timely filed
license renewal application is pending. Under the Communications Act, radio
broadcast station licenses may be granted for a maximum term of eight
years.
Generally,
the FCC renews radio broadcast licenses without a hearing upon a finding
that:
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the
radio station has served the public interest, convenience and
necessity;
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there
have been no serious violations by the licensee of the Communications Act
or FCC rules and
regulations; and
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there
have been no other violations by the licensee of the Communications Act or
FCC rules and regulations which, taken together, indicate a pattern of
abuse.
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After
considering these factors and any petitions to deny a license renewal
application (which may lead to a hearing), the FCC may grant the license renewal
application with or without conditions, including renewal for a term less than
the maximum otherwise permitted. Historically, our licenses have been renewed
without any conditions or sanctions imposed; however, there can be no assurance
that the licenses of each of our stations will be renewed for a full term
without conditions or sanctions.
Types of FCC
Broadcast Licenses. The FCC classifies each AM and FM radio
station. An AM radio station operates on either a clear channel, regional
channel or local channel. A clear channel serves wide areas, particularly at
night. A regional channel serves primarily a principal population center and the
contiguous rural areas. A local channel serves primarily a community and the
suburban and rural areas immediately contiguous to it. Class A, B and C
radio stations each operate unlimited time. Class A radio stations render
primary and secondary service over an extended area. Class B radio stations
render service only over a primary service area. Class C radio stations
render service only over a primary service area that may be reduced as a
consequence of interference. Class D radio stations operate either daytime
hours only, during limited times only, or unlimited time with low nighttime
power.
FM class
designations depend upon the geographic zone in which the transmitter of the FM
radio station is located. The minimum and maximum facilities requirements for an
FM radio station are determined by its class. In general, commercial FM radio
stations are classified as follows, in order of increasing power and antenna
height: Class A, B1, C3, B, C2, C1, C0 and C. The FCC has adopted a rule
requiring Class C FM stations that do not satisfy a certain antenna height
requirement to an involuntary downgrade in class to Class C0 under certain
circumstances.
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Radio One’s
Licenses. The following table sets forth information with
respect to each of our radio stations. A broadcast station’s market may be
different from its community of license. The coverage of an AM radio station is
chiefly a function of the power of the radio station’s transmitter, less
dissipative power losses and any directional antenna adjustments. For FM radio
stations, signal coverage area is chiefly a function of the ERP of the radio
station’s antenna and the HAAT of the radio station’s antenna. “ERP” refers to
the effective radiated power of an FM radio station. “HAAT” refers to the
antenna height above average terrain of an FM radio station.
Market
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Station
Call Letters
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Year of
Acquisition
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FCC Class
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ERP
(FM)
Power
(AM)
in Kilowatts
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Antenna
Height
(AM)
HAAT
(FM)
in Meters
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Operating
Frequency
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Expiration
Date
of FCC License
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Atlanta
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WUMJ-FM(1)
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1999
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C3 | 7.9 | 175.0 |
97.5 MHz
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4/1/2012
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WAMJ-FM(2)
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1999
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C3 | 21.5 | 110.0 |
107.5 MHz
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4/1/2012
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WHTA-FM
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2002
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C2 | 27.0 | 176.0 |
107.9 MHz
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4/1/2012
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WPZE-FM(3)
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2004
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A | 3.0 | 143.0 |
102.5 MHz
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4/1/2012
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Washington,
DC
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WOL-AM
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1980
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C | 1.0 | 52.1 |
1450
kHz
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10/1/2011
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WMMJ-FM
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1987
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A | 2.9 | 146.0 |
102.3 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WKYS-FM
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1995
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B | 24.5 | 215.0 |
93.9 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WPRS-FM
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2008
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B | 20.0 | 244.0 |
104.1 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WYCB-AM
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1998
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C | 1.0 | 50.9 |
1340
kHz
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10/1/2011
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Philadelphia
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WPPZ-FM(4)
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1997
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A | 0.27 | 338.0 |
103.9 MHz
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8/1/2014
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WPHI-FM
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2000
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B | 17.0 | 263.0 |
100.3 MHz
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8/1/2014
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WRNB-FM
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2004
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A | 0.78 | 276.0 |
107.9 MHz
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6/1/2014
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Detroit
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WDMK-FM
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1998
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B | 20.0 | 221.0 |
105.9 MHz
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10/1/2012
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WCHB-AM
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1998
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B | 50.0 | 49.3 |
1200
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10/1/2012
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WHTD-FM
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1998
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B | 50.0 | 152.0 |
102.7 MHz
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10/1/2012
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Houston
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KMJQ-FM
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2000
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C | 100.0 | 524.0 |
102.1 MHz
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8/1/2013
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KBXX-FM
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2000
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C | 100.0 | 585.0 |
97.9 MHz
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8/1/2013
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KROI-FM
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2004
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C1 | 22.0 | 526.0 |
92.1 MHz
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8/1/2013
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Dallas
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KBFB-FM
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2000
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C | 100.0 | 491.0 |
97.9 MHz
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8/1/2013
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KSOC-FM
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2001
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C | 100.0 | 591.0 |
94.5 MHz
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8/1/2013
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Baltimore
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WWIN-AM
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1992
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C | 0.5 | 86.8 |
1400
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10/1/2011
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WWIN-FM
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1992
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A | 3.0 | 91.0 |
95.9 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WOLB-AM
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1993
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D | 0.25 | 85.3 |
1010
kHz
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10/1/2011
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WERQ-FM
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1993
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B | 37.0 | 174.0 |
92.3 MHz
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10/1/2011
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St. Louis
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WFUN-FM
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1999
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C3 | 24.5 | 102.0 |
95.5 MHz
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12/1/2012
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WHHL-FM
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2006
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C2 | 39.0 | 168.0 |
104.1 MHz
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12/1/2012
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Cleveland
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WJMO-AM
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1999
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B | 5.0 | 128.1 |
1300
kHz
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10/1/2012
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WENZ-FM
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1999
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B | 16.0 | 272.0 |
107.9 MHz
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10/1/2012
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WZAK-FM
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2000
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B | 27.5 | 189.0 |
93.1 MHz
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10/1/2012
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WERE-AM
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2000
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C | 1.0 | 106.7 |
1490
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10/1/2012
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Charlotte
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WQNC-FM
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2000
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A | 6.0 | 100.0 |
92.7 MHz
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12/1/2011
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WPZS-FM
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2004
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A | 6.0 | 100.0 |
100.9 MHz
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12/1/2011
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Richmond
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WPZZ-FM
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1999
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C1 | 100.0 | 299.0 |
104.7 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WCDX-FM
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2001
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B1 | 4.5 | 235.0 |
92.1 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WKJM-FM
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2001
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A | 6.0 | 100.0 |
99.3 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WKJS-FM
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2001
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A | 2.3 | 162.0 |
105.7 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WTPS-AM
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2001
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C | 1.0 | 121.9 |
1240
kHz
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10/1/2011
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Raleigh-Durham
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WQOK-FM
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2000
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C1 | 100.0 | 299.0 |
97.5 MHz
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10/1/2011
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WFXK-FM
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2000
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C1 | 100.0 | 299.0 |
104.3 MHz
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12/1/2011
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WFXC-FM
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2000
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A | 2.6 | 153.0 |
107.1 MHz
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12/1/2011
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WNNL-FM
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2000
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C3 | 7.9 | 176.0 |
103.9 MHz
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12/1/2011
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Boston
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WILD-AM
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2001
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D | 5.0 | 59.6 |
1090
kHz
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4/1/2014
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Columbus
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WCKX-FM
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2001
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A | 1.9 | 126.0 |
107.5 MHz
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10/1/2012
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WXMG-FM
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2001
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A | 2.6 | 154.0 |
98.9 MHz
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10/1/2012
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WJYD-FM
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2001
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A | 6.0 | 100.0 |
106.3 MHz
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10/1/2012
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Cincinnati
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WIZF-FM
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2001
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A | 2.5 | 155.0 |
100.9 MHz
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8/1/2012
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WDBZ-AM
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2007
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C | 1.0 | 60.7 |
1230 kHz
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10/1/2012
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WMOJ-FM
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2006
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A | 3.6 | 130.0 |
100.3 MHz
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10/1/2012
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Indianapolis
(A)
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WHHH-FM
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2000
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A | 3.3 | 87.0 |
96.3 MHz
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8/1/2012
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WTLC-FM
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2000
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A | 6.0 | 99.0 |
106.7 MHz
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8/1/2012
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WNOU-FM
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2000
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A | 6.0 | 100.0 |
100.9 MHz
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8/1/2012
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WTLC-AM
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2001
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B | 5.0 | 140.0 |
1310
kHz
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8/1/2012
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WUMJ-FM
effective February 20, 2009 (formerly WPZE-FM).
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(2)
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WAMJ-FM
effective February 27, 2009 (formerly WJZZ-FM).
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WPZE-FM
effective February 20, 2009 (formerly WAMJ-FM).
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WPPZ-FM
operates with facilities equivalent to 3kW at 100
meters.
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WDNI-LP,
the low power television station that we acquired in Indianapolis in June
2000, is not included in this
table.
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To obtain the
FCC’s prior consent to assign or transfer control of a broadcast license, an
appropriate application must be filed with the FCC. If the assignment or
transfer involves a substantial change in ownership or control of the licensee,
for example, the transfer or acquisition of more than 50% of the voting stock,
the applicant must give public notice and the application is subject to a 30-day
period for public comment. During this time, interested parties may file
petitions with the FCC to deny the application. Informal objections may be filed
any time until the FCC acts upon the application. If the FCC grants an
assignment or transfer application, administrative procedures provide for
petitions seeking reconsideration or full FCC review of the
grant. The Communications Act also permits the appeal of a contested
grant to a federal court in certain instances.
Under the
Communications Act, a broadcast license may not be granted to or held by any
persons who are not U.S. citizens or by any corporation that has more than
20% of its capital stock owned or voted by non-U.S. citizens or entities or
their representatives, by foreign governments or their representatives, or by
non-U.S. corporations. The Communications Act prohibits indirect foreign
ownership through a parent company of the licensee of more than 25% if the FCC
determines the public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of
such license. The FCC has interpreted this provision of the
Communications Act to require an affirmative public interest finding before a
broadcast license may be granted to or held by any such entity, and the FCC has
made such an affirmative finding only in limited circumstances. Since we serve
as a holding company for subsidiaries that serve as licensees for our stations,
we are effectively restricted from having more than one-fourth of our stock
owned or voted directly or indirectly by non-U.S. citizens or their
representatives, foreign governments, representatives of foreign governments or
foreign business entities.
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The FCC
generally applies its media ownership limits to “attributable” interests. The
interests of officers, directors and those who directly or indirectly hold five
percent or more of the total outstanding voting stock of a corporation that
holds a broadcast license are generally deemed attributable interests, as are
any limited partnership or limited liability company interests that are not
properly “insulated” from management activities. Passive investors that hold
stock for investment purposes only may hold attributable interests with the
ownership of 20% or more of the voting stock of the licensee corporation. An
entity with one or more radio stations in a market that enters into a local
marketing agreement or a time brokerage agreement with another radio station in
the same market obtains an attributable interest in the brokered radio station,
if the brokering station supplies more than 15% of the brokered radio station’s
weekly broadcast hours. Similarly, a radio station licensee’s rights under a
joint sales agreement (“JSA”) to sell more than 15% per week of the
advertising time on another radio station in the same market constitutes an
attributable ownership interest in such station for purposes of the FCC’s
ownership rules. Debt instruments, non-voting stock, unexercised options and
warrants, minority voting interests in corporations having a single majority
shareholder and limited partnership or limited liability company membership
interests where the interest holder is not “materially involved” in the
media-related activities of the partnership or limited liability company
generally do not subject their holders to attribution unless such interests
implicate the FCC’s equity-debt-plus (or “EDP”) rule. Under the EDP rule, a
major programming supplier or a same-market media entity will have an
attributable interest in a station if the supplier or same-market media entity
also holds debt or equity, or both, in the station that is greater than 33% of
the value of the station’s total debt plus equity. For purposes of the EDP rule,
equity includes all stock, whether voting or nonvoting, and interests held by
limited partners or limited liability company members that are not materially
involved. A major programming supplier is any supplier that provides more than
15% of the station’s weekly programming hours. The FCC has adopted
revisions to the EDP rule to promote diversification of broadcast ownership,
allowing the 33% EDP benchmark to be exceeded in certain circumstances that
would enable an “eligible entity” (as defined by the FCC) to acquire a broadcast
station.
The
Communications Act and FCC rules generally restrict ownership, operation or
control of, or the common holding of attributable interests in:
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broadcast stations above certain numerical limits serving the same local
market;
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radio
broadcast stations combined with television broadcast stations above
certain numerical limits serving the same local market (radio/television
cross ownership); and
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a
radio broadcast station and an English-language daily newspaper serving
the same local market (newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership), although in
late 2007 the FCC adopted a revised rule that would allow a degree of
same-market newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership based on certain
presumptions, criteria and
limitations.
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The media
ownership rules are subject to periodic review by the FCC. In 2003, the FCC
adopted new rules to modify ownership limits, to change the way a local radio
market is defined and to make JSAs involving more than 15% of a same-market
radio station’s advertising sales “attributable” under the ownership limits. The
FCC grandfathered existing combinations of radio stations that would not comply
with the modified rules. However, the FCC ruled that such
noncompliant combinations could not be sold intact except to certain “eligible
entities,” which the agency defined as entities qualifying as a small business
consistent with Small Business Administration standards. The 2003
rules were challenged in court and the Third Circuit stayed their
implementation, among other things, on the basis that the FCC did not adequately
justify its radio ownership limits. Subsequently, the Third Circuit partially
lifted its stay to allow the new local market definition, JSA
attribution rule and grandfather rules to go into effect. The FCC currently is
applying such revisions to pending and new applications.
The numerical
limits on radio stations that one entity may own in a local market are as
follows:
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a radio market with 45 or more commercial radio stations, a party may own,
operate or control up to eight commercial radio stations, not more than
five of which are in the same service (AM or
FM);
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in
a radio market with 30 to 44 commercial radio stations, a party may own,
operate or control up to seven commercial radio stations, not more than
four of which are in the same service (AM or
FM);
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in
a radio market with 15 to 29 commercial radio stations, a party may own,
operate or control up to six commercial radio stations, not more than four
of which are in the same service (AM or
FM); and
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in
a radio market with 14 or fewer commercial radio stations, a party may
own, operate or control up to five commercial radio stations, not more
than three of which are in the same service (AM or FM), except that a
party may not own, operate, or control more than 50% of the radio stations
in such market.
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To apply
these tiers, the FCC currently relies on Arbitron Metro Survey Areas, where they
exist. In other areas, the FCC relies on a contour-overlap methodology. Under
this approach, the FCC uses one overlapping contour methodology for defining a
local radio market and counting the number of stations that the applicant
controls or proposes to control in that market, and it employs a separate
overlapping contour methodology for determining the number of operating
commercial radio stations in the market for determining compliance with the
local radio ownership caps. For radio stations located outside Arbitron Metro
Survey Areas, the FCC is undertaking a rulemaking to determine how to define
local radio markets in areas located outside Arbitron Metro Survey Areas. The
market definition used by the FCC in applying its ownership rules may not be the
same as that used for purposes of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
In its 2003
media ownership decision, the FCC adopted new cross-media limits to replace the
former newspaper-broadcast and radio-television cross-ownership
rules. These provisions were remanded by the Third Circuit for
further FCC consideration and are currently subject to a judicial stay. In 2006,
the FCC commenced a new rule making proceeding which it addressed the next
periodic review and issues on remand from the Third Circuit. At an
open meeting on December 18, 2007, the FCC adopted a decision in that
proceeding. It revised the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule
to allow a degree of same-market newspaper/broadcast ownership based on certain
presumptions, criteria and limitations. It made no changes to the
currently effective local radio ownership rules (as modified in 2003) or the
radio/television cross-ownership rule (as modified in 1999). The FCC’s 2007
decision is the subject of a request for reconsideration and various court
appeals.
The
attribution and media ownership rules limit the number of radio stations we may
acquire or own in any particular market and may limit the prospective buyers of
any stations we want to sell. The FCC’s rules could affect our business in a
number of ways, including, but not limited to, the following:
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of a more narrow market definition based upon Arbitron markets could have
an adverse effect on our ability to accumulate stations in a given area or
to sell a group of stations in a local market to a single
entity;
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restricting
the assignment and transfer of control of radio combinations that exceed
the new ownership limits as a result of the revised local market
definitions could adversely affect our ability to buy or sell a group of
stations in a local market from or to a single entity;
and
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general terms, future changes in the way the FCC defines radio markets or
in the numerical station caps could limit our ability to acquire new
stations in certain markets, our ability to operate stations pursuant to
certain agreements, and our ability to improve the coverage contours of
our existing stations.
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Programming and
Operations. The Communications Act requires broadcasters to
serve the “public interest” by presenting programming in response to community
problems, needs and interests and maintaining records demonstrating its
responsiveness. The FCC considers complaints from listeners about a broadcast
station’s programming, and the station is required to maintain complaints on
public file for two years. In November 2007, the FCC adopted rules establishing
a standardized form for reporting information on a television station’s public
interest programming and requiring television broadcasters to post the new form,
as well as other documents in their public inspection files, on station
websites. The FCC is considering whether to adopt similar rules for
radio stations. Moreover, in December 2007, the FCC adopted a report
and proposed rules designed to increase local programming content and diversity,
including renewal application processing guidelines for locally-oriented
programming and a requirement that broadcasters establish advisory boards in the
communities where they own stations. Stations also must follow FCC
rules regulating political advertising, obscene or indecent programming,
sponsorship identification, contests and lotteries and technical operation,
including limits on human exposure to radio frequency radiation.
The FCC’s
rules prohibit a broadcast licensee from simulcasting more than 25% of its
programming on another radio station in the same broadcast service (that is,
AM/AM or FM/FM). The simulcasting restriction applies if the licensee owns both
radio broadcast stations or owns one and programs the other through a local
marketing agreement, and only if the contours of the radio stations overlap in a
certain manner.
The FCC
requires that licensees not discriminate in hiring practices on the basis of
race, color, religion, national origin or gender. They also require stations
with at least five full-time employees to disseminate information about all
full-time job openings and undertake outreach initiatives from an FCC list of
activities such as participation in job fairs, internships or scholarship
programs. The FCC is considering whether to apply these recruitment requirements
to part-time employment positions. Stations must retain records of
their outreach efforts and keep an annual Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”)
report in their public inspection files and post an electronic version on their
websites. Radio stations with more than 10 full-time employees must file
certain annual EEO reports with the FCC midway through their license
term.
From time to
time, complaints may be filed against Radio One’s radio stations alleging
violations of these or other rules. In addition, the FCC may conduct audits or
inspections to ensure and verify licensee compliance with FCC rules and
regulations. Failure to observe these or other rules and regulations can result
in the imposition of various sanctions, including fines or conditions, the grant
of “short” (less than the maximum eight year) renewal terms or, for particularly
egregious violations, the denial of a license renewal application or the
revocation of a license.
Employees
As of February 15, 2009, we employed 1,000 full-time employees and 395 part-time employees. Our employees are not unionized; however, some of our employees were at one point covered by collective bargaining agreements that we assumed in connection with certain of our station acquisitions. We have not experienced any work stoppages and believe relations with our employees are satisfactory.
Corporate
Governance
Code of
Ethics. We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all
of our directors, officers (including our principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer) and employees and meets the requirements of the
SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules. Our code of ethics can be found on our
website, www.radio-one.com.
We will provide a paper copy of the Code of Ethics, free of charge, upon
request.
Audit Committee
Charter. Our audit committee has adopted a charter as required
by the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules. This committee charter can be found on our
website, www.radio-one.com.
We will provide a paper copy of the audit committee charter, free of
charge, upon request.
Compensation
Committee Charter. Our board of directors has adopted a
compensation committee charter. We will provide a paper copy of the compensation
committee charter, free of charge, upon request.
Internet
Address and Internet Access to SEC Reports
Our internet
address is www.radio-one.com.
You may obtain through our internet website, free of charge, copies of
our proxies, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those
reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These reports are available as soon as
reasonably practicable after we electronically file them with or furnish them to
the SEC. Our website and the information contained therein or connected thereto
shall not be deemed to be incorporated into this Form 10-K.
ITEM 1A. RISK
FACTORS
Our future
operating results could be adversely affected by a number of risks and
uncertainties, the most significant of which are described below.
The
global financial crisis and deteriorating U.S. economy may have an
unpredictable impact on our business and financial condition.
The capital
and credit markets have recently been experiencing unprecedented levels of
volatility and disruption. In some cases, the markets have produced downward
pressure on stock prices and limited credit capacity for certain companies
without regard to those companies’ underlying financial strength. In addition,
the weakening economy has produced a drop in consumer confidence and spending,
which has impacted corporate profits and resulted in cutbacks in advertising
budgets. If the economic downturn and current levels of market disruption and
volatility continue or worsen, there can be no assurance that we will not
experience a further adverse effect, which may be material, on our business,
financial condition, results of operations and our ability to access capital.
For example, the continued worsening of the economy and continuation of the
market and capital crisis could further adversely impact the overall demand for
advertising, which could have a negative effect on our revenues and results of
operations. In addition, our ability to access the capital markets may be
severely restricted at a time when we would like, or need, to do so, which could
have an impact on our flexibility to react to changing economic and business
conditions.
A
continued worsening of the economy could negatively impact our ability to meet
our cash needs and our ability to maintain compliance with our debt
covenants.
Based on our
most recent projections, we believe the Company can meet its liquidity needs
and maintain compliance with its debt covenants through the end of
fiscal year 2009. However, a worsening of the economy may negatively impact our
operations beyond those assumed in our projections, and could lead us to
implement certain remedial measures in order to meet our liquidity needs and to
remain in compliance with our debt covenants. Such measures may include further
operating cost and capital expenditure reductions and additional de-leveraging
actions. If these measures are unsuccessful, we would attempt to negotiate for
covenant relief through an amendment or waivers of covenant noncompliance with
our lenders, which could result in higher interest costs, additional fees and
reduced borrowing capacity. If the Company cannot maintain compliance with its
debt covenants, there is no assurance we would be able to negotiate amendment
relief or waivers of covenant noncompliance with our lenders. Failure to comply
with our debt covenants and failure to negotiate a favorable amendment or
waivers of covenant noncompliance could result in the acceleration of the
maturity of all our outstanding debt, which would have a material adverse effect
on the Company.
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Our
revenue is substantially dependent on spending and allocation decisions by
advertisers, and seasonality and/or weakening economic conditions may have an
impact upon our business.
Substantially
all of our revenue is derived from sales of advertisements and program
sponsorships to local and national advertisers. Cutbacks or changes in
advertisers' spending priorities and allocations across different types of media
may affect our results. We do not obtain long-term commitments from our
advertisers and advertisers may cancel, reduce or postpone advertisements
without penalty, which could adversely affect our revenue. Seasonal net revenue
fluctuations are common in the media industries and are due primarily to
fluctuations in advertising expenditures by local and national advertisers. In
addition, advertising revenues in even-numbered years benefit from advertising
placed by candidates for political offices. The effects of such seasonality make
it difficult to estimate future operating results based on the previous results
of any specific quarter and may adversely affect operating results.
Advertising
expenditures also tend to be cyclical and reflect general economic conditions
both nationally and locally. Because the Company derives a substantial portion
of its revenues from the sale of advertising, a decline or delay in advertising
expenditures could reduce the Company’s revenues or hinder its ability to
increase these revenues. Advertising expenditures by companies in certain
sectors of the economy, including the automotive, financial, entertainment and
retail industries, represent a significant portion of the Company’s advertising
revenues. Structural changes, consolidation or business failures in any of these
industries resulting from the current economic environment could have a
significant impact on our revenues. Any political, economic, social or
technological change resulting in a significant reduction in the advertising
spending of these sectors could adversely affect the Company’s advertising
revenues or its ability to increase such revenues. In addition, because many of
the products and services offered by the Company’s advertisers are largely
discretionary items, weakening economic conditions or outlook could reduce the
consumption of such products and services and, thus, reduce advertising for such
products and services. Changes in advertisers' spending priorities during
economic cycles may also affect our results. Disasters, acts of terrorism,
political uncertainty or hostilities also could lead to a reduction in
advertising expenditures as a result of uninterrupted news coverage and economic
uncertainty.
Pricing
for advertising may continue to face downward pressure.
During 2008,
in response to the deteriorating economy, advertisers increasingly purchased
lower-priced inventory rather than higher-priced inventory, and increasingly
demanded lower pricing, in addition to increasingly purchasing later and through
advertising inventory from third party advertising networks. If advertisers
continue to demand lower-priced inventory and continue to put downward pressure
on pricing, our operating margins and ability to generate revenue could be
further adversely affected.
The
Company’s success is dependant upon audience acceptance of its content,
particularly its radio programs, which is difficult to predict.
Media and
radio content production and distribution are inherently risky businesses
because the revenues derived from the production and distribution of media
content or a radio program, and the licensing of rights to the intellectual
property associated with the content or program, depend primarily upon their
acceptance by the public, which is difficult to predict. The commercial success
of content or a program also depends upon the quality and acceptance of other
competing programs released into the marketplace at or near the same time, the
availability of alternative forms of entertainment and leisure time activities,
general economic conditions and other tangible and intangible factors, all of
which are difficult to predict. Finally, the costs of content and
programming may change significantly if new performance royalties are imposed
upon radio broadcasters or internet operators and such changes could have a
material impact upon our business.
Ratings for
broadcast stations and traffic or visitors on a particular website are also
factors that are weighed when advertisers determine outlets to use and in
determining the advertising rates that the outlet receives. Poor ratings or
traffic levels can lead to a reduction in pricing and advertising
revenues. For example, if there is an event causing a change of
programming at one of the Company’s stations, there could be no assurance that
any replacement programming would generate the same level of ratings, revenues
or profitability as the previous programming. In addition, changes in
ratings methodology and technology, such as the rollout of the PPM, could
adversely impact upon our ratings.
A
disproportionate share of our net revenue comes from radio stations in a small
number of geographic markets and from Reach Media.
Within our
core radio business, four of the 16 markets in which we operate radio stations
accounted for approximately 50.5% of our radio station net revenue for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Revenue from the operations of Reach Media,
along with revenue from both the Houston and Washington, DC markets accounted
for approximately 39.5% of our total consolidated net revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2008. Adverse events or conditions (economic or otherwise)
could lead to declines in the contribution of Reach Media or to declines in one
or more of the significant contributing markets (Houston, Washington, DC,
Atlanta and Baltimore), which could have a material adverse effect on our
overall financial performance and results of operations.
We
derive a significant portion of our revenue from a single customer.
For the year
ended December 31, 2008, we derived approximately 10.5% of our total
revenues from a single customer. If that customer were to cease or
substantially reduce its use of our media outlets for advertising, it could have
a material adverse affect on our business, operating results and financial
condition. Our agreement with this customer expires December 31, 2009 and our
ability to replace or renew this agreement with substantially similar terms is
not guaranteed. There is no assurance that we would be able to replace these
lost revenues with revenues from new or other existing customers. In addition,
any impact from the current global financial crisis and the deteriorating U.S.
economy on the business of this customer, or its ability to meet its financial
obligations, could potentially have a material adverse affect on our business
during the term of the agreement.
We
may lose audience share and advertising revenue to our competitors.
Our radio
stations and other media properties compete for audiences and advertising
revenue with other radio stations and station groups and other media such as
broadcast television, newspapers, magazines, cable television, satellite
television, satellite radio, outdoor advertising, the internet and direct
mail. Adverse changes in audience ratings, internet traffic and
market shares could have a material adverse effect on our revenue. Larger media
companies with more financial resources than we have may enter the markets in
which we operate. Other media and broadcast companies may change their
programming format or engage in aggressive promotional campaigns to compete
directly with our media properties for audiences and advertisers. This
competition could result in lower ratings or traffic and, hence, lower
advertising revenue for us or cause us to increase promotion and other expenses
and, consequently, lower our earnings and cash flow. Changes in population,
demographics, audience tastes and other factors beyond our control could also
cause changes in audience ratings or market share. Failure by us to respond
successfully to these changes could have an adverse effect on our business and
financial performance. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain or
increase our current audience ratings and advertising revenue.
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If
we are unable to successfully identify, acquire and integrate businesses
pursuant to our diversification strategy, our business and prospects may be
adversely impacted.
We are
pursuing a strategy of acquiring and investing in other forms of media that
complement our core radio business in an effort to grow and diversify our
business and revenue streams. This strategy depends on our ability to find
suitable opportunities and obtain acceptable financing. Negotiating transactions
and integrating an acquired business could result in significant costs and use
of management’s time and resources.
Our
diversification strategy partially depends on our ability to identify attractive
media properties at reasonable prices and to divest properties that are no
longer strategic to our business. Some of the material risks that could hinder
our ability to implement this strategy include:
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in the number of suitable acquisition targets due to increased competition
for acquisitions;
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may lose key employees of acquired companies or
stations;
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difficulty
in integrating operations and systems and managing a diverse media
business;
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inability
to find buyers for radio stations we target for sale at attractive prices
due to decreasing market prices for radio stations or the inability to
obtain credit in the current economic
environment;
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failure
or delays in completing acquisitions or divestitures due to difficulties
in obtaining required regulatory approval, including possible difficulties
by the seller or buyer in obtaining antitrust approval for acquisitions in
markets where we already own multiple stations or establishing compliance
with broadcast ownership rules;
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of some acquisitions to prove profitable or generate sufficient cash
flow; and
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to finance acquisitions on acceptable terms, through incurring debt or
issuing stock.
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provide no assurance that our diversification strategy will be
successful.
We
must respond to the rapid changes in technology, services and standards, in
order to remain competitive.
Technological
standards across our media properties are evolving and new media technologies
are emerging. We cannot assure you that we will have the resources to acquire
new technologies or to introduce new services to compete with these new
technologies. Several new media technologies are being, or have been, developed,
including the following:
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satellite
delivered digital audio radio service, which has resulted in the
introduction of several new satellite radio services with sound quality
equivalent to that of compact
discs;
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audio
programming by cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite
systems, internet content providers and other digital audio broadcast
formats; and
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digital
audio and video content available for listening and/or viewing on the
internet and/or available for downloading to portable
devices.
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We cannot
assure you that we will be able to adapt successfully to these new media
technologies.
The
loss of key personnel, including on-air talent, could disrupt the management and
operations of our business.
Our business
depends upon the continued efforts, abilities and expertise of our executive
officers and other key employees, including on-air personalities. We believe
that the combination of skills and experience possessed by our executive
officers could be difficult to replace, and that the loss of one or more of them
could have a material adverse effect on us, including the impairment of our
ability to execute our business strategy. In addition, several of our on-air
personalities and syndicated radio programs hosts have large loyal audiences in
their respective broadcast areas and may be significantly responsible for the
ranking of a station. The loss of such on-air personalities could impact the
ability of the station to sell advertising and our ability to derive revenue
from syndicating programs hosted by them. We cannot be assured that these
individuals will remain with us or will retain their current audiences or
ratings.
As
a part of our diversification strategy, we have placed emphasis on building our
internet businesses. Failure to fulfill this undertaking may adversely affect
our brands and business prospects.
Our
diversification strategy depends to a significant degree upon the development of
our internet businesses. In order for our internet businesses to grow and
succeed over the long-term, we must, among other things:
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increase our online traffic and
revenue;
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and retain a base of frequent visitors to our web
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the content, products and tools we offer on our web
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to competitive developments while maintaining a distinct identity across
each of our on-line brands;
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and retain talent for critical
positions;
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and form relationships with strategic partners to attract more
consumers;
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assure that we will be successful in achieving these and other necessary
objectives. If we are not successful in achieving these objectives, our
business, financial condition and prospects could be adversely
affected.
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If our interactive
unit does not continue
to develop and offer compelling and differentiated content, products and
services, our advertising
revenues could be adversely affected.
In order to
attract internet consumers and generate increased activity on our internet
properties, we believe that we must offer compelling and differentiated content,
products and services. However, acquiring, developing and offering such content,
products and services may require significant costs and time to develop, while
consumer tastes may be difficult to predict and are subject to rapid change. If
we are unable to provide content, products and services that are sufficiently
attractive to our internet users, we may not be able to generate the increases
in activity necessary to generate increased advertising revenues. In
addition, although we have access to certain content provided by the Company’s
other businesses, we may be required to make substantial payments to
license such content. Many of our content arrangements with third parties are
non-exclusive, so competitors may be able to offer similar or identical content.
If we are not able to acquire or develop compelling content and do so at
reasonable prices, or if other companies offer content that is similar to that
provided by our interactive unit, we may not be able to attract and increase the
engagement of internet consumers on our internet properties.
Continued
growth in our internet advertising business also depends on our ability to
continue offering a competitive and distinctive range of advertising products
and services for advertisers and publishers and our ability to maintain or
increase prices for our advertising products and services. Continuing to develop
and improve these products and services may require significant time and costs.
If we cannot continue to develop and improve its advertising products and
services or if prices for its advertising products and services decrease, our
internet advertising revenues could be adversely affected.
More individuals
are using devices other than personal and laptop computers to access and use the
internet, and if we cannot make our products and services available and
attractive to consumers via these alternative devices, our internet advertising
revenues could be adversely affected.
Internet
users are increasingly accessing and using the internet through devices other
than a personal or laptop computer, such as personal digital assistants or
mobile telephones, which differ from computers with respect to memory,
functionality, resolution and screen size. In order for consumers to access and
use our products and services via these alternative devices, we must ensure that
our products and services are technologically compatible with such devices. We
also must secure arrangements with device manufacturers and wireless carriers in
order to have placement and functionality on the alternative devices and to more
effectively reach consumers. If we cannot effectively make our products and
services available on alternative devices, fewer internet consumers may access
and use our products and services and our advertising revenue may be negatively
affected.
Our business
depends on maintaining our licenses with the FCC. We could be prevented
from
operating a radio station if we fail to maintain its
license.
We are
required to maintain radio broadcasting licenses issued by the FCC. These
licenses are ordinarily issued for a maximum term of eight years and are
renewable. Our radio broadcasting licenses expire at various times through
August 1, 2014. Interested third parties may challenge our renewal
applications. In addition, we are subject to extensive and changing regulation
by the FCC with respect to such matters as programming, indecency standards,
technical operations, employment and business practices. If we or any of our
significant stockholders, officers, or directors violate the FCC’s rules and
regulations or the Communications Act, or is convicted of a felony, the FCC may
commence a proceeding to impose fines or sanctions upon us. Examples of possible
sanctions include the imposition of fines, the renewal of one or more of our
broadcasting licenses for a term of fewer than eight years or the revocation of
our broadcast licenses. If the FCC were to issue an order denying a license
renewal application or revoking a license, we would be required to cease
operating the radio station covered by the license only after we had exhausted
administrative and judicial review without success.
There
is significant uncertainty regarding the FCC’s media ownership rules, and such
rules could restrict our ability to acquire radio stations.
The
Communications Act and FCC rules and policies limit the number of broadcasting
properties that any person or entity may own (directly or by attribution) in any
market and require FCC approval for transfers of control and assignments of
licenses. The FCC’s media ownership rules remain in flux and subject to further
agency and court proceedings. (See “Business — Federal Regulation of Radio
Broadcasting.”)
In addition
to the FCC media ownership rules, the outside media interests of our officers
and directors could limit our ability to acquire stations. The filing of
petitions or complaints against Radio One or any FCC licensee from which we are
acquiring a station could result in the FCC delaying the grant of, or refusing
to grant or imposing conditions on its consent to the assignment or transfer of
control of licenses. The Communications Act and FCC rules and policies also
impose limitations on non-U.S. ownership and voting of our capital
stock.
Increased
enforcement by the FCC of its indecency rules against the broadcast
industry.
In 2004, the
FCC indicated that it was enhancing its enforcement efforts relating to the
regulation of indecency. Congress has increased the penalties for broadcasting
indecent programming and potentially subject broadcasters to license revocation,
renewal or qualification proceedings in the event that they broadcast indecent
material. In addition, the FCC’s heightened focus on the indecency regulatory
scheme, against the broadcast industry generally, may encourage third parties to
oppose our license renewal applications or applications for consent to acquire
broadcast stations. The change in administration at the federal level could
foster a change in the FCC’s enforcement posture.
Future
asset impairment to the carrying values of our FCC licenses and goodwill could
adversely impact our results of operations and net worth.
FCC licenses
and goodwill totaled approximately $900.8 million or 80.0% of total assets at
December 31, 2008, and is primarily attributable to accounting for
acquisitions in past years. We are required by Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” to
test our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment at least
annually, which we have traditionally done in the fourth quarter. Impairment is
measured as the excess of the carrying value of the goodwill or indefinite-lived
intangible asset over its fair value. Impairment may result from deterioration
in our performance, changes in anticipated future cash flows, changes in
business plans, adverse economic or market conditions, adverse changes in
applicable laws and regulations, or other factors. The amount of any impairment
must be expensed as a charge to operations. Fair values of FCC licenses and
goodwill have been estimated using the income approach, which involves a 10-year
model that incorporates several judgmental assumptions about projected revenue
growth, future operating margins, discount rates and terminal values. There are
inherent uncertainties related to these assumptions and our judgment in applying
them to the impairment analysis. Changes in certain events or circumstances
could result in changes to our estimated fair values, and may result in further
write-downs to the carrying values of these assets. Additional impairment
charges could adversely affect our financial results, financial ratios and could
limit our ability to obtain financing in the future.
We
have incurred net losses over the past three years.
We have
reported net losses in our consolidated statements of operations over the past
three years, due mostly in part to recording non-cash impairment charges for
write-downs to radio broadcasting licenses and goodwill, net losses incurred for
discontinued operations and revenue declines caused by weakened advertising
demand resulting from the current economic crisis. For the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we experienced net losses of approximately
$302.9 million, $391.5 million and $6.7 million, respectively. These results
have had a negative impact on our financial condition and could be exacerbated
given the current economic climate. If these trends continue in the future, it
could have a material adverse affect on our financial condition.
New or changing
federal, state or international privacy legislation or regulation could hinder
the growth of our internet business.
A variety of
federal and state laws govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and
security of consumer data that our internet business uses to operate its
services and to deliver certain advertisements to its customers, as well as the
technologies used to collect such data. Not only are existing privacy-related
laws in these jurisdictions evolving and subject to potentially disparate
interpretation by governmental entities, new legislative proposals affecting
privacy are now pending at both the federal and state level in the
U.S. Changes to the interpretation of existing law or the adoption of new
privacy-related requirements could hinder the growth of our internet business.
Also, a failure or perceived failure to comply with such laws or requirements or
with our own policies and procedures could result in significant liabilities,
including a possible loss of consumer or investor confidence or a loss of
customers or advertisers.
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Our
operation of various real properties and facilities could lead to environmental
liability.
As the owner,
lessee or operator of various real properties and facilities, we are subject to
various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations.
Historically, compliance with these laws and regulations has not had a material
adverse effect on our business. There can be no assurance, however, that
compliance with existing or new environmental laws and regulations will not
require us to make significant expenditures of funds.
Two
common stockholders have a majority voting interest in Radio One and have the
power to control matters on which our common stockholders may vote, and their
interests may conflict with yours.
As of
February 15, 2009, our Chairperson and her son, our President and CEO,
collectively held approximately 92% of the outstanding voting power of our
common stock. As a result, our Chairperson and the CEO will control our
management and policies and most decisions involving Radio One, including
transactions involving a change of control, such as a sale or merger. In
addition, certain covenants in our debt instruments require that our Chairperson
and the CEO maintain a specified ownership and voting interest in Radio One, and
prohibit other parties’ voting interests from exceeding specified amounts. In
addition, the TV One operating agreement provides for adverse consequences to
Radio One in the event our Chairperson and CEO fail to maintain a specified
ownership and voting interest in us. Our Chairperson and the CEO have agreed to
vote their shares together in elections of members to the board of
directors.
Our
substantial level of debt could limit our ability to grow and
compete.
As of
February 20, 2009, we had indebtedness of approximately $682.7 million. In
June 2005, we borrowed $437.5 million under our credit facility to retire
all outstanding obligations under our previous credit facilities. Draw downs of
revolving loans under the credit facility are subject to compliance with
provisions of our credit agreement, including, but not limited to, certain
financial covenants. As of December 31, 2008, we are permitted to borrow up
to an additional $25.9 million under our current credit facility. See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Liquidity and Capital Resources.” A
portion of our indebtedness bears interest at variable rates. Increases in
interest rates could increase the cost of our credit facilities. We have entered
into various interest rate hedges to reduce our overall exposure to variable
interest rates, consistent with the Credit Agreement that requires at
least 50% of our debt obligations be fixed rate in nature. Our substantial level
of indebtedness could adversely affect us for various reasons, including
limiting our ability to:
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obtain
additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures,
acquisitions, debt payments or other corporate
purposes;
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have
sufficient funds available for operations, future business opportunities
or other purposes, after paying debt
service;
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compete
with competitors that have less
debt; and
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react
to changing market conditions, changes in our industry and economic
downturns.
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Our
corporate debt rating was recently downgraded and we could suffer further
downgrades.
On a
continuing basis, credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor’s
(“S&P”) and Moody’s Investor Services (“Moody’s”) evaluate our debt. On
March 3, 2009, S&P lowered our corporate credit rating to B- from B and the
issue-level rating on our $800.0 million secured credit facility to B- from BB-.
While noting that our rating outlook was negative, the ratings downgrade
reflects concern over the Company’s ability to maintain compliance with
financial covenants due to weak radio advertising demand amid the deepening
recession, which S&P expects to persist for all of 2009. On November 3,
2008, Moody’s placed on review the Company and its debt for a possible
downgrade. The review was prompted by heightened concerns that the radio
broadcast sector will likely face significant revenue and cash flow
deterioration due to the high probability of further deterioration in the U.S.
economy and its impact on advertising revenue. On September 10, 2008, Moody’s
downgraded our corporate family rating to B2 from B1 and our $800.0 million
secured credit facility ($500.0 million revolver, $300.0 million term loan) to
Ba3 from Ba2. In addition, Moody’s downgraded our 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 and 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013 to Caa1 from B3. While noting that our
rating outlook was stable, the ratings downgrade reflected the Company’s
operating performance, weaker than previously expected credit metrics and
limited borrowing capacity under financial covenants. Although reductions in our
bond ratings may not have an immediate impact on our cost of debt or liquidity,
they may impact our cost of debt and liquidity. Increased debt levels and/or
decreased earnings could result in further downgrades in our credit ratings,
which, in turn, could impede our access to the debt markets, reduce the total
amount of commercial paper we could issue, raise our commercial paper borrowing
costs and/or raise our long-term debt borrowing rates. Our ability to use debt
to fund major new acquisitions or new business initiatives could also be
limited.
We
could incur adverse effects from our voluntary review of stock option grants and
resulting financial restatements.
As described
in the Explanatory Note and Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements
filed with our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, we recorded
additional stock-based compensation expense and related tax effects with regard
to certain past stock option grants, and restated certain previously filed
financial statements included in that Form 10-K. In February
2007, we received a letter of informal inquiry from the SEC regarding the review
of our stock option accounting. While we have not heard further from
the SEC on this matter to date, should the SEC further inquire we would fully
cooperate with the SEC’s inquiry. We are unable to predict whether a formal
inquiry will be initiated or what consequences any further inquiry may have on
us. We are unable to predict the likelihood of or potential outcomes from
litigation, regulatory proceedings or government enforcement actions relating to
our past stock option practices. The resolution of these matters could be
time-consuming and expensive, further distract management from other business
concerns and harm our business. Furthermore, if we were subject to adverse
findings in litigation, regulatory proceedings or government enforcement
actions, we could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies
imposed, which could harm our business and financial condition.
While we
believe that we have made appropriate judgments in determining the correct
measurement dates for our historical stock option grants, the SEC may disagree
with the manner in which we have accounted for and reported the financial
impact. Accordingly, there is a risk we may have to further restate prior
financial statements, amend prior filings with the SEC, or take other actions
not currently contemplated.
We
are currently not in compliance with NASDAQ rules for continued listing of our
Class A and Class D common shares.
Our shares of
Class A and Class D common stock are currently not in compliance with NASDAQ
rules for continued listing and may be at risk of being delisted. On May
21, 2008, the Company received a letter (the “Notification”) from The NASDAQ
Stock Market notifying the Company that for the prior 30 consecutive trading
days, the Company’s Class A common shares (the “Class A Shares”) had not
maintained a minimum market value of publicly held shares (“MVPHS”) of $5.0
million as required for continued inclusion by Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(2) (the
“Rule”). In accordance with Marketplace Rule 4450(e)(1), the Company
was provided 90 calendar days, or until August 19, 2008, to regain
compliance. On August 26, 2008, Radio One, Inc. announced that it had
received approval from The NASDAQ Stock Market to transfer the listing of its
Class A Shares from The NASDAQ Global Market to The NASDAQ Capital Market. The
transfer became effective at the opening of business on August 27,
2008. Since that time, macroeconomic and extraordinary market
conditions have depressed the trading price of our shares and our shares of
Class D common stock traded under the NASDAQ minimum bid price of $1.00 for 30
consecutive trading days and, thus, are at risk for delisting. Shares
of our Class A common stock have traded under $1.00 since October 8, 2008 and
similarly could face delisting proceedings.
On October
16, 2008, given the macroeconomic and extraordinary market conditions, NASDAQ
suspended the minimum bid price and MVPHS requirements through January 16, 2009.
In that regard, on October 16, 2008, NASDAQ filed an immediately effective rule
change with the SEC, such that companies will not be cited for any new concerns
related to minimum bid price or MVPHS deficiencies. On December 19,
2008, given the continued difficulties in the markets, NASDAQ extended the
suspension through April 20, 2009. Currently, it is anticipated that
the minimum bid price and MVPHS rules will be reinstated on April 20, 2009.
While NASDAQ’s suspension of the minimum bid price and MVPHS rules does provide
us with time in which market conditions may help cure the deficiencies, there
can be no assurance that on April 20, 2009 we will meet the NASDAQ minimum bid
price requirement for shares of either our Class A or Class D common stock. Our
failure to meet such requirements may subject us to delisting and could result
in decreased liquidity for our Class A and Class D common stock.
The foregoing
list is not exhaustive. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known
to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial also may adversely impact
our business. Should any risks or uncertainties develop into actual events,
these developments could have material adverse effects on our business,
financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, our debt agreements
contain covenants that may limit our ability to borrow additional money,
purchase or sell assets, incur liens, enter into transactions with affiliates,
consolidations or mergers, and other restrictive covenants that may limit our
operational flexibility.
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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED
STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The types of
properties required to support each of our radio stations include offices,
studios and transmitter/antenna sites. Our other media properties, such as Giant
Magazine and CCI, generally only require office space. We typically
lease our studio and office space with lease terms ranging from five to
10 years in length. A station’s studios are generally housed with its
offices in business districts. We generally consider our facilities to be
suitable and of adequate size for our current and intended purposes. We lease a
majority of our main transmitter/antenna sites and associated broadcast towers
and, when negotiating a lease for such sites, we try to obtain a lengthy lease
term with options to renew. In general, we do not anticipate difficulties in
renewing facility or transmitter/antenna site leases, or in leasing additional
space or sites, if required.
We own
substantially all of our equipment, consisting principally of transmitting
antennae, transmitters, studio equipment and general office equipment. The
towers, antennae and other transmission equipment used by Radio One’s stations
are generally in good condition, although opportunities to upgrade facilities
are periodically reviewed. The tangible personal property owned by Radio One and
the real property owned or leased by Radio One are subject to security interests
under our credit facility.
ITEM 3. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
In November
2001, Radio One and certain of its officers and directors were named as
defendants in a class action shareholder complaint filed in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned, In re Radio
One, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, Case
No. 01-CV-10160. Similar complaints were filed in the same court against
hundreds of other public companies (Issuers) that conducted initial public
offerings of their common stock in the late 1990s (“the IPO Cases”). In the
complaint filed against Radio One (as amended), the plaintiffs claimed that
Radio One, certain of its officers and directors, and the underwriters of
certain of its public offerings violated Section 11 of the Securities Act.
The plaintiffs’ claim was based on allegations that Radio One’s registration
statement and prospectus failed to disclose material facts regarding the
compensation to be received by the underwriters, and the stock allocation
practices of the underwriters. The complaint also contains a claim for violation
of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 based on
allegations that these omissions constituted a deceit on investors. The
plaintiffs seek unspecified monetary damages and other relief.
In July 2002,
Radio One joined in a global motion, filed by the Issuers, to dismiss the IPO
Lawsuits. In October 2002, the court entered an order dismissing the Company’s
named officers and directors from the IPO Lawsuits without prejudice, pursuant
to an agreement tolling the statute of limitations with respect to Radio One’s
officers and directors until September 30, 2003. In February 2003, the
court issued a decision denying the motion to dismiss the Section 11 and
Section 10(b) claims against Radio One and most of the
Issuers.
In July 2003,
a Special Litigation Committee of Radio One’s board of directors approved in
principle a tentative settlement with the plaintiffs. The proposed settlement
would have provided for the dismissal with prejudice of all claims against the
participating Issuers and their officers and directors in the IPO Cases and the
assignment to plaintiffs of certain potential claims that the Issuers may have
against their underwriters. In September 2003, in connection with the proposed
settlement, Radio One’s named officers and directors extended the tolling
agreement so that it would not expire prior to any settlement being finalized.
In June 2004, Radio One executed a final settlement agreement with the
plaintiffs. In 2005, the court issued a decision certifying a class action for
settlement purposes and granting preliminary approval of the settlement. On
February 24, 2006, the Court dismissed litigation filed against certain
underwriters in connection with the claims to be assigned to the plaintiffs
under the settlement. On April 24, 2006, the Court held a Final Fairness
Hearing to determine whether to grant final approval of the settlement. On
December 5, 2006, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district
court’s earlier decision certifying as class actions the six IPO Cases
designated as “focus cases.” Thereafter, the District Court ordered a stay of
all proceedings in all of the IPO Cases pending the outcome of plaintiffs’
petition to the Second Circuit for rehearing en banc and resolution of the class
certification issue. On April 6, 2007, the Second Circuit denied
plaintiffs’ rehearing petition, but clarified that the plaintiffs may seek to
certify a more limited class in the district court. Accordingly, the settlement
will not be finally approved.
Plaintiffs
filed amended complaints in the six “focus cases” on or about August 14,
2007. Radio One is not a defendant in the focus cases. In September 2007, Radio
One’s named officers and directors again extended the tolling agreement with
plaintiffs. On or about September 27, 2007, plaintiffs moved to certify the
classes alleged in the “focus cases” and to appoint class representatives and
class counsel in those cases. The focus cases issuers filed motions to dismiss
the claims against them in November 2007 and an opposition to plaintiffs’
motion for the class certification in December 2007. On March 16, 2008, the
court denied the motions to dismiss in the focus cases. On October 2,
2008, the plaintiffs withdrew their class certification motion.
A deadline for the focus case defendants to answer the amended complaints has
not been set.
Radio One is
involved from time to time in various routine legal and administrative
proceedings and threatened legal and administrative proceedings incidental to
the ordinary course of our business. Radio One believes the resolution of such
matters will not have a material adverse effect on its business, financial
condition or results of operations.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters
were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of
2008.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET
FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF
EQUITY SECURITIES
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Price
Range of Our Class A and Class D Common Stock
Our
Class A voting common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”)
under the symbol “ROIA.” The following table presents, for the quarters
indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our Class A common
stock as reported on the NASDAQ.
High
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Low
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2008
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First
Quarter
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$ | 2.35 | $ | 1.05 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | 1.66 | $ | 0.82 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | 1.89 | $ | 1.01 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 1.42 | $ | 0.35 | ||||
2007
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First
Quarter
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$ | 7.59 | $ | 6.25 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | 7.69 | $ | 6.43 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | 7.48 | $ | 3.15 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 4.03 | $ | 1.84 |
Our
Class D non-voting common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol
“ROIAK.” The following table presents, for the quarters indicated, the high and
low sales prices per share of our Class D common stock as reported on the
NASDAQ.
High
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Low
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2008
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First
Quarter
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$ | 2.36 | $ | 1.09 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | 1.62 | $ | 0.82 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | 1.31 | $ | 0.51 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 0.85 | $ | 0.07 | ||||
2007
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First
Quarter
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$ | 7.61 | $ | 6.20 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | 7.73 | $ | 6.42 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | 7.47 | $ | 3.06 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 4.05 | $ | 1.85 |
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STOCKHOLDER
RETURN PERFORMANCE GRAPHS
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Since first
selling our common stock publicly in May 1999, we have not declared any cash
dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain future earnings for use in
our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash or stock
dividends on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future. In addition,
any determination to declare and pay dividends will be made by our board of
directors in light of our earnings, financial position, capital requirements,
contractual restrictions contained in our credit facility and the indentures
governing our senior subordinated notes, and other factors as the board of
directors deems relevant. (See “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis — Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 9 of our
consolidated financial statements — Long-Term
Debt.)
Number
of Stockholders
Based upon a
survey of record holders and a review of our stock transfer records, as of
February 27, 2009, there were approximately 2,355 holders of Radio One’s
Class A common stock, two holders of Radio One’s Class B common stock,
three holders of Radio One’s Class C common stock, and approximately 2,564
holders of Radio One’s Class D common stock.
ITEM 6. SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
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The following
table contains selected historical consolidated financial data with respect to
Radio One. The selected historical consolidated financial data should
be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements
of Radio One included elsewhere in this report.
For the Years Ended December
31,
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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(As
Adjusted – See Note 1 below)
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(In
thousands, except share data)
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Statements
of Operations (1):
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Net
revenue
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$ | 316,416 | $ | 319,552 | $ | 321,625 | $ | 308,098 | $ | 253,819 | ||||||||||
Programming
and technical expenses including stock-based compensation
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82,121 | 74,053 | 68,818 | 57,810 | 39,792 | |||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses including stock-based
compensation
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105,037 | 102,966 | 98,016 | 92,898 | 71,261 | |||||||||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative expenses including stock-based
compensation
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36,357 | 28,396 | 28,239 | 25,070 | 18,796 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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19,124 | 14,768 | 13,890 | 14,044 | 11,884 | |||||||||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
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423,220 | 211,051 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Operating
(loss) income
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(349,443 | ) | (111,682 | ) | 112,662 | 118,276 | 112,086 | |||||||||||||
Interest
expense(2)
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59,689 | 72,770 | 72,932 | 63,010 | 39,588 |
Gain on retirement of debt | 74,017 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Equity
in loss of affiliated company
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3,652 | 15,836 | 2,341 | 1,846 | 3,905 | |||||||||||||||
Other
income, net
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130 | 895 | 1,110 | 1,331 | 2,658 | |||||||||||||||
(Loss)
income before (benefit from) provision for income taxes, minority interest
in income of subsidiaries and discontinued operations
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(338,637 | ) | (199,393 | ) | 38,499 | 54,751 | 71,251 | |||||||||||||
(Benefit
from) provision for income taxes
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(45,200 | ) | 54,083 | 18,260 | 18,816 | 28,504 | ||||||||||||||
Minority
interest in income of subsidiaries
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3,997 | 3,910 | 3,004 | 1,868 | — | |||||||||||||||
(Loss)
income from continuing operations
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(297,434 | ) | (257,386 | ) | 17,235 | 34,067 | 42,747 | |||||||||||||
(Loss)
income from discontinued operations, net of tax
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(5,510 | ) | (134,114 | ) | (23,965 | ) | 14,568 | 16,738 | ||||||||||||
Net
(loss) income
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(302,944 | ) | (391,500 | ) | (6,730 | ) | 48,635 | 59,485 | ||||||||||||
Preferred
stock dividend
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— | — | — | 2,761 | 20,140 | |||||||||||||||
Net
(loss) income applicable to common stockholders(3)
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$ | (302,944 | ) | $ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (6,730 | ) | $ | 45,874 | $ | 39,345 | |||||||
Net
(loss) income per common share — basic and diluted:
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(Loss)
income from continuing operations, net of tax
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$ | (3.16 | ) | $ | (2.61 | ) | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.21 | ||||||||
(Loss)
income from discontinued operations, net of tax
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(0.06 | ) | (1.36 | ) | (0.24 | ) | 0.14 | 0.16 | ||||||||||||
Net
(loss) income applicable to common stockholders per share
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$ | (3.22 | ) | $ | (3.97 | ) | $ | (.07 | ) | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.37 | |||||||
As
of December 31,
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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(As
Adjusted - See Note 1 below)
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(In
thousands)
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Balance
Sheet Data (1):
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 22,289 | $ | 24,247 | $ | 32,406 | $ | 19,081 | $ | 10,391 | ||||||||||
Short-term
investments
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— | — | — | — | 10,000 | |||||||||||||||
Intangible
assets, net
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944,969 | 1,310,321 | 1,522,158 | 1,485,576 | 1,401,786 | |||||||||||||||
Total
assets
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1,125,477 | 1,648,354 | 2,195,210 | 2,201,380 | 2,111,141 | |||||||||||||||
Total
debt (including current portion)
|
675,362 | 815,504 | 937,527 | 952,520 | 620,028 | |||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
810,002 | 1,015,747 | 1,176,963 | 1,178,834 | 782,405 | |||||||||||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
313,494 | 628,718 | 1,018,267 | 1,019,690 | 1,328,736 |
(1)
|
Year-to-year
comparisons are significantly affected by Radio One’s acquisitions and
dispositions during the periods covered. Certain reclassifications
associated with accounting for discontinued operations have been made to
prior year and prior quarter balances to conform to the current year
presentation. The reclassifications related to acquisitions and
dispositions had no effect on any other previously reported net income or
loss or any other statement of operations, balance sheet or cash flow
amounts. Additionally, the 2007 financial data reflects the correction of
an error to increase the equity in loss of affiliated company by
approximately $4.4 million.
|
(2)
|
Interest
expense includes non-cash interest, such as the accretion of principal,
local marketing agreement (“LMA”) fees, the amortization of discounts on
debt and the amortization of deferred financing costs.
|
(3)
|
(Loss)
income before (loss) income from discontinued operations is the reported
amount, less dividends paid on Radio One’s preferred
securities.
|
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The following table contains selected historical consolidated
financial data derived from the audited financial statements of Radio One for
each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2008.
For the Years Ended
December 31,
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2008
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2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
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(In
thousands)
|
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Statement
of Cash Flows:
|
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Cash
flows from (used in):
|
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Operating
activities
|
$ | 13,832 | $ | 44,014 | $ | 77,460 | $ | 101,145 | $ | 123,716 | ||||||||||
Investing
activities
|
66,031 | 78,468 | (46,227 | ) | (28,301 | ) | (155,495 | ) | ||||||||||||
Financing
activities
|
(81,821 | ) | (130,641 | ) | (17,908 | ) | (64,154 | ) | 4,160 | |||||||||||
Other
Data:
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Cash
interest expense(1)
|
$ | 68,611 | $ | 70,798 | $ | 70,876 | $ | 53,753 | $ | 37,842 | ||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
12,597 | 10,203 | 13,601 | 13,816 | 12,786 |
(1)
|
Cash
interest expense is calculated as interest expense less non-cash interest,
including the accretion of principal, LMA fees, the amortization of
discounts on debt and the amortization of deferred financing costs for the
indicated period.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
|
The following
information should be read in conjunction with “Selected Financial Data” and the Consolidated Financial
Statements and Notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
Overview
In 2008, our
net revenue declined compared to the previous year principally due to a decline
in our radio segment. Consistent with the radio broadcast industry in general,
our markets also experienced a net revenue decline; however, we did modestly
outperform the markets in which we operated. Given the current severe economic
downturn, we anticipate there will be continued advertising and marketing
cutbacks, which will result in continuing revenue declines throughout the radio
industry. In light of the economic turmoil and state of the radio industry, our
focus will be on increasing our radio market share and closely managing expenses
given the anticipated lower revenue levels. In addition, we will also remain
focused on executing our internet strategy, including leveraging our recent
acquisition of Community Connect Inc. (“CCI”), an online social networking
company, as a means to grow and further diversify our revenue.
The weakened
economy, competition from digital audio players, the internet, cable television
and satellite radio, among other new media outlets, are some of the reasons the
radio industry has seen such slow or negative growth over the past few years. In
addition to overall cutbacks, advertisers have shifted their advertising budgets
away from traditional media such as newspapers, broadcast television and radio
to these new media outlets. Internet companies have evolved from being large
sources of advertising revenue for radio companies in the late-1990s to being
significant competitors for radio advertising dollars. While these dynamics
present significant challenges for companies such as ours that are highly staked
in the radio industry, through our print and online properties, which includes
Giant Magazine, CCI, and other online verticals, we are well poised to provide
advertisers and creators of content with a multifaceted way to reach
African-American consumers.
Results
of Operations
Revenue
We primarily
derive revenue from the sale of advertising time and program sponsorships to
local and national advertisers on our radio stations. Advertising revenue is
affected primarily by the advertising rates our radio stations are able to
charge, as well as the overall demand for radio advertising time in a market.
These rates are largely based upon a radio station’s audience share in the
demographic groups targeted by advertisers, the number of radio stations in the
related market, and the supply of, and demand for, radio advertising time.
Advertising rates are generally highest during morning and afternoon commuting
hours.
During the
year ended December 31, 2008, approximately 56.0% of our net revenue was
generated from local advertising and approximately 37.6% was generated from
national advertising, including network advertising. In comparison, during the
year ended December 31, 2007, approximately 57.9% of our net revenue was
generated from local advertising and approximately 37.0% was generated from
national advertising, including network advertising. During the year ended
December 31, 2006, approximately 56.7% of our net revenue was generated from
local advertising and approximately 38.4% was generated from national
advertising, including network advertising. National advertising also includes
advertising revenue generated from our internet and publishing segments. The
balance of revenue was generated from tower rental income, ticket sales and
revenue related to our sponsored events, management fees, magazine
subscriptions, newsstand revenue and other revenue.
In the
broadcasting industry, radio stations often utilize trade or barter agreements
to reduce cash expenses by exchanging advertising time for goods or services. In
order to maximize cash revenue for our spot inventory, we closely monitor the
use of trade and barter agreements.
CCI, which
the Company acquired in April 2008, currently generates the majority of the
Company’s internet revenue, and derives such revenue principally from
advertising services, including diversity recruiting. Advertising services
include the sale of banner and sponsorship advertisements. Advertising
revenue is recognized either as impressions (the number of times advertisements
appear in viewed pages) are delivered, when “click through” purchases or leads
are reported, or ratably over the contract period, where applicable. CCI has a
diversity recruiting agreement with Monster, Inc. (“Monster”). Under the
agreement, Monster posts job listings and advertising on CCI websites and CCI
earns revenue for displaying the images on its websites. This agreement expires
in December 2009.
In December
2006, the Company acquired certain net assets (“Giant Magazine”) of Giant
Magazine, LLC. Giant Magazine derives revenue from the sale of advertising, as
well as newsstand and subscription revenue generated from sales of the
magazine.
In February
2005, we acquired 51% of the common stock of Reach Media, Inc. (“Reach Media”).
A substantial portion of Reach Media’s revenue is generated from a sales
representation agreement with a third party radio company. Pursuant to a
multi-year agreement, revenue is received monthly in exchange for the sale of
advertising time on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, which is
currently aired on 108 affiliated stations. The annual amount of revenue is
based on a contractual amount determined based on number of affiliates,
demographic audience and ratings. The agreement provides for a potential
to earn additional amounts if certain revenue goals are met. The agreement also
provides for sales representation rights related to Reach Media’s events.
Additional revenue is generated by Reach Media from this and other customers
through special events, sponsorships, its internet business and other related
activities. The agreement expires December 31, 2009.
Expenses
Our
significant broadcast expenses are (i) employee salaries and commissions,
(ii) programming expenses, (iii) marketing and promotional expenses,
(iv) rental of premises for office facilities and studios, (v) rental
of transmission tower space and (vi) music license royalty fees. We strive
to control these expenses by centralizing certain functions such as finance,
accounting, legal, human resources and management information systems and the
overall programming management function. We also use our multiple stations,
market presence and purchasing power to negotiate favorable rates with certain
vendors and national representative selling agencies.
We generally
incur marketing and promotional expenses to increase our radio audiences.
However, because Arbitron reports ratings either monthly or quarterly, depending
on the particular market, any changed ratings and the effect on advertising
revenue tends to lag behind both the reporting of the ratings and the incurrence
of advertising and promotional expenditures.
In addition
to salaries and commissions, major expenses for our internet business include
membership traffic acquisition costs, software product design, post application
software development and maintenance, database and server support costs, the
help desk function, data center expenses connected with internet service
provider (“ISP”) hosting services and other internet content delivery expenses.
Major expenses for our publishing business include salaries, commissions, and
costs associated with printing, production and circulation of magazine
issues.
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Measurement
of Performance
We monitor
and evaluate the growth and operational performance of our business using net
income and the following key metrics:
(a) Net revenue: The
performance of an individual radio station or group of radio stations in a
particular market is customarily measured by its ability to generate net
revenue. Net revenue consists of gross revenue, net of local and national agency
and outside sales representative commissions consistent with industry practice.
Net revenue is recognized in the period in which advertisements are broadcast
or, in the case of Giant Magazine, the month in which a particular issue is
available for sale. Net revenue also includes advertising aired in exchange for
goods and services, which is recorded at fair value, revenue from sponsored
events and other revenue. Net revenue is recognized for CCI as impressions are
delivered, as “click throughs” are reported or ratably over contract periods,
where applicable.
(b) Station operating
income: Net (loss) income before depreciation and
amortization, income taxes, interest income, interest expense, equity in loss of
affiliated company, minority interest in income of subsidiaries, gain on
retirement of debt, other expense, corporate expenses, stock-based compensation
expenses, impairment of long-lived assets and gain or loss from discontinued
operations, net of tax, is commonly referred to in our industry as station
operating income. Station operating income is not a measure of financial
performance under generally accepted accounting principles. Nevertheless, we
believe station operating income is often a useful measure of a broadcasting
company’s operating performance and is a significant basis used by our
management to measure the operating performance of our stations within the
various markets. Station operating income provides helpful information about our
results of operations, apart from expenses associated with our physical plant,
income taxes, investments, impairment charges, debt financings and retirements,
overhead and stock-based compensation. Station operating income is frequently
used as a basis for comparing businesses in our industry, although our measure
of station operating income may not be comparable to similarly titled measures
of other companies. Station operating income does not represent operating loss
or cash flow from operating activities, as those terms are defined under
generally accepted accounting principles, and should not be considered as an
alternative to those measurements as an indicator of our
performance.
(c) Station operating income
margin: Station operating income margin represents station
operating income as a percentage of net revenue. Station operating income margin
is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting
principles. Nevertheless, we believe that station operating income margin is a
useful measure of our performance because it provides helpful information about
our profitability as a percentage of our net revenue.
Summary
of Performance
The table
below provides a summary of our performance based on the metrics described
above:
Years Ended
December 31,
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2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1 of our Consolidated Financial
Statements)
|
||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except margin data)
|
||||||||||||
Net
revenue
|
$ | 316,416 | $ | 319,552 | $ | 321,625 | ||||||
Station
operating income
|
129,958 | 144,456 | 157,481 | |||||||||
Station
operating income margin
|
41.1 | % | 45.2 | % | 49.0 | % | ||||||
Net
loss
|
(302,944 | ) | (391,500 | ) | (6,730 | ) |
The
reconciliation of net loss to station operating income is as
follows:
Years Ended
December 31,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
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(As
Adjusted – See Note 1 of our Consolidated Financial
Statements)
|
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(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss as reported
|
$ | (302,944 | ) | $ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (6,730 | ) | |||
Add
back non-station operating income items included in net
loss:
|
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Interest
income
|
(491 | ) | (1,242 | ) | (1,393 | ) | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
59,689 | 72,770 | 72,932 | |||||||||
(Benefit
from) provision for income taxes
|
(45,200 | ) | 54,083 | 18,260 | ||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative, excluding stock-based
compensation
|
35,280 | 27,328 | 26,296 | |||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,777 | 2,991 | 4,633 | |||||||||
Equity
in loss of affiliated company
|
3,652 | 15,836 | 2,341 | |||||||||
Gain
on retirement of debt
|
(74,017 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Other
expense, net
|
361 | 347 | 283 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
19,124 | 14,768 | 13,890 | |||||||||
Minority
interest in income of subsidiaries
|
3,997 | 3,910 | 3,004 | |||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
423,220 | 211,051 | - | |||||||||
Loss from
discontinued operations, net of tax
|
5,510 | 134,114 | 23,965 | |||||||||
Station
operating income
|
$ | 129,958 | $ | 144,456 | $ | 157,481 |
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RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The following
table summarizes our historical consolidated results of operations:
Year Ended
December 31, 2008 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2007 (In
thousands)
Years Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|
||||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted –See
Note 1 Below)
|
||||||||||||||||
Statements
of Operations:
|
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Net
revenue
|
$ | 316,416 | $ | 319,552 | $ | (3,136 | ) | (1.0 | )% | |||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Programming
and technical, excluding stock-based compensation
|
81,934 | 73,574 | 8,360 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative, excluding stock-based
compensation
|
104,524 | 101,522 | 3,002 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative, excluding stock-based
compensation
|
35,280 | 27,328 | 7,952 | 29.1 | ||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,777 | 2,991 | (1,214 | ) | (40.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
19,124 | 14,768 | 4,356 | 29.5 | ||||||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
423,220 | 211,051 | 212,169 | 100.5 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
665,859 | 431,234 | 234,625 | 54.4 | ||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(349,443 | ) | (111,682 | ) | 237,761 | 212.9 | ||||||||||
Interest
income
|
491 | 1,242 | (751 | ) | (60.5 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
59,689 | 72,770 | (13,081 | ) | (18.0 | ) | ||||||||||
Gain
on retirement of debt
|
74,017 | - | 74,017 | - | ||||||||||||
Equity
in loss of affiliated company
|
3,652 | 15,836 | (12,184 | ) | (76.9 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
expense, net
|
361 | 347 | 14 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
Loss
before (benefit from) provision for income taxes, minority interest in
income of subsidiaries and loss from discontinued operations, net of
tax
|
(338,637 | ) | (199,393 | ) | 139,244 | 69.8 | ||||||||||
(Benefit
from) provision for income taxes
|
(45,200 | ) | 54,083 | (99,283 | ) | (183.6 | ) | |||||||||
Minority
interest in income of subsidiary
|
3,997 | 3,910 | 87 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
(297,434 | ) | (257,386 | ) | 40,048 | 15.6 | ||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
(5,510 | ) | (134,114 | ) | (128,604 | ) | (95.9 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (302,944 | ) | $ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (88,556 | ) | (22.6 | )% |
Note 1 -
Certain reclassifications associated with accounting for discontinued operations
have been made to prior year and prior quarter balances to conform to the
current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on any other
previously reported net income or loss or any other statement of operations,
balance sheet or cash flow amounts. Additionally, the 2007 financial data
reflects the correction of an error to increase the equity in loss of affiliated
company by approximately $4.4 million.
Net
revenue
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$316,416
|
$319,552
|
$(3,136)
|
(1.0)%
|
For the year
ended 2008 we recognized approximately $316.4 million in net revenue compared to
approximately $319.6 million during 2007. These amounts are net of agency and
outside sales representative commissions, which were approximately $34.6 million
in 2008, compared to approximately $37.0 million in 2007. Declines in net
revenue in our radio markets more than offset an increase in net revenue of
approximately $11.7 million generated by CCI, an online social networking
company, which was acquired by the Company in April 2008. For our radio
business, based on reports prepared by the independent accounting firm Miller,
Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP (“Miller Kaplan”), the markets in which we operate
declined 8.8% in total revenues, 10.9% in national revenues and 9.6% in local
revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008. Consistent with the markets we
operate in, we also experienced a decrease in net revenue, with national revenue
driving more of a decline. On a per market basis, we experienced considerable
revenue declines in our Atlanta, Houston and Washington, DC markets, and more
modest declines in our Dallas, Detroit, Cleveland and Raleigh-Durham markets. We
experienced growth in net revenue in our Indianapolis and Philadelphia markets,
as well as increases in net revenue from a special event, revenue from new
syndicated programs and increased internet revenue from our station websites.
Reach Media had a decline in net revenue due to TV licensing revenue which ended
in 2007, and less events revenue resulting from fewer events and less
sponsorships compared to 2007. Excluding the approximately $11.7 million
generated by CCI, net revenue declined 4.6% for the year ended December 31, 2008
compared to 2007.
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Operating
expenses
Programming and
technical, excluding stock-based compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$81,934
|
$73,574
|
$8,360
|
11.4%
|
Programming and technical expenses include expenses associated with on-air talent and the management and maintenance of the systems, tower facilities, and studios used in the creation, distribution and broadcast of programming content on our radio stations. Programming and technical expenses for radio also include expenses associated with our programming research activities and music royalties. Expenses associated with the printing and publication of Giant Magazine issues are also included in programming and technical. For our internet business, programming and technical expenses include software product design, post application software development and maintenance, database and server support costs, the help desk function, data center expenses connected with ISP hosting services and other internet content delivery expenses. Increased programming and technical expenses were primarily due to approximately $5.5 million in spending by CCI, which was acquired in April 2008 and approximately $1.4 million more spent for our broader internet initiative. Related to our radio business, additional programming and technical spending was also driven by additional staffing, in part for our web sites, higher on-air talent expenses, mostly for our new syndicated radio shows, additional tower related expenses and increased music royalties. The increased radio programming and technical expenses were offset in part from savings in research, savings from ceasing our 401(k) match program, the absence of Reach TV syndication costs and lower circulation and issues costs for Giant Magazine. Excluding approximately $6.9 million in increased spending for our internet initiative and CCI’s expenses, programming and technical expenses increased 2.0% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007.
Selling, general and
administrative, excluding stock-based compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$ 104,524
|
$ 101,522
|
$3,002
|
3.0%
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses include expenses associated with our sales
departments, offices and facilities and personnel (outside of our corporate
headquarters), marketing and promotional expenses, special events and
sponsorships and back office expenses. Expenses to secure ratings data for our
radio stations and visitors’ data for our websites are also included in selling,
general and administrative expenses. In addition, selling, general and
administrative expenses for radio and internet also include expenses related to
the advertising traffic (scheduling and insertion) functions. Selling, general
and administrative expenses also include membership traffic acquisition costs
for our online business. Increased selling, general and administrative expenses
were primarily due to approximately $5.7 million in spending by CCI, which was
acquired in April 2008. Another approximately $3.4 million increase was due to
additional spending on our broader internet initiative, which includes $550,000
for costs associated with a certain membership traffic agreement. Increases in
selling, general and administrative expenses for our radio business were driven
by expenses for a large special event held in first quarter, increased bad debt
expenses, driven in part by client bankruptcies and higher ratings research
associated with a new contract with Arbitron and their new portable people meter
(“PPM”) methodology. With our efforts on reducing expenses, these increases were
offset partially from savings associated with less promotional spending, reduced
travel and entertainment, less legal and professional spending, savings from the
suspension of our 401(k) match program and less sponsored events expenses. Our
declining revenue performance also resulted in less commissions and national
representative fees. Excluding the approximately $9.1 million in increased
spending on our internet initiative and CCI’s spending, selling, general and
administrative expenses decreased 6.1% for the year ended December 31, 2008
compared to the same period in 2007. Excluding the approximately
$10.9 million in increased spending for the internet initiative, CCI’s spending
and expenses for the large first quarter special event, selling, general and
administrative expenses decreased 7.9% for the year ended December 31, 2008
compared to 2007.
Corporate selling, general and administrative, excluding stock-based compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$35,280
|
$ 27,328
|
$7,952
|
29.1%
|
Corporate selling, general and administrative expenses consist of expenses associated with maintaining our corporate headquarters and facilities, including personnel. Increased corporate selling, general and administrative expenses were primarily due to compensation costs associated with new employment agreements for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and its Founder and Chairperson. Specifically, the increased compensation included approximately $10.1 million in bonuses for the CEO, of which approximately $5.8 million was for a signing and a “make whole” bonus paid, and another approximately $4.3 million was recorded, but not paid, for a bonus associated with potential distribution proceeds from the Company’s investment in TV One. Increased corporate selling, general and administrative expenses were also due to an approximate $2.4 million retention bonus reduction recorded in 2007 for the former Chief Financial Officer (“Former CFO”), given his early departure in December 2007, a $620,000 reduction in severance also recorded in 2007 for an obligation that never materialized and additional bad debt expense. In addition, during 2008, the Company incurred $485,000 in costs, mainly severance, associated with a reduction in its radio division workforce. These increased expenses were offset in part by approximately $2.4 million less bonus expense, the absence of approximately $2.7 million in spending for legal and professional fees incurred in 2007 for the voluntary review of our historical stock option grant practices, savings from the suspension of our 401(k) match program, reduced travel and entertainment, reduced contract labor and consultant spending, less research expenses and reduced recruiting expense. Normalizing for spending of approximately $2.7 million for the stock options review, approximately $2.4 million for the reduction in the Former CFO’s retention bonus, the $620,000 severance reduction in 2007, the approximate $10.1 million bonus for the CEO’s new employment agreement, and the $485,000 in severance for the 2008 radio division workforce reduction, corporate selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 10.7% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007.
Stock-based
compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$1,777
|
$ 2,991
|
$(1,214)
|
(40.6)%
|
Stock-based
compensation consists of expenses associated with our January 1, 2006
adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”)
No. 123(R), “Share-Based
Payment.” SFAS No. 123(R) eliminated accounting for
share-based payments based on Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion
No. 25, “Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees,” and requires measurement of compensation cost
for all stock-based awards at fair value on date of grant and recognition of
compensation over the service period for awards expected to vest. The decrease
in stock-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 2008 was primarily
due to a decline in the fair value awards issued in 2008 due to a significant
decline in the value of the Company’s stock price, cancellations and forfeitures
for former employees and the completion of the vesting period for certain stock
options. The decrease was offset in part due to expense for additional stock
options and restricted stock awards associated with new employment agreements
for the CEO, the Founder and Chairperson and the Chief Financial Officer
(“CFO”).
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Depreciation and
amortization
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$19,124
|
$ 14,768
|
$4,356
|
29.5%
|
The increase
in depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2008
was due primarily to the April 2008 acquisition of CCI, which accounted for
approximately $3.5 million of the increase. Approximately $2.5 million of the
increase attributable to CCI is driven by amortization of assets acquired as
part of the CCI acquisition, mainly brand assets, advertiser relationships and a
favorable office space sublease, and another approximately $1.0 million is due
to additional depreciation. Additional depreciation and amortization expense for
capital expenditures made subsequent to December 31, 2007 and assets purchased
as part of the June 2008 acquisition of WPRS-FM were offset partially by a
decline in amortization expense associated with certain affiliate agreements
acquired as part of our February 2005 purchase of 51% of Reach
Media.
Impairment of
long-lived assets
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$423,220
|
$ 211,051
|
$212,169
|
100.5%
|
The increase
in impairment of long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2008 was
related to non-cash impairment charges recorded to reduce the carrying value of
radio broadcasting licenses, goodwill and other intangible assets to their
estimated fair values for most of our markets. The impairments occurred in 11 of
our 16 markets, namely in Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas,
Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond and St. Louis markets.
The impairments are driven in part by the deteriorating economic conditions,
slower radio industry and market revenue growth and resulting deteriorating cash
flows, declining radio station transaction multiples and a higher cost of
capital. The recent and gradual decline in values for long-lived assets such as
licenses and other intangibles is not unique and specific to our individual
markets, as this trend has impacted the valuations of the radio industry as a
whole, and has impacted other broadcast and traditional media companies as
well.
Interest
income
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$ 491
|
$ 1,242
|
$(751)
|
(60.5)%
|
The decrease
in interest income for the year ended December 31, 2008 was due primarily to
lower cash balances, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and a decline
in interest rates.
Interest
expense
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$59,689
|
$ 72,770
|
$(13,081)
|
(18.0)%
|
The decrease
in interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2008 was due primarily to a
decline in interest expense associated with debt pay downs and bond redemptions,
resulting in overall lower borrowings and lower interest rates which impacted
the variable portion of our debt. Interest expense savings was also driven by
less fees incurred with the operation of WPRS-FM pursuant to a local marketing
agreement (“LMA”), which began in April 2007. LMA fees are classified as
interest expense. We closed on the purchase of the assets of WPRS-FM in June
2008 for approximately $38.0 million in cash.
Gain on
retirement of debt
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$74,017
|
$ -
|
$74,017
|
-%
|
The gain on
retirement of debt for the year ended December 31, 2008 was due to the
redemption of $196.1 million of the Company’s previously outstanding $248.9
million 87/8%Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 at an average discount of 38.4%. An amount of
$104.0 million remained outstanding as of December 31, 2008.
Equity in loss of
affiliated company
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$3,652
|
$15,836
|
$(12,184)
|
(76.9)%
|
Equity in
loss of affiliated company primarily reflects our estimated equity in the net
loss of TV One, LLC (“TV One”). The decreased loss for the year ended December
31, 2008 was due primarily to smaller net losses generated by TV One, thus
contributing to a decrease in our share of those losses. The Company’s share of
those losses is driven by TV One’s current capital structure and the Company’s
ownership levels in the equity securities of TV One that are currently absorbing
its net losses. An adjustment was made to equity in loss of affiliated company
for the year ended December 31, 2007 to correct for a change in TV One’s capital
structure. Pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 99, “Materiality” and SAB 108
“Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year
Financial Statements,” we increased the previously reported equity in
loss of affiliated company for the year ended December 31, 2007 by approximately
$4.4 million.
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(Benefit from)
provision for income taxes
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$(45,200)
|
$54,083
|
$(99,283)
|
(183.6)%
|
During the
year ended December 31, 2008, the benefit from income taxes increased to
approximately $45.2 million, compared to a provision for taxes of approximately
$54.1 million for the same period in 2007. The increase in the benefit from
income taxes was primarily due to the increase in pre-tax losses for the year
ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007, and the impact of deferred tax
liabilities reversing due to indefinite-lived asset impairment charges recorded
in 2008. In addition, the provision for income taxes in 2007 was primarily
driven by the recording of a full valuation allowance for most of the Company’s
deferred tax assets (“DTAs”), including its net operating loss (“NOLs)
carryforwards. In 2007, except for DTAs in historically profitable filing
jurisdictions, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance for its DTAs,
including NOLs, as it was determined that more likely than not, the DTAs would
not be realized. As such, the benefit from income taxes for 2008 was also offset
partially by recording a full valuation allowance against the additional NOLs
generated from the tax deductible amortization of indefinite-lived assets, as
well as recording a full valuation against DTAs created by the indefinite-lived
asset impairment charges recorded in the current year. The current year tax
benefit and offsetting valuation allowances resulted in an effective tax rate
for the years December 31, 2008 and 2007 of 13.3% and (27.1%),
respectively.
Loss from
discontinued operations, net of tax
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2008
|
2007
|
|||
$(5,510)
|
$ (134,114)
|
$(128,604)
|
(95.9)%
|
Included in
the loss from discontinued operations, net of tax are the results of operations
for our sold stations, which included our Los Angeles, Miami, Augusta,
Louisville, Dayton, Minneapolis and Boston WILD-FM stations. During the year
ended December 2008, we sold our Los Angeles station for approximately $137.5
million in cash, and recorded a loss, net of tax of approximately $6.1 million,
and we sold our Miami station for approximately $12.3 million in cash, and
recorded a gain, net of tax of approximately $3.2 million. In August 2007, we
closed on the sale of our Minneapolis station for approximately $28.0 million in
cash and recorded a loss on the sale of $713,000, net of tax. In
September of 2007, we closed on the sale of our Dayton stations and five of the
six stations in our Louisville market for approximately $76.0 million in cash,
and recorded a gain on the sale, net of tax of approximately $1.9 million. The
loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, includes a tax provision of
$101,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to a benefit from taxes
of approximately $75.0 million for the same period in 2007.
Other
Data
Station
operating income
Station
operating income decreased to approximately $130.0 million for the year
ended December 31, 2008 compared to approximately $144.5 million for
the year ended December 31, 2007, a decrease of approximately
$14.5 million or a decline of 10.0%. This decrease was primarily due to
declines in revenue similar to those in the radio industry and increases in
station operating expenses related to the consolidation of the operating results
of CCI, which was acquired in April 2008, spending on our internet initiative
which was launched in mid-year 2007, higher on-air talent expenses, mainly for
new syndication shows, additional staffing for internet websites, increased
music royalties, higher tower related expenses, a restructuring charge for the
radio division workforce reduction and additional ratings research costs. These
increased expenses more than offset savings for employee bonuses, marketing and
promotional spending, events expenses, travel and entertainment, legal and
professional fees and expense savings from ceasing our 401(k) match
program.
Station
operating income margin
Station
operating income margin decreased to 41.1% for the year ended December 31,
2008 from 45.2% for the year ended December 31, 2007. This decrease was
primarily attributable to a decline in net revenue and a decrease in station
operating income as described above.
26
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The following
table summarizes our historical consolidated results of operations:
Year Ended
December 31, 2007 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2006 (In
thousands)
Years Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|
||||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See
Note
1 Below)
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Statements
of Operations:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
revenue
|
$ | 319,552 | $ | 321,625 | $ | (2,073 | ) | (0.6 | )% | |||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Programming
and technical, excluding stock-based compensation
|
73,574 | 68,216 | 5,358 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative, excluding stock-based
compensation
|
101,522 | 95,928 | 5,594 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative, excluding stock-based
compensation
|
27,328 | 26,296 | 1,032 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
2,991 | 4,633 | (1,642 | ) | (35.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
14,768 | 13,890 | 878 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
211,051 | - | 211,051 | - | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
431,234 | 208,963 | 222,271 | 106.4 | ||||||||||||
Operating
(loss) income
|
(111,682 | ) | 112,662 | (224,344 | ) | (199.1 | ) | |||||||||
Interest
income
|
1,242 | 1,393 | (151 | ) | (10.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
72,770 | 72,932 | (162 | ) | (0.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Equity
in loss of affiliated company
|
15,836 | 2,341 | 13,495 | 576.5 | ||||||||||||
Other
expense, net
|
347 | 283 | 64 | 22.6 | ||||||||||||
(Loss)
income before provision for income taxes, minority interest in income of
subsidiaries and income from discontinued operations, net of
tax
|
(199,393 | ) | 38,499 | (237,892 | ) | (617.9 | ) | |||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
54,083 | 18,260 | 35,823 | 196.2 | ||||||||||||
Minority
interest in income of subsidiary
|
3,910 | 3,004 | 906 | 30.2 | ||||||||||||
Net
(loss) income from continuing operations
|
(257,386 | ) | 17,235 | (274,621 | ) | (1,593.4 | ) | |||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
(134,114 | ) | (23,965 | ) | (110,149 | ) | 459.6 | |||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (6,730 | ) | $ | (384,770 | ) | (5,717.3 | )% |
Note 1 -
Certain reclassifications associated with accounting for discontinued operations
have been made to prior year and prior quarter balances to conform to the
current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on any other
previously reported net income or loss or any other statement of operations,
balance sheet or cash flow amounts. Additionally, the 2007 financial data
reflects the correction of an error to increase the equity in loss of affiliated
company by approximately $4.4 million.
Net
revenue
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$319,552
|
$321,625
|
$(2,073)
|
(0.6)%
|
For the year
ended 2007, we recognized approximately $319.6 million in net revenue compared
to approximately $321.6 million in 2006. These amounts are net of agency and
outside sales representative commissions, which were approximately
$37.0 million during 2007, compared to approximately $38.8 million
during 2006. Based on reports prepared by the independent accounting firm Miller
Kaplan, the markets in which we operate declined 2.9% in total revenues, 8.3% in
national revenues and 2.1% in local revenues for the year ending December 31,
2007. We experienced modest net revenue declines in our Detroit, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington, DC markets, and a decline in net revenue from our
news/talk network. The decline in net revenue was also due to the absence of a
sponsorship revenue event similar to our 2006 25th
Anniversary, and the absence of revenue associated with a 2006 film venture.
These declines were offset partially by increases in net revenue experienced in
our Atlanta, Cincinnati and Dallas markets, among others, and an increase in net
revenue from consolidating the operating results of Giant Magazine, which we
acquired in December 2006. Excluding the operating results of Giant Magazine,
our net revenue declined 1.6% for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to
2006.
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Operating
expenses
Programming and
technical, excluding stock-based compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$73,574
|
$68,216
|
$5,358
|
7.9%
|
Programming
and technical expenses include expenses associated with on-air talent and the
management and maintenance of the systems, tower facilities, and studios used in
the creation, distribution and broadcast of programming content on our radio
stations and on the Tom Joyner syndicated television variety show. Programming
and technical expenses also include expenses associated with our research
activities and music royalties. Expenses associated with the printing and
publication of Giant Magazine issues are also included in programming and
technical. Increased programming and technical expenses were primarily due to
approximately $3.6 million in spending by Giant Magazine, which was acquired in
December 2006. Increased programming and technical expenses were also due to
higher on-air talent and bartered programming expenses, additional research
expenses, expenses associated with our internet initiative, which was launched
mid-year 2007 and additional music royalties. Increased programming and
technical expenses were also driven by spending associated with two new stations
acquired or operated since August 2006. These increased programming and
technical expenses were partially offset by a reduction in television production
costs associated with the Tom Joyner television show, which ended September
2006. Excluding the approximately $3.6 million of Giant Magazine expenses,
programming and technical expenses increased 2.2% for the year ended
December 31, 2007 compared to 2006.
Selling, general and
administrative, excluding stock-based compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$101,522
|
$95,928
|
$5,594
|
5.8%
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses include expenses associated with our sales
departments, offices and facilities and personnel (outside of our corporate
headquarters), marketing and promotional expenses and back office expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses also include expenses related to
the advertising traffic (scheduling and insertion) functions. Increased selling,
general and administrative expenses were primarily due to approximately $3.1
million in spending by Giant Magazine, which was acquired in December 2006.
Additional selling, general and administrative expenses were also due to
spending associated with approximately $1.4 million in spending for our internet
initiative launched mid-year 2007, additional on-air talent expenses, higher
sales research expenses, additional marketing, promotional and events spending
and increased legal and professional and litigation expenses. Additional
selling, general and administrative expenses were also driven by spending
associated with two new stations acquired or operated since August 2006. These
expenses were partially offset by reduced bad debt expenses and the absence of
expenses associated with a 2006 film venture. Excluding the approximately $4.4
million for Giant Magazine’s operating results and our internet initiative,
selling, general and administrative expenses increased 1.2% for the year ended
December 31, 2007 compared to 2006.
Corporate selling,
general and administrative, excluding stock-based
compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$27,328
|
$26,296
|
$1,032
|
3.9%
|
Corporate
selling, general and administrative expenses consist of expenses associated with
maintaining our corporate headquarters and facilities, including personnel.
Increased corporate selling, general and administrative expenses were primarily
due to additional hires and related compensation, benefits and recruiting fees,
and approximately $2.7 million in legal and professional fees associated with
the voluntary review of our historical stock option grant practices. These
increases were partially offset by a reduction of approximately $2.4 million for
retention bonus expense for the Former CFO, who departed December 31, 2007,
which was earlier than the October 2010 full retention bonus eligibility date
called for in his employment agreement. Other expense reductions offsetting the
increases include the absence of approximately $1.0 million in expenses
associated with the August 2006 25th
Anniversary event and reduced severance expenses of $620,000. Excluding the
retention bonus and severance expense reductions, expenses associated with the
stock options review and expenses associated with the 2006 25th
Anniversary event, corporate selling, general and administrative expenses
increased 11.9% for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to
2006.
Stock-based
compensation
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$2,991
|
$4,633
|
$(1,642)
|
(35.4)%
|
Stock-based
compensation consists of expenses associated with our January 1, 2006
adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”
SFAS No. 123(R) eliminated accounting for share-based payments
based on APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,”
and requires measurement of compensation cost for all stock-based awards
at fair value on date of grant and recognition of compensation over the service
period for awards expected to vest. The decrease in stock-based compensation was
primarily due to cancellations, forfeitures and the completion of the vesting
period for certain stock option grants.
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Depreciation and
amortization
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$14,768
|
$13,890
|
$878
|
6.3%
|
The increase
in depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31,
2007 was due primarily to an increase in amortization for the WMOJ-FM
intellectual property acquisition made in September 2006, an increase in
depreciation for two new stations acquired or operated since August 2006, and an
increase in depreciation for capital expenditures made subsequent to December
31, 2006. These increases were offset partially by the completion of trade names
amortization in a certain market.
Impairment of
long-lived assets
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$211,051
|
$ -
|
$211,051
|
-%
|
The increase
in the impairment of long-lived assets reflects a non-cash charge recorded for
the impairment of radio broadcasting licenses and goodwill associated with
primarily our Houston market, as well as our Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Dallas, Philadelphia and Boston markets. The impairments are driven in part by
slower radio industry and market revenue growth and resulting deteriorating cash
flows, declining radio station transaction multiples and a higher cost of
capital.
Interest
income
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$ 1,242
|
$ 1,393
|
$(151)
|
(10.8)%
|
The decrease
in interest income for the year ended December 31, 2007 was due primarily to
lower cash balances, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and a decline
in interest rates.
Interest
expense
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$72,770
|
$72,932
|
$(162)
|
(0.2)%
|
The decrease
in interest expense resulted from interest savings from debt paydowns resulting
in lower overall net borrowings as of December 31, 2007, which was offset from
fees associated with the operation of WPRS-FM pursuant to an LMA, which began in
April 2007. LMA fees are classified as interest expense.
Equity in loss of
affiliated company
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$15,836
|
$2,341
|
$13,495
|
576.5%
|
Equity in
loss of affiliated company reflects our estimated equity in the net loss of TV
One. The increased loss is due to the higher losses of TV One for the year ended
December 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 as well as an
increase in our share of TV One’s losses related to TV One’s current capital
structure and the Company’s ownership levels in the equity securities of TV One
that are currently absorbing its net losses. An adjustment was made to equity in
loss of affiliated company for the year ended December 31, 2007 to correct for a
change in TV One’s capital structure. Pursuant to SAB 99, “Materiality” and SAB 108
“Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year
Financial Statements,” we increased the previously reported equity in
loss of affiliated company for the year ended December 31, 2007 by approximately
$4.4 million.
Provision for income
taxes
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$ 54,083
|
$18,260
|
$35,823
|
196.2
%
|
The provision
for income taxes increased for the year ended 2007 primarily due to recording a
significant increase in the valuation allowance for DTAs, mainly federal and
state NOL carryforwards. Except for DTAs in our historically profitable filing
jurisdictions, a full valuation allowance was recorded in 2007, as it was
determined that more likely than not, the DTAs would not be realized. As such,
what would have otherwise been a benefit for income taxes for the year ended
2007 was more than offset by the valuation allowance recorded. The income tax
provision recorded, including the valuation allowance resulted in an effective
tax rate of (27.1)% for year ended 2007, compared to 47.4% for
2006.
29
Minority interest in
income of subsidiaries
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$3,910
|
$3,004
|
$906
|
30.2%
|
The increase
in minority interest in income of subsidiaries is due primarily to an increase
in Reach Media’s net income for the period ended December 31, 2007 compared
to 2006.
Loss from
discontinued operations, net of tax
Year Ended
December 31,
|
Increase/(Decrease)
|
|||
2007
|
2006
|
|||
$(134,114)
|
$(23,965)
|
$110,149
|
459.6%
|
Included in
the loss from discontinued operations, net of tax are the results of operations
for our sold stations, which included our Los Angeles, Miami, Augusta,
Louisville, Dayton, Minneapolis and Boston WILD-FM stations. During the year
ended December 31, 2008, we sold our Los Angeles station for approximately
$137.5 million in cash, and recorded a loss, net of tax of approximately $6.1
million, and we sold our Miami station for approximately $12.3 million in cash,
and recorded a gain, net of tax of approximately $3.2 million. In August 2007,
we closed on the sale of our Minneapolis station for approximately $28.0 million
in cash and recorded a loss on the sale of $713,000, net of tax. In September of
2007, we closed on the sale of our Dayton stations and five of the six stations
in our Louisville market for approximately $76.0 million in cash, and recorded a
gain on the sale, net of tax of approximately $1.9 million. In December of 2007,
we closed on the sale of the assets of our Augusta stations for approximately
$3.1 million in cash and recorded a loss of $47,000, net of tax. The loss from
discontinued operations, net of tax includes a tax benefit of approximately
$75.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to a tax benefit of
approximately $11.0 million for 2006.
Other
Data
Station
operating income
Station
operating income decreased to approximately $144.5 million for the year
ended December 31, 2007, compared to approximately $157.5 million for
the year ended December 31, 2006, a decrease of approximately
$13.0 million, or 8.3%. This decrease was primarily due to a decline in net
revenue and an increase in station operating expenses related to the
consolidation of the operating results of Giant Magazine, which we acquired in
December 2006, the mid-year launch of our internet business, expenses associated
with newly acquired stations, higher on-air talent and bartered programming
costs, increased music royalties, additional research and increased marketing,
promotional and events spending.
Station
operating income margin
Station
operating income margin decreased to 45.2% for the year ended December 31,
2007 from 49.0% for the year ended December 31, 2006. This decrease was
primarily attributable to a decline in net revenue combined with decreased
station operating income as described above.
30
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our primary
source of liquidity is cash provided by operations and, to the extent necessary,
borrowings available under our credit facilities and other debt or equity
financing.
In June 2005,
the Company entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of banks (the
“Credit Agreement”). Simultaneous with entering into the Credit Agreement, the
Company borrowed $437.5 million to retire all outstanding obligations under
its previous credit agreement. The Credit Agreement was amended in April 2006
and September 2007 to modify certain financial covenants and other provisions.
The Credit Agreement expires the earlier of (a) six months prior to the
scheduled maturity date of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2011 (unless the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes have been repurchased or refinanced prior to such date) or
(b) June 30, 2012. The total amount available under the Credit Agreement is
$800.0 million, consisting of a $500.0 million revolving facility and
a $300.0 million term loan facility. Borrowings under the credit facilities
are subject to compliance with certain provisions including but not limited to
financial covenants. The Company may use proceeds from the credit facilities for
working capital, capital expenditures made in the ordinary course of business,
its common stock repurchase program, permitted direct and indirect investments
and other lawful corporate purposes. The Credit Agreement contains affirmative
and negative covenants that the Company must comply with, including
(a) maintaining an interest coverage ratio of no less than 1.90 to 1.00
from January 1, 2006 to September 13, 2007, and no less than 1.60 to
1.00 from September 14, 2007 to June 30, 2008, and no less than 1.75 to
1.00 from July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009, and no less than 2.00 to 1.00
from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, and no less than 2.25 to 1.00
from January 1, 2011 and thereafter, (b) maintaining a total leverage
ratio of no greater than 7.00 to 1.00 beginning April 1, 2006 to September
13, 2007, and no greater than 7.75 to 1.00 beginning September 14, 2007
to March 31, 2008, and no greater than 7.50 to 1.00
beginning April 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008, and no
greater than 7.25 to 1.00 beginning October 1, 2008
to June 30, 2010, and no greater than 6.50 to 1.00
beginning July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011, and no greater
than 6.00 to 1.00 beginning October 1, 2011 and thereafter,
(c) maintaining a senior leverage ratio of no greater than 5.00 to 1.00
beginning June 13, 2005 to September 30, 2006, and no greater than 4.50 to
1.00 beginning October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, and no
greater than 4.00 to 1.00 beginning October 1, 2007 and thereafter,
(d) limitations on liens, (e) limitations on the sale of assets,
(f) limitations on the payment of dividends, and (g) limitations on
mergers, as well as other customary covenants. The Company was in compliance
with all debt covenants as of December 31, 2008. At the date of the filing of
this Form 10-K and based on its most recent projections, the Company's
management believes it will be in compliance with all debt
covenants through the end of fiscal year 2009. Based on its fiscal year end
2007 excess cash flow calculation, the Company made a debt principal prepayment
of approximately $6.0 million in May 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2008
no excess cash calculation was required and therefore, no payment was
required.
Under the
terms of the Credit Agreement, upon any breach or default under either the
87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011or the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013, the lenders could among other actions
immediately terminate the Credit Agreement and declare the loans then
outstanding under the Credit Agreement to be due and payable in whole
immediately. Similarly, under the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes and the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes, a default under the terms of the Credit Agreement would
constitute an event of default, and the trustees or the holders of at least 25%
in principal amount of the then outstanding notes (under either class) may
declare the principal of such class of note and interest to be due and payable
immediately.
Interest
payments under the terms of the Credit Agreement are due based on the type of
loan selected. Interest on alternate base rate loans as defined under the terms
of the Credit Agreement is payable on the last day of each March, June,
September and December. Interest due on the London Interbank Offered Rate
(“LIBOR”) loans is payable on the last day of the interest period applicable for
borrowings up to three months in duration, and on the last day of each March,
June, September and December for borrowings greater than three months in
duration. In addition, quarterly installments of principal on the term loan
facility are payable on the last day of each March, June, September and December
commencing on September 30, 2007 in a percentage amount of the principal balance
of the term loan facility outstanding on September 30, 2007, net of loan
repayments, of 1.25% between September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, 5.0% between
September 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009, and 6.25% between September 30, 2009 and
June 30, 2012. Based on the $194.0 million net principal balance of the term
loan facility outstanding on September 30, 2007 quarterly payments of $9.7
million are payable between September 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009, and $12.1
million between September 30, 2009 and June 30, 2012.
Interest
payments under the terms of the 63/8% and
the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes are due in February and August, and January and July of each
year. For the $200.0 million principal balance of the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes outstanding on December 31, 2008, interest payments of
approximately $6.4 million are payable each February and August through February
2013. For the $104.0 million principal balance of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes outstanding on December 31, 2008, interest payments of
approximately $4.6 million are payable each January and July through July
2011.
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, we borrowed approximately $227.0 million
from our credit facility to fund the repurchase of our 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011, the repurchase of Company stock and the
acquisitions of CCI and WPRS-FM, and repaid approximately $170.3 million
primarily from the proceeds of the sale of our Los Angeles station in May 2008
and cash generated from operations.
As of
December 31, 2008, we had approximately $293.5 million of borrowing
capacity. Taking into consideration the financial covenants under the Credit
Agreement, approximately $25.9 million of that amount was available for
borrowing. The amount available for borrowing could increase to the
extent the funds are used to repurchase 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due in July 2011. Both the term loan and the
revolving facilities bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either
(i) LIBOR plus a spread that ranges from 0.63% to 2.25%, or (ii) the
prime rate plus a spread of up to 1.25%. The amount of the spread varies
depending on our leverage ratio. We also pay a commitment fee that varies
depending on certain financial covenants and the amount of unused commitment, up
to a maximum of 0.375% per annum on the unused commitment of the revolving
facility.
The Credit
Agreement requires the Company to protect itself from interest rate fluctuations
using interest rate hedge agreements. As a result, we have entered into various
fixed rate swap agreements designed to mitigate our exposure to higher floating
interest rates. These swap agreements require that we pay a fixed rate of
interest on the notional amount to a bank and that the bank pays to us a
variable rate equal to three month LIBOR. As of December 31, 2008, we had two
swap agreements in place for a total notional amount of $50.0 million, and
the periods remaining on these two swap agreements range in duration from 17.5
to 41.5 months.
Our
credit exposure under the swap agreements is limited to the cost of replacing an
agreement in the event of non-performance by our counter-party; however, we do
not anticipate non-performance. All of the swap agreements are tied to the three
month LIBOR, which may fluctuate significantly on a daily basis. The valuation
of each swap agreement is affected by the change in the three month LIBOR and
the remaining term of the agreement. Any increase in the three month LIBOR
results in a more favorable valuation, while a decrease results in a less
favorable valuation.
The
Company conducts a portion of its business through its subsidiaries. All of the
Company’s restricted subsidiaries (“Subsidiary Guarantors”) have fully and
unconditionally guaranteed the Company’s 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011, the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013, and the Company’s obligations under the
Credit Agreement.
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The
following table summarizes the interest rates in effect with respect to our debt
as of December 31, 2008:
Type
of Debt
|
Amount
Outstanding
|
Applicable
Interest Rate
|
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(In
millions)
|
|||||||
Senior
bank term debt (swap matures June 16, 2010)(1)
|
$
|
25,000
|
6.27
|
%
|
|||
Senior
bank term debt (swap matures June 16, 2012)(1)
|
$
|
25,000
|
6.47
|
%
|
|||
Senior
bank term debt (subject to variable interest rates)(2)
|
$
|
114,701
|
4.81
|
%
|
|||
Senior
bank revolving debt (subject to variable interest
rates)(3)
|
$
|
206,500
|
5.40
|
%
|
|||
87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes (fixed rate)
|
$
|
103,951
|
8.88
|
%
|
|||
63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes (fixed rate)
|
$
|
200,000
|
6.38
|
%
|
(1)
|
A
total of $50.0 million is subject to fixed rate swap agreements that
became effective in June 2005. Under our fixed rate swap agreements, we
pay a fixed rate plus a spread based on our leverage ratio, as defined in
our Credit Agreement. That spread is currently set at 2.25% and is
incorporated into the applicable interest rates set forth
above.
|
||
(2)
|
Subject
to rolling three month LIBOR plus a spread currently at 2.25%;
incorporated into the applicable interest rate set forth
above.
|
||
(3)
|
Subject
to the prime rate plus a spread currently at 1.25% and rolling three month
and six month LIBOR plus a spread currently at 2.25%; incorporated into
the applicable interest rate set forth
above.
|
In February
2005, we completed the private placement of $200.0 million 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013, realizing net proceeds of approximately
$195.3 million. We recorded approximately $4.7 million in deferred
offering costs, which are being amortized to interest expense over the life of
the related notes using the effective interest rate method. The net proceeds of
the offering, in addition to borrowings of $110.0 million under our
previous revolving credit facility, and available cash, were primarily used to
redeem our previously outstanding convertible preferred stock in an amount of
$309.8 million. In October 2005, the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes were exchanged for an equal amount of notes registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
In 2001, we
issued $300.0 million 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011. At that time the Company recorded
approximately $8.2 million in deferred offering costs which are being
amortized to interest expense over the life of the notes using the effective
interest rate method.
The
indentures governing our senior subordinated notes require that we comply with
certain financial covenants limiting our ability to incur additional debt. Such
terms also place restrictions on us with respect to the sale of assets, liens,
investments, dividends, debt repayments, capital expenditures, transactions with
affiliates, consolidation and mergers, and the issuance of equity interests,
among other things. Our Credit Agreement also requires compliance with financial
tests based on financial position and results of operations, including leverage
ratios and an interest coverage ratio, all of which could effectively limit our
ability to borrow under the Credit Agreement or to otherwise raise funds in the
debt market. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31,
2008. At the date of the filing of this Form 10-K and based on current
projections, the Company's management believes it will be in compliance
with all covenants through the end of fiscal year 2009.
The following
table provides a comparison of our statements of cash flows for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
$ | 13,832 | $ | 44,014 | ||||
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
66,031 | 78,468 | ||||||
Net
cash flows used in financing activities
|
(81,821 | ) | (130,641 | ) |
Net cash
flows provided from operating activities were approximately $13.8 million for
the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to net cash flows provided from
operating activities of approximately $44.0 million for the year ended December
31, 2007. Net cash flows from operating activities for the year ended December
31, 2008 decreased from the prior year due primarily to a decrease in the
Company’s operating income (excluding the impact of impairment charges
recognized on the Company’s long-lived assets), a decrease in cash flows from
discontinued operations and a decrease in working capital balances, all of which
were partially offset by the gain recognized on the retirement of
debt.
Net cash
flows provided from investing activities were approximately $66.0 million
and $78.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Capital expenditures, including digital tower and transmitter upgrades, and
deposits for station equipment and purchases were approximately
$12.6 million and $10.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we sold the
stations in our Los Angeles and Miami markets and received proceeds of
approximately $150.2 million. During the same period we acquired CCI
and closed on our acquisition of WPRS-FM using approximately $70.4 million in
net borrowings. The Company received approximately $104.0 million in
proceeds from completing the sales of certain radio stations in the Louisville,
Dayton and Minneapolis markets during the year ended December 31, 2007. We also
funded approximately $14.6 million of our investment commitment in TV One for
the year ended December 31, 2007, for which there was no corresponding
investment in 2008.
Net cash
flows used in financing activities were approximately $81.8 million and $130.6
million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. During
the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, we borrowed
approximately $227.0 million and $0.0 million from our credit facility and
repaid approximately $292.1 million and $124.7 million in outstanding
debt. During the year ended December 31, 2008 we repurchased
approximately $196.0 million of our 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 for approximately $120.8 million and
approximately $12.1 million of our Class A and Class D common stock. Reach Media
also paid approximately $6.4 million and $2.9 million in dividends to
minority interest shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
From time to
time we consider opportunities to acquire additional radio stations, primarily
in the top 50 African-American markets, and to make strategic acquisitions,
investments and divestitures. In June 2008, the Company purchased the assets of
WPRS-FM, a radio station located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
for approximately $38.0 million. Since April 2007 and up until
closing, the station had been operated under an LMA, and, hence, the results of
its operations had been included in the Company’s consolidated financial
statements. The station was consolidated with the Company’s existing
Washington, DC operations in April 2007. This purchase was
funded from borrowings under our credit facilities of $35.0 million. In April
2008, we acquired CCI, an online social networking company, for $38.0 million in
cash, and we borrowed $34.0 million from our credit facility to close this
transaction. In July 2007, we acquired the assets of WDBZ-AM, a radio station
located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, for approximately $2.6 million
in seller financing. Up until closing in July 2007, we had been operating
WDBZ-AM pursuant to an LMA since August 2001. Other than our agreement with an
affiliate of Comcast Corporation, DIRECTV and other investors to fund TV
One (the balance of our commitment was approximately $13.7 million at
December 31, 2008) we have no other definitive agreements to acquire radio
stations or to make strategic investments. In October 2007, the Company had
committed (subject to the completion and execution of requisite legal
documentation) to invest in QCP Capital Partners, L.P. (“QCP”). At that time the
Company also had agreed to provide an unsecured working capital line of credit
to QCP Capital Partners, LLC, the management company for QCP, in the amount
of $775,000. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had provided $457,000 under
the line of credit. In December 2008, the Company made a determination that
there was a substantial likelihood that QCP would not be able to proceed
successfully with its fundraising and, therefore, the Company was unlikely to
recover any of the amounts provided to QCP Capital Partners, LLC pursuant to the
October 2007 line of credit agreement. As a result, in December 2008, the
Company wrote off the full amount outstanding under the line of credit
agreement. No further investments in, or loans to, QCP are anticipated to be
made in the foreseeable future.
We anticipate
that any future acquisitions or strategic investments will be financed through
funds generated from operations, cash on hand, draws from our existing credit
facilities, equity financings, permitted debt financings, debt financings
through unrestricted subsidiaries or a combination of these sources. However,
there can be no assurance that financing from any of these sources, if
available, will be available on favorable terms.
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As of December 31,
2008, we had two standby letters of credit totaling $550,000 in connection with
our annual insurance policy renewals. In addition, we had a letter of credit of
$295,000 in connection with a contract that we inherited as part of the
acquisition of CCI. In January 2009, we issued a letter of credit in the amount
of $200,000 for a sponsorship event. To date, there has been no activity on
any of these letters of credit.
Our ability
to meet our debt service obligations and reduce our total debt, our ability to
refinance the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 or prior to their scheduled maturity date, and
our ability to refinance the 63/8
% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 2013 or prior to their scheduled
maturity date, will depend upon our future performance which, in turn, will be
subject to general economic conditions and to financial, business and other
factors, including factors beyond our control. In the next 12 months, our
principal liquidity requirements will be for working capital, continued business
development, strategic investment opportunities and for general corporate
purposes, including capital expenditures.
The Company
continually projects its anticipated cash needs, which include its operating
needs, capital requirements, the TV One funding commitment and principal and
interest payments on its indebtedness. Management’s most recent operating income
and cash flow projections considered the current economic crisis, which has
reduced advertising demand in general, as well as the limited credit
environment. As of the filing of this Form 10-K, management believes the Company
can meet its liquidity needs through the end of fiscal year 2009 with cash
and cash equivalents on hand, projected cash flows from operations and, to the
extent necessary, through its borrowing capacity under the Credit Agreement,
which was approximately $25.9 million at December 31, 2008. Based on these
projections, management also believes the Company will be in compliance with its
debt covenants through the end of fiscal year 2009. However, a continued
worsening economy, or other unforeseen circumstances, may negatively impact the
Company’s operations beyond those assumed in its projections. Management
considered the risks that the current economic conditions may have on its
liquidity projections, as well as the Company’s ability to meet its debt
covenant requirements. If economic conditions deteriorate unexpectedly to an
extent that we could not meet our liquidity needs or it appears that
noncompliance with debt covenants is likely to result, the Company would
implement several remedial measures, which could include further operating cost
and capital expenditure reductions, and further de-leveraging actions, which may
include repurchases of discounted senior subordinated notes and other debt
repayments. If these measures are not successful in maintaining compliance with
our debt covenants, the Company would attempt to negotiate for relief through an
amendment with its lenders or waivers of covenant noncompliance, which could
result in higher interest costs, additional fees and reduced borrowing limits.
There is no assurance that the Company would be successful in obtaining relief
from its debt covenant requirements in these circumstances. Failure to comply
with our debt covenants and a corresponding failure to negotiate a favorable
amendment or waivers with the Company’s lenders could result in the acceleration
of the maturity of all the Company’s outstanding debt, which would have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s business and financial
position.
Credit Rating
Agencies
On a
continuing basis, credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor’s
(“S&P”) and Moody’s Investor Services (“Moody’s”) evaluate our debt. On
March 3, 2009, S&P lowered our corporate credit rating to B- from B and the
issue-level rating on our $800.0 million secured credit facility to B- from BB-.
While noting that our rating outlook was negative, the ratings downgrade
reflects concern over the Company’s ability to maintain compliance with
financial covenants due to weak radio advertising demand amid the deepening
recession, which S&P expects to persist for all of 2009. On
November 3, 2008, Moody’s placed on review the Company and its debt for a
possible downgrade. The review was prompted by heightened concerns that
the radio broadcast sector will likely face significant revenue and cash flow
deterioration due to the high probability of further deterioration in the U.S.
economy and its impact on advertising revenue. On September 10, 2008,
Moody’s downgraded our corporate family rating to B2 from B1 and our $800.0
million secured credit facility ($500.0 million revolver, $300.0 million term
loan) to Ba3 from Ba2. In addition, Moody’s downgraded our 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 and 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013 to Caa1 from B3. While noting that our
rating outlook was stable, the ratings downgrade reflected the Company’s
operating performance, weaker than previously expected credit metrics and
limited borrowing capacity under financial covenants.
Although
reductions in our bond ratings may not have an immediate impact on our cost of
debt or liquidity, they may impact our future cost of debt and liquidity.
Increased debt levels and/or decreased earnings could result in further
downgrades in our credit ratings, which, in turn, could impede our access to the
debt markets and/or raise our long-term debt borrowing rates. Our ability to use
debt to fund major new acquisitions or new business initiatives could also be
limited.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No.
133.” SFAS No. 161 requires disclosure of the fair value of
derivative instruments and their gains and losses in a tabular
format. It also provides for more information about an entity’s
liquidity by requiring disclosure of derivative features that are credit risk
related. Finally, it requires cross referencing within footnotes to
enable financial statement users to locate important information about
derivative instruments. This statement is effective for interim
periods beginning after November 15, 2008, although early application is
encouraged. The effective date for the Company was January 1,
2009. The Company has not completed its assessment of the impact this new
pronouncement will have on the consolidated financial statements.
In December
2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, “Business
Combinations.” SFAS No. 141R replaces SFAS No. 141, and
requires the acquirer of a business to recognize and measure the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in
the acquiree at fair value. SFAS No. 141R also requires transactions
costs related to the business combination to be expensed as
incurred. SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively to business
combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15,
2008. The effective date for the Company was January 1,
2009. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 141R, as related to
future acquisitions, if any, to have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
In December
2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements - an amendment of ARB No. 51.”
This statement amends ARB No. 51 to establish accounting and
reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the
deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling
interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity
that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial
statements. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008. The effective date for this Company was
January 1, 2009. We have not determined the impact this new
pronouncement would have on the consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the SEC issued SAB No. 110 that modified SAB
No. 107 regarding the use of a “simplified” method in developing an
estimate of expected term of “plain vanilla” share options in accordance with
SFAS No. 123R,
“Share-Based Payment.” Under SAB No. 107, the use
of the “simplified” method was not allowed beyond December 31, 2007. SAB
No. 110 allows, however, the use of the “simplified” method beyond
December 31, 2007 under certain circumstances. We currently use the
“simplified” method under SAB No. 107, and we expect to continue to use the
“simplified” method in future periods if the facts and circumstances
permit.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which permits companies to
choose to measure certain financial instruments and other items at fair value
that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 159
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.
Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159,
which provides entities the option to measure many financial instruments and
certain other items at fair value. Entities that choose the fair value option
will recognize unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value
option was elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The Company
has currently chosen not to elect the fair value option for any items that are
not already required to be measured at fair value in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(“SFAS No. 157”), which provides guidance for using fair value to
measure assets and liabilities. The standard also responds to investors’
requests for more information about: (1) the extent to which companies measure
assets and liabilities at fair value; (2) the information to measure fair
value; and (3) the effect that fair value measurements have on earnings.
SFAS No. 157 will apply whenever another standard requires (or permits)
assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. The standard does not expand
the use of fair value to any new circumstances. The Company adopted SFAS
No. 157 effective January 1, 2008.
In September
2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Staff Accounting
Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior
Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements.” SAB 108 was issued to provide interpretive guidance on
how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should
be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The provisions of
SAB 108 were effective for the Company for its December 2006 year end.
The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
In June 2006,
the FASB issued Financial Accounting Standards Board interpretation (“FIN”)
No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes — Interpretation of SFAS No. 109.”
FIN No. 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement
attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax
position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN No. 48 requires
that the Company recognize the impact of a tax position in the financial
statements, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on
audit, based on the technical merits of the position. FIN No. 48 also
provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions of
FIN No. 48 were effective beginning January 1, 2007, with the
cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an
adjustment to opening retained earnings. The Company adopted the provisions of
FIN No. 48 on January 1, 2007. As a result of this adoption, the Company
recognized a charge of $895,000 to the January 1, 2007 opening accumulated
deficit balance in order to reflect unrecognized tax benefits of approximately
$4.9 million. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to
unrecognized tax benefits as a component of tax expense. Each quarter, the
Company reviews its FIN No. 48 estimates, and any change in the associated
liabilities results in an adjustment to income tax expense in the consolidated
statement of operations in each period measured.
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Our
accounting policies are described in Note 1 of our consolidated financial
statements – Organization and
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. We prepare our consolidated
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States, which require us to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the year. Actual results
could differ from those estimates. We consider the following policies and
estimates to be most critical in understanding the judgments involved in
preparing our financial statements and the uncertainties that could affect our
results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Stock-Based
Compensation
|
The Company
accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with
SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment.”
Under the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), stock-based
compensation cost is estimated at the grant date based on the award’s fair value
as calculated by the Black-Scholes (“BSM”) valuation option-pricing model and is
recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period. The
BSM incorporates various highly subjective assumptions including expected stock
price volatility, for which historical data is heavily relied upon, expected
life of options granted, forfeiture rates and interest rates. If any of the
assumptions used in the BSM model change significantly, stock-based compensation
expense may differ materially in the future from that previously
recorded.
Goodwill and Radio Broadcasting
Licenses
|
We have made
several radio station acquisitions in the past for which a significant portion
of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill and radio broadcasting
licenses. Goodwill exists whenever the purchase price exceeds the fair value of
tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired in business
combinations. As of December 31, 2008, we had approximately $900.8 million in
goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses, which represents approximately
80.0% of our total assets. Therefore, we believe estimating the value of
goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses is a critical accounting estimate
because of this significance of their values in relation to total assets. In
accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets,” for such assets owned as of October 1, we test annually for
impairment during each fourth quarter or when events or circumstances suggest
that impairment exists. Asset impairment exists when the carrying value of these
assets exceeds their respective fair value. When the carrying value exceeds fair
value, an impairment amount is charged to operations for the
excess.
Given the
recent and current economic downturn and continual revenue declines in the radio
broadcast industry, the Company performed both an interim and annual test for
impairment in 2008, and recorded impairment charges of approximately $421.7
million and $211.1 million to continuing operations for goodwill and radio
broadcasting licenses for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The impairments are driven in part by slower radio industry and
market revenue growth, resulting deteriorating cash flows, declining radio
station transaction multiples and a higher cost of capital, and are indicative
of a trend experienced by media companies in general, and are not unique to the
Company.
When
estimating the fair values of radio broadcasting licenses and goodwill, we use
the income approach, which involves a 10 year discounted cash flow model that
requires judgmental assumptions about projected revenue growth, future operating
margins, discount rates and terminal values. There are inherent uncertainties
related to these assumptions and our judgment in applying them to the impairment
analysis. While we believe we have made reasonable estimates and assumptions to
calculate the fair values, changes in certain events or circumstances (including
events and circumstances resulting from continued deterioration in the economy)
could result in changes to our estimated fair values, and may result in further
write-downs to the carrying values of these assets. Specifically, the estimated
carrying and fair values for four of our reporting units approximated each
other, and a 10% reduction in cash flows in the 2009 fiscal year for these
markets could result in further impairment charges of approximately $25.5
million.
Impairment
of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill and Radio Broadcasting
Licenses
|
Intangible
assets, excluding goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses, are reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be fully recoverable.
These events or changes in circumstances may include a significant deterioration
of operating results, changes in business plans, or changes in anticipated
future cash flows. If an impairment indicator is present, we will evaluate
recoverability by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to future
undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. Assets are
grouped at the lowest level for which there is identifiable cash flows that are
largely independent of the cash flows generated by other asset groups. If the
assets are impaired, the impairment is measured by the amount by which the
carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the assets determined by estimates of
discounted cash flows. The discount rate used in any estimate of discounted cash
flows would be the rate required for a similar investment of like risk. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, we recorded approximately $1.5 million in
impairment charges for intellectual property in our Cincinnati market, and any
changes in certain events or circumstances could result in changes to our
estimated fair values of these intangible assets and may result in further
write-downs to the carrying values.
Allowance for
Doubtful Accounts
We must make
estimates of the uncollectability of our accounts receivable. We specifically
review historical write-off activity by market, large customer concentrations,
customer credit worthiness and changes in our customer payment terms when
evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. We perform
credit checks prior to accepting new credit orders and throughout the credit
cycle, we perform regular assessments which consider a customer’s ability to
pay, a customer’s current financial condition, the customer’s given industry
outlook, the aging of the accounts receivable and the economy in general. In the
past four years, including the year ended December 31, 2008, our historical bad
debt results have averaged approximately 5.1% of our outstanding trade
receivables and have been a reliable method to estimate future allowances. If
general economic weakness persists and/or the financial condition of our
customers or markets were to deteriorate, adversely affecting their ability to
make payments, additional allowances could be required.
Revenue
Recognition
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We recognize
revenue for broadcast advertising when the commercial is broadcast and we report
revenue net of agency and outside sales representative commissions in accordance
with SAB No. 104, Topic 13, “Revenue Recognition, Revised and
Updated.” When applicable, agency and outside sales
representative commissions are calculated based on a stated percentage applied
to gross billing. Generally, advertisers remit the gross billing amount to the
agency or outside sales representative, and the agency or outside sales
representative remits the gross billing, less their commission, to us. We
recognize revenue for Giant Magazine, mainly advertising, subscriptions and
newsstand sales in the month in which a particular issue is available for
sale.
CCI, the
online social networking company acquired by the Company in April 2008,
recognizes its advertising revenue as impressions (the number of times
advertisements appear in viewed pages) are delivered, when “click through”
purchases or leads are reported, or ratably over the contract period, where
applicable.
Equity
Accounting
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We account
for our investment in TV One under the equity method of accounting in accordance
with APB Opinion No. 18,
“The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock,” and
other related interpretations. We have recorded our investment at cost and have
adjusted the carrying amount of the investment to recognize the change in Radio
One’s claim on the net assets of TV One resulting from losses of TV One as well
as other capital transactions of TV One using a hypothetical liquidation at book
value approach. We will review the realizability of the investment if conditions
are present or events occur to suggest that an impairment of the investment may
exist. We have determined that although TV One is a variable interest entity (as
defined by FIN No. 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities”) the Company is not the primary beneficiary of TV
One.
Contingencies
and Litigation
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We regularly
evaluate our exposure relating to any contingencies or litigation and record a
liability when available information indicates that a liability is probable and
estimable. We also disclose significant matters that are reasonably possible to
result in a loss, or are probable but for which an estimate of the liability is
not currently available. To the extent actual contingencies and litigation
outcomes differ from amounts previously recorded, additional amounts may need to
be reflected.
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Estimate of
Effective Tax Rates
In past
years, we estimated the provision for income taxes, income tax liabilities,
deferred tax assets and liabilities, and any valuation allowances in accordance
with SFAS No. 109,
“Accounting for Income Taxes” and FIN No. 18, “Accounting for Income Taxes in
Interim Periods.” We estimate effective tax rates based on local tax laws
and statutory rates, apportionment factors, taxable income for our filing
jurisdictions and disallowable items, among other factors. Audits by the
Internal Revenue Service or state and local tax authorities could yield
different interpretations from our own, and differences between taxes recorded
and taxes owed per our filed returns could cause us to record additional
taxes.
To address
the exposures of unrecognized tax positions, in January 2007, we adopted FIN
No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes - Interpretation of
SFAS No. 109,” which recognizes the impact of a tax position in
the financial statements if it is more likely than not that the position would
be sustained on audit based on the technical merits of the position. As of
December 31, 2008, we had approximately $5.0 million in unrecognized tax
benefits. Future outcomes of our tax positions may be more or less than the
currently recorded liability, which could result in recording additional taxes,
or reversing some portion of the liability, and recognizing a tax benefit once
it is determined the liability is either inadequate or no longer necessary as
potential issues get resolved, or as statutes of limitations in various tax
jurisdictions close.
Our estimated
effective tax rate at December 31, 2008 was 13.3%. This includes a current year
19.5% unfavorable impact for the valuation allowance for certain deferred tax
assets. Excluding the impact of the valuation allowance, the effect of a one
percentage point increase in our estimated tax rate as of December 31, 2008
would result in an increase in additional income tax benefit of approximately
$3.4 million. The one percentage point increase in income tax benefit would
result in a decrease in net loss of approximately $3.4 million, and the net loss
per share, both basic and diluted would decrease to a loss of $3.19 for
continuing operations versus total net loss available to common shareholders,
while the net loss per share for discontinued operations remains unchanged for
the year ended December 31, 2008.
Realizability
of Deferred Tax Assets
At December
31, 2007, except for deferred tax assets (“DTAs”) in its historically profitable
jurisdictions, and DTAs that may be benefited by future reversing deferred tax
liabilities (“DTLs”), the Company recorded a full valuation allowance for all
other DTAs, mainly net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”), as it was
determined that more likely than not, the DTAs would not be
realized. The Company reached this determination based on its then
three year cumulative loss position and the uncertainty of future taxable
income. Consistent with that prior realizability assessment, the Company has
recorded a full valuation allowance for the DTAs created by the additional NOLs
generated primarily from the tax deductible amortization of indefinite-lived
assets, as well as DTAs created by impairment charges for the year ended
December 31, 2008. For remaining DTAs that were not fully reserved, we believe
that these assets will be realized within the carryforward period; however, if
we do not generate the projected levels of future taxable income, an additional
valuation allowance may need to be recorded.
Fair Value
Measurements
Pursuant to
SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” the Company has accounted
for an award called for in the CEO’s employment agreement (the “Employment
Agreement”) as a derivative instrument. According to the Employment Agreement,
which was executed in April 2008, the CEO is eligible to receive an award amount
equal to 8% of any proceeds from distributions or other liquidity events in
excess of the return of the Company’s aggregate investment in TV One. The
Company’s obligation to pay the award will be triggered only after the Company’s
recovery of the aggregate amount of its capital contribution in TV One and only
upon actual receipt of distributions of cash or marketable securities or
proceeds from a liquidity event with respect to the Company’s membership
interest in TV One. The CEO was fully vested in the award upon execution of
the agreement, and the award lapses upon expiration of the Employment Agreement
in April 2011, or earlier if the CEO voluntarily leaves the Company or is
terminated for cause.
With the
assistance of a third party valuation firm, the Company reassessed the estimated
the fair value of the award as of December 31, 2008 at approximately $4.3
million and, accordingly, recorded compensation expense and a liability for that
amount. The fair valuation incorporated a number of assumptions and estimates,
including but not limited to TV One’s future financial projections, probability
factors and the likelihood of various scenarios that would trigger payment of
the award. As the Company will measure changes in the fair value of
this award at each reporting period as warranted by certain circumstances,
different estimates or assumptions may result in a change to the fair value of
the award amount previously recorded.
Impact
of Inflation
We believe
that inflation has not had a material impact on our results of operations in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2008. However, there can be no
assurance that future inflation would not have an adverse impact on our
operating results and financial condition.
Seasonality
Several
factors may adversely affect a radio broadcasting company’s performance in any
given period. In the radio broadcasting industry, seasonal revenue fluctuations
are common and are due primarily to variations in advertising expenditures by
local and national advertisers. Typically, revenues are lowest in the first
calendar quarter of the year. In addition, advertising revenues in even-numbered
years may benefit from advertising placed by candidates for political offices.
The effects of such seasonality make it difficult to estimate future operating
results based on the previous results of any specific quarter and may adversely
affect operating results.
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Capital
and Commercial Commitments
Long-term
debt
The total
amount available under our existing Credit Agreement with a syndicate of banks
is $800.0 million, consisting of a $500.0 million revolving facility
and a $300.0 million term loan facility. As of December 31, 2008, we
had approximately $371.2 million in debt outstanding under the Credit
Agreement. We also have outstanding $200.0 million 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013 and $104.0 million 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011. See “Liquidity and Capital
Resources.”
Lease
obligations
We have
non-cancelable operating leases for office space, studio space, broadcast towers
and transmitter facilities and a non-cancelable capital lease for equipment that
expire over the next 21 years.
Operating
Contracts and Agreements
We have other
operating contracts and agreements including employment contracts, on-air talent
contracts, severance obligations, retention bonuses, consulting agreements,
equipment rental agreements, programming related agreements, and other general
operating agreements that expire over the next six years.
Contractual
Obligations Schedule
The following
table represents our contractual obligations as of December 31,
2008:
Payments Due by Period
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Contractual Obligations
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014 and Beyond
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Total
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(In
thousands)
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87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes(1)
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$ | 9,122 | $ | 9,009 | $ | 110,519 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 128,650 | ||||||||||||||
63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes(1)
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12,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 206,375 | — | 257,375 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Credit
facilities(2)
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62,664 | 66,377 | 279,359 | 195 | — | — | 408,595 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
lease obligation
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214 | — | — | — | — | — | 214 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other
operating contracts/ agreements(3)
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48,874 | 23,483 | 22,956 | 23,092 | 11,097 | 11,301 | 140,803 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
lease obligation
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8,404 | 7,217 | 5,861 | 4,306 | 3,612 | 10,222 | 39,622 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 142,028 | $ | 118,836 | $ | 431,445 | $ | 40,343 | $ | 221,084 | $ | 21,523 | $ | 975,259 |
(1)
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Includes
interest obligations based on current effective interest rate on senior
subordinated notes outstanding as of December 31,
2008.
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(2)
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Includes
interest obligations based on current effective interest rate and
projected interest expense on credit facilities outstanding as of
December 31, 2008, and with a projected maturity of January 2011.
(See Note 9 of the audited consolidated financial statements included in
Item 15 – Long-Term
Debt.)
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(3)
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Includes
employment contracts, severance obligations, on-air talent contracts,
consulting agreements, equipment rental agreements, programming related
agreements, and other general operating
agreements.
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Reflected in
the obligations above, as of December 31, 2008, we had two swap agreements
in place for a total notional amount of $50.0 million. The periods
remaining on the swap agreements range in duration from 17.5 to
41.5 months. If we terminate our interest swap agreements before they
expire, we will be required to pay early termination fees. Our credit exposure
under these agreements is limited to the cost of replacing an agreement in the
event of non-performance by our counter-party; however, we do not anticipate
non-performance.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
As of
December 31, 2008, we had two standby letters of credit totaling $550,000
in connection with our annual insurance policy renewals. In addition
we had a letter of credit of $295,000 in connection with a contract we inherited
as part of the acquisition of CCI. In January 2009, we issued a letter of credit
in the amount of $200,000 for a sponsorship event. To date, there has been
no activity on any of these letters of credit.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
Both the term
loan facility and the revolving facility under the Credit Agreement bear
interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either LIBOR plus a spread that
ranges from 0.625% to 2.25%, or the prime rate plus a spread of up to 1.25%,
depending on our leverage ratio. We also pay a commitment fee that varies
depending on certain financial covenants and the amount of unused commitment, up
to a maximum of 0.375% per annum on the unused commitment of the revolving
facility. We are exposed to interest rate volatility with respect to this
variable rate debt. If the borrowing rates under LIBOR were to increase one
percentage point above the current rates at December 31, 2008, our interest
expense on the revolving credit facility would increase approximately
$3.2 million on an annual basis, including any interest expense associated
with the use of derivative rate hedging instruments as described
above.
Under the
terms of our Credit Agreement, we have entered into fixed rate swap agreements
to mitigate our exposure to higher floating interest rates. These swap
agreements require that we pay a fixed rate of interest on the notional amount
to a bank and that the bank pays to us a variable rate equal to three month
LIBOR. As of December 31, 2008, we had two swap agreements in place for a
total notional amount of $50.0 million, and the periods remaining on these
swap agreements range in duration from 17.5 to 41.5 months. All of the swap
agreements are tied to the three month LIBOR, which may fluctuate significantly
on a daily basis. The valuation of each of these swap agreements is affected by
the change in the three-month LIBOR and the remaining term of the agreement. Any
increase in the three-month LIBOR results in a more favorable valuation, while a
decrease in the three-month LIBOR results in a less favorable
valuation.
We estimated
the net fair value of these instruments as of December 31, 2008 to be a
payable of approximately $3.0 million. The fair value of the interest rate swap
agreements is an estimate of the net amount that we would have paid on
December 31, 2008 if the agreements were transferred to other parties or
cancelled by us. The fair value is estimated by obtaining quotations from the
financial institutions which are parties to our swap agreement
contracts.
The
determination of the estimated fair value of our fixed-rate debt is subject to
the effects of interest rate risk. The estimated fair value of our 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013 and 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 at December 31, 2008 were approximately
$60.0 million and $52.0 million, respectively, and the carrying amounts
were $200.0 million and $104.0 million, respectively. The estimated
fair value of our 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes and 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes at December 31, 2007 were approximately $166.5 and
$282.0 million, respectively, and the carrying amounts were
$200.0 million and $300.0 million, respectively.
The effect of
a hypothetical one percentage point decrease in expected current interest rate
yield would be to increase the estimated fair value of our 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 from approximately $60.0 million to
$70.0 million at December 31, 2008. The effect of a hypothetical one
percentage point decrease in expected current interest rate yield would be to
increase the estimated fair value of our 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2011 from approximately $52.0 million to
$55.3 million at December 31, 2008.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The
consolidated financial statements of Radio One required by this item are filed
with this report on Pages F-1 to F-32.
ITEM 9.
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CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
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None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
(a)
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
We have
carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of
our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this
evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that as of such date, our disclosure
controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material
information required to be included in our periodic SEC reports. Disclosure
controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under
the Exchange Act, are controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
In designing
and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized
that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can
only provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives
and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the
cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to provide a reasonable level of assurance
of reaching our desired disclosure controls objectives. Our management,
including our CEO and CFO, has concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in reaching that level of reasonable
assurance.
(b)
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our CEO and CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The framework
used in carrying our evaluation was the Internal Control — Integrated
Framework published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the
Treadway Commission. In evaluating our information technology controls, we also
used the framework contained in the Control Objectives for Information and
related Technology (COBIT®), which was developed by the Information Systems
Audit and Control Association’s (ISACA) IT Governance Institute, as a complement
to the COSO internal control framework. Based on our evaluation under these
frameworks, our management concluded that we maintained effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2008.
The
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2008 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, our
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its audit report
which is included herein.
(c)
Attestation report of the independent registered public accounting
firm
The Board
of Directors and Stockholders of Radio One, Inc.:
We have
audited Radio One, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control —
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Radio One, Inc.’s management is
responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting,
and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control
over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our
audit.
We conducted
our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective
internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing
and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based
on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
A company’s
internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are
being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because of
its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our
opinion, Radio One, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on the
COSO criteria.
We also have
audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Radio One,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008 and our report
dated March 10, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
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/s/ Ernst &
Young LLP
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Baltimore,
Maryland
March 10,
2009
(d)
Changes in internal control over financial reporting
During the
year ended December 31, 2008, there were no changes in our internal control over
financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER
INFORMATION
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10.
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DIRECTORS
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE
REGISTRANT
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The
information with respect to directors and executive officers required by this
Item 10 is incorporated into this report by reference to the information
set forth under the caption “Nominees for Class A Directors,” “Nominees for
Other Directors,” “Code of Conduct,” and “Executive Officers” in our proxy
statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be
filed with the Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal
year.
ITEM 11.
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
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ITM 12.
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SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
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The
information required by this Item 12 is incorporated into this report by
reference to the information set forth under the caption “Principal
Stockholders” in our proxy statement.
ITEM 13.
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS
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ITEM 14.
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PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
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The
information required by this Item 14 is incorporated into this report by
reference to the information set forth under the caption “Audit Fees” in our
proxy statement.
PART IV
ITEM 15.
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EXHIBITS AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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(a)(1) Financial
Statements
The following
financial statements required by this item are submitted in a separate section
beginning on page F-1 of this report:
Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Schedule II —
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Schedules
other than those listed above have been omitted from this Form 10-K because they
are not required, are not applicable, or the required information is included in
the financial statements and notes thereto.
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(a)(2) EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS: The following exhibits are filed as part of this
Annual Report, except for Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2, which are furnished, but
not filed, with this Annual Report.
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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3.1
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Radio One, Inc. (dated as of
May 4, 2000), as filed with the State of Delaware on May 9, 2000
(incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,
2000).
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3.1.1
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Certificate
of Amendment (dated as of September 21, 2000) of the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Radio One, Inc. (dated as of
May 4, 2000), as filed with the State of Delaware on
September 21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current
Report on Form 8-K filed October 6, 2000).
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3.2
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Amended
and Restated By-laws of Radio One, Inc. amended as of June 5, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2001).
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4.1
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Certificate
Of Designations, Rights and Preferences of the 61/2% Convertible
Preferred Securities Remarketable Term Income Deferrable Equity Securities
(HIGH TIDES) of Radio One, Inc., as filed with the State of Delaware on
July 13, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2000).
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4.2
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Indenture
dated May 18, 2001 among Radio One, Inc., the Guarantors listed
therein, and United States Trust Company of New York (incorporated by
reference to Radio One’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed
July 17, 2001 (File No. 333-65278)).
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4.3
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First
Supplemental Indenture, dated August 10, 2001, among Radio One, Inc.,
the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and other Guarantors listed therein, and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee, (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s
Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed October 4, 2001 (File
No. 333-65278)).
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4.4
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Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 31, 2001, among Radio
One, Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and other Guarantors listed
therein, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, (incorporated by reference
to Radio One’s registration statement on Form S-3, filed
January 29, 2002 (File No. 333-81622)).
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4.5
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Third
Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 17, 2003, among Radio One,
Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and other Guarantors listed therein,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2003).
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4.6
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Fourth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 19, 2004, among Radio One,
Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and other Guarantors listed therein,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 30, 2004).
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4.7
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Fifth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 8, 2005, among Radio One,
Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and other Guarantors listed therein,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2004).
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4.8
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Indenture
dated February 10, 2005 between Radio One, Inc. and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed February 10, 2005).
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4.9
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Amended
and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of September 28, 2004
among Catherine L. Hughes and Alfred C. Liggins, III (incorporated by
reference to Radio One’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June 30, 2005).
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4.10
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Sixth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15, 2006 among Radio One,
Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Existing Guarantors listed
therein, and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee under the
Indenture dated May 18, 2001, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Radio One’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 2006).
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4.11
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First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15, 2006 among Radio One,
Inc., Syndication One, Inc., the other Guarantors listed therein, and The
Bank of New York, as trustee under the Indenture dated February 10,
2005 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2006).
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4.12
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Seventh
Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 22, 2006 among Radio One,
Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Existing Guarantors listed
therein, and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee under the
Indenture dated May 18, 2001, as amended.
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4.13
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Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 22, 2006 among Radio One,
Inc., Magazine One, Inc., the other Guarantors listed therein, and The
Bank of New York, as trustee under the Indenture dated February 10,
2005.
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10.1
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Credit
Agreement, dated June 13, 2005, by and among Radio One Inc., Wachovia
Bank and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to
Radio One’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2005 (File
No. 000-25969)).
|
|
10.2
|
Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement, dated June 13, 2005, made by Radio One,
Inc. and its Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of Wachovia Bank
(incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed June 17, 2005 (File No. 000-25969)).
|
|
10.3
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between Radio One, Inc. and Linda J.
Eckard Vilardo dated October 31, 2000 (incorporated by reference to
Radio One’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2000).
|
|
10.4
|
Promissory
Note and Stock Pledge Agreement dated October 31, 2000 between Radio
One, Inc. and Linda J. Eckard Vilardo (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2002).
|
|
10.5
|
Promissory
Note and Stock Pledge Agreement dated April 9, 2001 between Radio
One, Inc. and Alfred C. Liggins, III (incorporated by reference to
Radio One’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2002).
|
|
10.6
|
First
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 26, 2006, to Credit
Agreement dated June 13, 2005, by and among Radio One, Inc., Wachovia
Bank and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to
Radio One’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2006
(File No. 000-25969)).
|
|
10.7
|
Waiver
to Credit Agreement dated July 12, 2007, by and among Radio One, Inc., the
several Lenders thereto, and Wachovia Bank National Association, as
Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2007).
|
|
10.8
|
Employment
Agreement between Radio One, Inc. and Barry A. Mayo dated August 6, 2007
(incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2007).
|
|
10.9
|
Second
Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver dated as of September 14, 2007,
by and among Radio One, Inc., the several Lenders thereto, and Wachovia
Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by
reference to Radio One’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September
18, 2007 (File No. 000-25969)).
|
|
10.10
|
Waiver
and Consent to Credit Agreement dated May 14, 2007, by and among Radio
One, Inc., the several Lenders thereto, and Wachovia Bank National
Association, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 18, 2007 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.11
|
Consent
to Credit Agreement dated March 30, 2007, by and among Radio One, Inc.,
the several Lenders thereto, and Wachovia Bank National Association, as
Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current
Report on Form 8-K filed April 5, 2007 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.12
|
Employment
Agreement between Radio One, Inc. and Peter D. Thompson dated March 31,
2008 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed April 2, 2008 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.13
|
Employment
Agreement between Radio One, Inc. and Alfred C. Liggins, III dated
April 16, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current
Report on Form 8-K filed April 18, 2008 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.14
|
Employment
Agreement between Radio One, Inc. and Catherine L. Hughes dated
April 16, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current
Report on Form 8-K filed April 18, 2008 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.15
|
First
Amendment dated April 16, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement between Radio One, Inc. and Linda J. Vilardo dated as of October
31, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Radio One’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed April 18, 2008 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.16
|
Employment
Agreement Amendment and Modification dated as of October 7, 2008 between
Radio One, Inc. and Peter D. Thompson (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 12, 2008 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
10.17
|
Employment
Agreement Amendment and Modification dated as of October 7, 2008 between
Radio One, Inc. and Barry A. Mayo (incorporated by reference to Radio
One’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 12, 2008 (File No.
000-25969)).
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of Radio One, Inc.
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of Ernst & Young LLP.
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
39
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized on March 16, 2009.
Radio One, Inc.
By: /s/ Peter D.
Thompson
Name: Peter D.
Thompson
Title: Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this
report has been signed below by
the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities indicated on March 16,
2009.
By: /s/ Catherine
L. Hughes
|
Name: Catherine
L. Hughes
|
Title: Chairperson, Director and
Secretary
|
By: /s/ Alfred
C. Liggins, III
|
Name: Alfred
C. Liggins, III
|
Title: Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
|
By: /s/ Terry
L. Jones
|
Name: Terry
L. Jones
|
Title: Director
|
By: /s/ Brian
W. McNeill
|
Name: Brian
W. McNeill
|
Title: Director
|
By: /s/ B.
Doyle Mitchell, Jr.
|
Name: B.
Doyle Mitchell, Jr.
|
Title: Director
|
By: /s/ D.
Geoffrey Armstrong
|
Name: D.
Geoffrey Armstrong
|
Title: Director
|
By: /s/ Ronald
E. Blaylock
|
Name: Ronald
E. Blaylock
|
Title: Director
|
40
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board
of Directors and Shareholders of Radio One, Inc.:
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Radio One, Inc. and
subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008. Our audits also
included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index on Item 15(a).
These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted
our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of Radio One, Inc. and
subsidiaries at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the consolidated results of
their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
As discussed
in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2007 the Company adopted
FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes- an Interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109.
We also have
audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), Radio One, Inc.’s internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in
Internal Control—Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission and our report dated March 10, 2009 expressed an unqualified
opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst &
Young LLP
Baltimore,
Maryland
March 10,
2009
F-1
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31,
|
|||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||
(As
Adjusted -See
Note 1)
|
|||||||||
(In thousands, except share data) | |||||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
|||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 22,289 | $ | 24,247 | |||||
Trade
accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,789 and
$2,021, respectively
|
49,937 | 50,425 | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
5,560 | 6,118 | |||||||
Deferred tax
assets
|
108 | 158 | |||||||
Current
assets from discontinued operations
|
303 | 3,249 | |||||||
Total
current assets
|
78,197 | 84,197 | |||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
48,602 | 44,740 | |||||||
GOODWILL
|
137,095 | 146,156 | |||||||
RADIO
BROADCASTING LICENSES
|
763,657 | 1,118,747 | |||||||
OTHER
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net
|
44,217 | 45,418 | |||||||
INVESTMENT
IN AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
47,852 | 48,399 | |||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
5,797 | 8,573 | |||||||
NON-CURRENT
ASSETS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
|
60 | 152,124 | |||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 1,125,477 | $ | 1,648,354 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
|||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ | 3,691 | $ | 4,958 | |||||
Accrued
interest
|
10,082 | 19,004 | |||||||
Accrued
compensation and related benefits
|
10,534 | 16,319 | |||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
30 | 4,463 | |||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
12,477 | 12,124 | |||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
43,807 | 26,004 | |||||||
Current
liabilities from discontinued operations
|
582 | 2,704 | |||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
81,203 | 85,576 | |||||||
LONG-TERM
DEBT, net of current portion
|
631,555 | 789,500 | |||||||
OTHER
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
11,008 | 5,227 | |||||||
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES
|
86,236 | 134,961 | |||||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
|
- | 483 | |||||||
Total
liabilities
|
810,002 | 1,015,747 | |||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES
|
1,981 | 3,889 | |||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
|
|||||||||
Convertible
preferred stock, $.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized;
no shares outstanding at December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively
|
— | — | |||||||
Common
stock — Class A, $.001 par value, 30,000,000 shares
authorized; 3,016,730 and 4,321,378 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively
|
3 | 4 | |||||||
Common
stock — Class B, $.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares
authorized; 2,861,843 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008
and 2007, respectively
|
3 | 3 | |||||||
Common
stock — Class C, $.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares
authorized; 3,121,048 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008
and 2007, respectively
|
3 | 3 | |||||||
Common
stock — Class D, $.001 par value, 150,000,000 shares
authorized; 69,971,551 and 88,638,576 shares issued and outstanding as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively
|
70 | 89 | |||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive (loss) income
|
(2,981 | ) | 644 | ||||||
Stock
subscriptions receivable
|
— | (1,717 | ) | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
1,033,921 | 1,044,273 | |||||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(717,525 | ) | (414,581 | ) | |||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
313,494 | 628,718 | |||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$ | 1,125,477 | $ | 1,648,354 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-2
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended
December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(As
Adjusted - See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except share data)
|
||||||||||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$ | 316,416 | $ | 319,552 | $ | 321,625 | ||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||
Programming
and technical, including stock-based compensation of $187, $479 and $602,
respectively
|
82,121 | 74,053 | 68,818 | |||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative, including stock-based compensation of $513,
$1,444 and $2,088, respectively
|
105,037 | 102,966 | 98,016 | |||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation of
$1,077, $1,068 and $1,943 respectively
|
36,357 | 28,396 | 28,239 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
19,124 | 14,768 | 13,890 | |||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
423,220 | 211,051 | — | |||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
665,859 | 431,234 | 208,963 | |||||||||
Operating
(loss) income
|
(349,443 | ) | (111,682 | ) | 112,662 | |||||||
INTEREST
INCOME
|
491 | 1,242 | 1,393 | |||||||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE
|
59,689 | 72,770 | 72,932 | |||||||||
GAIN
ON RETIREMENT OF DEBT
|
74,017 | — | — | |||||||||
EQUITY
IN LOSS OF AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
3,652 | 15,836 | 2,341 | |||||||||
OTHER
EXPENSE, net
|
361 | 347 | 283 | |||||||||
(Loss)
income before (benefit from) provision for income taxes, minority interest
in income of subsidiaries and loss from discontinued operations, net of
tax
|
(338,637 | ) | (199,393 | ) | 38,499 | |||||||
(BENEFIT
FROM) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
|
(45,200 | ) | 54,083 | 18,260 | ||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
3,997 | 3,910 | 3,004 | |||||||||
Net
(loss) income from continuing operations
|
(297,434 | ) | (257,386 | ) | 17,235 | |||||||
LOSS
FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax
|
(5,510 | ) | (134,114 | ) | (23,965 | ) | ||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$ | (302,944 | ) | $ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (6,730 | ) | |||
BASIC
AND DILUTED NET LOSS AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
|
||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ | (3.16 | ) | $ | (2.61 | ) | $ | 0.17 | ||||
Discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
(0.06 | ) | (1.36 | ) | (0.24 | ) | ||||||
Net
loss available to common stockholders
|
$ | (3.22 | ) | $ | (3.97 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) | |||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
94,118,699 | 98,710,633 | 98,709,311 | |||||||||
Diluted
|
94,118,699 | 98,710,633 | 98,709,311 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-3
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For
The Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Convertible
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
Class A
|
Common
Stock
Class B
|
Common
Stock
Class C
|
Common
Stock
Class D
|
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
|
Stock
Subscriptions
Receivable
|
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted
-
See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except share data)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
as of December 31, 2005
|
$ | — | $ | 12 | $ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 81 | $ | 958 | $ | (1,566 | ) | $ | 1,035,655 | $ | (15,456 | ) | $ | 1,019,690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
— | — | — | — | — | $ | (6,730 | ) | — | — | — | (6,730 | ) | (6,730 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized net gain on derivative and hedging activities, net of
taxes
|
— | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
$ | (6,721 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
of basis for investment in affiliated company
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | (152 | ) | — | (152 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting
of non-employee restricted stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | (55 | ) | — | (55 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,529 | — | 5,529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income on stock subscriptions receivable
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | (76 | ) | — | — | (76 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of 6,899 shares of Class A common stock to 6,899 shares of
Class D common stock
|
— | (6 | ) | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee
exercise of options for 8,460 shares of common stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
as of December 31, 2006
|
— | 6 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 967 | (1,642 | ) | 1,041,029 | (22,186 | ) | 1,018,267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
— | — | — | — | — | $ | (391,500 | ) | — | — | — | (391,500 | ) | (391,500 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized net gain on derivative and hedging activities, net of
taxes
|
— | — | — | — | — | (323 | ) | (323 | ) | — | — | — | (323 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
$ | (391,823 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting
of non-employee restricted stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | (63 | ) | — | (63 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,307 | — | 3,307 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income on stock subscriptions receivable
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | (75 | ) | — | — | (75 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
impact of change in accounting for uncertainties in income
taxes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | (895 | ) | (895 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of 1,998,281 shares of Class A common stock to
1,998,281 shares of Class D common stock
|
— | (2 | ) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of 5,620 shares of Class B common stock to 5,620 shares of
Class D common stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of 11,410 shares of Class C common stock to 11,410 shares of
Class D common stock common stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
as of December 31, 2007
|
— | 4 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 644 | (1,717 | ) | 1,044,273 | (414,581 | ) | 628,718 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
— | — | — | — | — | $ | (302,944 | ) | — | — | — | (302,944 | ) | (302,944 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized net gain on derivative and hedging activities, net of
taxes
|
— | — | — | — | — | (3,625 | ) | (3,625 | ) | — | — | — | (3,625 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
$ | (306,569 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase
of 421,661 shares of Class A common stock and 20,029,538 shares of Class D
common stock
|
— | — | — | — | (20 | ) | — | — | (12,084 | ) | — | (12,104 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of 882,987 shares of Class A common stock to 882,987 shares of
Class D common stock common stock
|
(1 | ) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting
of non-employee restricted stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income on stock subscriptions receivable
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | (20 | ) | — | — | (20 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repayment
of officer’s loan
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1,737 | — | — | 1,737 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,643 | — | 1,643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE,
as of December 31, 2008
|
$ | — | $ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 70 | $ | (2,981 | ) | $ | — | $ | 1,033,921 | $ | (717,525 | ) | $ | 313,494 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended
December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(As
Adjusted -See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss) income
|
$ | (302,944 | ) | $ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (6,730 | ) | |||
Adjust
for net (loss) income from discontinued operations
|
5,510 | 134,114 | 23,965 | |||||||||
Net
(loss) income from continuing operations
|
(297,434 | ) | (257,386 | ) | 17,235 | |||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash flows from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
19,124 | 14,768 | 13,890 | |||||||||
Amortization
of debt financing costs
|
2,591 | 2,241 | 2,097 | |||||||||
Amortization
of production content
|
— | — | 2,277 | |||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(49,687 | ) | (28,013 | ) | 2,066 | |||||||
Loss
on write-down of investment
|
— | — | 270 | |||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
423,220 | 211,051 | — | |||||||||
Equity
in loss of affiliated company
|
3,652 | 15,836 | 2,341 | |||||||||
Minority
interest in income of subsidiaries
|
3,997 | 3,910 | 3,004 | |||||||||
Stock-based
and other non-cash compensation
|
1,732 | 3,037 | 5,981 | |||||||||
Gain
on retirement of debt
|
(74,017 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Amortization
of contract inducement and termination fee
|
(1,895 | ) | (1,809 | ) | (2,065 | ) | ||||||
Change
in interest due on stock subscriptions receivable
|
(20 | ) | (75 | ) | (76 | ) | ||||||
Effect
of change in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and
disposed of:
|
||||||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
488 | 3,769 | (5,410 | ) | ||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
27 | (1,185 | ) | 2,396 | ||||||||
Income
tax receivable
|
— | 1,296 | 2,639 | |||||||||
Other
assets
|
(581 | ) | (361 | ) | 1,000 | |||||||
Accounts
payable
|
(1,058 | ) | (4,799 | ) | 2,670 | |||||||
Accrued
interest
|
(8,921 | ) | (270 | ) | (35 | ) | ||||||
Accrued
compensation and related benefits
|
(5,994 | ) | (1,092 | ) | (2,140 | ) | ||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
(4,433 | ) | 1,997 | (1,340 | ) | |||||||
Other
liabilities
|
5,705 | 2,509 | 1,904 | |||||||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities from discontinued
operations
|
(2,664 | ) | 78,590 | 28,756 | ||||||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
13,832 | 44,014 | 77,460 | |||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(12,597 | ) | (10,203 | ) | (13,601 | ) | ||||||
Equity
investments
|
— | (12,590 | ) | (17,086 | ) | |||||||
Cash
paid for acquisitions
|
(70,455 | ) | — | (43,188 | ) | |||||||
Deposits
for station equipment and purchases of other assets
|
(215 | ) | (5,904 | ) | (1,129 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
150,224 | 108,100 | 30,000 | |||||||||
Purchase
of intangible assets
|
(926 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Net
cash flows used in investing activities from discontinued
operations
|
— | (935 | ) | (1,223 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash flows from (used in) investing activities
|
66,031 | 78,468 | (46,227 | ) | ||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds
from credit facility
|
227,000 | — | 33,000 | |||||||||
Repayment
of long-term debt
|
(120,787 | ) | (124,697 | ) | (48,020 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
— | — | 52 | |||||||||
Payment
of dividend to minority interest shareholders
|
(6,364 | ) | (2,940 | ) | (2,940 | ) | ||||||
Repayment
of credit facility
|
(170,299 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Repayment
of other debt
|
(1,004 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Repayment
of stock subscriptions receivable
|
1,737 | — | — | |||||||||
Payment
of bank financing costs
|
— | (3,004 | ) | — | ||||||||
Repurchase
of common stock
|
(12,104 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Net
cash flows used in financing activities
|
(81,821 | ) | (130,641 | ) | (17,908 | ) | ||||||
(DECREASE)
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(1,958 | ) | (8,159 | ) | 13,325 | |||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year
|
24,247 | 32,406 | 19,081 | |||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year
|
$ | 22,289 | $ | 24,247 | $ | 32,406 | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid for:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | 68,611 | $ | 70,798 | $ | 70,876 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
$ | 8,214 | $ | 6,093 | $ | 6,407 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-5
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006
1. ORGANIZATION
AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
(a) Organization
Radio
One, Inc. (a Delaware corporation referred to as “Radio One”) and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is one of the nation’s largest radio
broadcasting companies and the largest broadcasting company that primarily
targets African-American and urban listeners. While our primary source of
revenue is the sale of local and national advertising for broadcast on our radio
stations, we have recently diversified our revenue streams and have made
acquisitions and investments in other complementary media properties. In
April 2008, we completed our acquisition of Community Connect Inc. (“CCI”), an
online social networking company that hosts the website BlackPlanet, the largest
social networking site primarily targeted at African-Americans. This
acquisition is consistent with our operating strategy of becoming a multi-media
entertainment and information content provider to African-American consumers.
Our other media acquisitions and investments include our approximate 36%
ownership interest in TV One, LLC (“TV One”), an African-American targeted cable
television network that we invested in with an affiliate of Comcast Corporation
and other investors; our 51% ownership interest in Reach Media, Inc. (“Reach
Media”), which operates the Tom Joyner Morning Show; and our acquisition of
certain net assets (“Giant Magazine”) of Giant Magazine, LLC, an urban-themed
lifestyle and entertainment magazine. Through our national multi-media presence,
we provide advertisers with a unique and powerful delivery mechanism to the
African-American audience.
While
diversifying our operations, since December 2006, we completed the sale of
approximately $287.9 million of our non-core radio assets. While we maintained
our core radio franchise, these dispositions have allowed the Company to more
strategically allocate its resources consistent with its long-term multi-media
operating strategy. We currently own 53 broadcast stations located in 16
urban markets in the United States.
As part
of our consolidated financial statements, consistent with our financial
reporting structure and how the Company currently manages its businesses, we
have provided selected financial information on the Company’s two reportable
segments: (i) Radio Broadcasting and (ii) Internet/Publishing. (See Note 17 –
Segment Information.)
(b) Basis
of Presentation
The
consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States and require management to
make certain estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions may
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial
statements. The Company bases these estimates on historical
experience, current economic environment or various other assumptions that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However,
uncertainties associated with the continuing economic downturn and disruption in
financial markets increases the possibility that actual results may differ from
these estimates.
Certain
reclassifications associated with accounting for discontinued operations have
been made to prior year and prior quarter balances to conform to the current
year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on any other previously
reported net income or loss or any other statement of operations, balance sheet
or cash flow amounts. Where applicable, these financial statements have been
identified as “As Adjusted.” (See Note 3 — Disposition of Assets and
Discontinued Operations.)
(c) Principles
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Radio One and
subsidiaries in which Radio One has a controlling interest. In February 2005,
the Company acquired a controlling interest in Reach Media and began
consolidating Reach Media for financial reporting purposes. All significant
intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Minority interests have been recognized where a controlling interest exists, but
the Company owns less than 100%. The equity method of accounting is used for
investments in affiliates over which Radio One has significant influence
(ownership between 20% and 50%), but does not have effective control.
Investments in affiliates in which Radio One cannot exercise significant
influence (ownership interest less than 20%) are accounted for using the cost
method.
The
Company accounts for its investment in TV One under the equity method of
accounting in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion
No. 18, “The Equity
Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock” and other related
interpretations. The Company has recorded its investment at cost and has
adjusted the carrying amount of the investment to recognize the change in Radio
One’s claim on the net assets of TV One resulting from losses of TV One as well
as other capital transactions of TV One using a hypothetical liquidation at book
value approach. The Company will review the realizability of the investment if
conditions are present or events occur to suggest that an impairment of the
investment may exist. The Company has determined that, although TV One is a
variable interest entity (as defined by Financial Accounting Standards Board
Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities,” the Company is not the primary beneficiary of TV One. (See
Note 6 — Investment
in Affiliated Company for further discussion.)
During
the second quarter of 2008, Radio One was advised that prior period financial
statements of TV One, an affiliate accounted for under the equity method, had
been restated to correct certain errors that affected the reported amount of
members’ equity and liabilities. These restatement adjustments had a
corresponding effect on the Company’s share of the earnings of TV One reported
in prior periods. Under the guidance of Staff Accounting Bulletin
(“SAB”) No. 99, “Materiality” and SAB No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year
Financial Statements,” the Company has determined the errors are
immaterial to our consolidated financial statements for all prior
periods. However, because the effects of correcting the cumulative
prior period errors would have been material to our December 31, 2008
consolidated financial statements, we have adjusted certain previously reported
amounts in the accompanying 2007 consolidated financial statements.
F-6
|
The
impact on the financial statements is as follows (in
thousands):
|
Selected
Balance Sheet Data
|
||||||||||
As
of December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||
As
Previously Reported*
|
Adjustments
|
As
Adjusted
|
||||||||
Investment
in Affiliated Company
|
$
|
52,782
|
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
48,399
|
|||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
1,652,737
|
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
1,648,354
|
|||
Accumulated
Deficit
|
$
|
(410,198
|
)
|
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
(414,581
|
)
|
|
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
|
$
|
633,101
|
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
628,718
|
Selected
Statement of Operations Data
|
|||||||||||
For
The Year Ended December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||
As
Previously Reported*
|
Adjustments
|
As
Adjusted
|
|||||||||
Equity
in Loss of Affiliated Company
|
$
|
11,453
|
$
|
4,383
|
$
|
15,836
|
|||||
Loss
before benefit from income taxes, minority interest in income of
subsidiaries and discontinued operations
|
$
|
(195,010
|
) |
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
(199,393
|
)
|
||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
$
|
(253,003
|
)
|
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
(257,386
|
)
|
||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(387,117
|
)
|
$
|
(4,383
|
)
|
$
|
(391,500
|
)
|
||
Basic
and Diluted Net Loss from Continuing Operations per Common
Share
|
$
|
(2.56
|
)
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
$
|
(2.61
|
)
|
||
Basic
and Diluted Net Loss from Discontinued Operations per Common
Share
|
(1.36
|
)
|
0.00
|
(1.36
|
)
|
||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share
|
$
|
(3.92
|
)
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
$
|
(3.97
|
)
|
*
As adjusted to reflect the impact of discontinued operations for the Company’s
disposal of the Los Angeles station.
(d) Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents consist of cash, repurchase agreements and money market funds
at various commercial banks. All cash equivalents have original maturities of
90 days or less. For cash and cash equivalents, cost approximates market
value.
(e) Trade
Accounts Receivable
Trade
accounts receivable is recorded at the invoiced amount. The allowance for
doubtful accounts is the Company’s estimate of the amount of probable losses in
the Company’s existing accounts receivable. The Company determines the allowance
based on the aging of the receivables, the impact of economic conditions on the
advertisers’ ability to pay and other factors. Inactive delinquent accounts that
are past due beyond a certain amount of days are written off and often pursued
by other collection efforts. Bankruptcy accounts are immediately written
off upon receipt of the bankruptcy notice from the courts. In bankruptcy
instances, we file a proof of claim with the courts in order to receive any
later distribution of funds that may be forthcoming.
(f) Goodwill
and Radio Broadcasting Licenses
In
connection with past acquisitions, a significant amount of the purchase price
was allocated to radio broadcasting licenses, goodwill and other intangible
assets. Goodwill consists of the excess of the purchase price over the fair
value of tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired. In accordance
with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” goodwill
and radio broadcasting licenses are not amortized, but are tested annually for
impairment at the reporting unit level and unit of accounting level,
respectively. We test for impairment annually, on October 1st of each
year, or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances or other
conditions suggest impairment may have occurred. Impairment exists when the
asset carrying values exceed their respective fair values, and the excess is
then recorded to operations as an impairment charge. With the assistance of a
third party valuation firm, we test for license impairment at the unit of
accounting level using the income approach, which involves, but is not limited
to judgmental assumptions about projected revenue growth, future operating
margins discount rates and terminal values. In testing for goodwill impairment,
we follow a two-step approach, also using the income approach that first
estimates the fair value of the reporting unit, and then determines the implied
goodwill after allocating the reporting unit’s fair value of assets and
liabilities. Any excess of carrying value over its respective implied goodwill
is written off in order to reduce the reporting unit’s carrying value to fair
value. We then perform a reasonableness test by comparing the average implied
multiple arrived at based on our cash flow projections and estimated fair values
to multiples for actual recently completed sale transactions. For the year ended
December 31, 2008, the Company recorded an impairment charge of approximately
$421.7 million against its radio broadcasting licenses and goodwill in 11 of our
16 markets. (See Note 5 — Goodwill, Radio Broadcasting
Licenses and Other Intangible Assets.)
(g) Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets, Excluding Goodwill and Radio Broadcasting
Licenses
The
Company accounts for the impairment of long-lived intangible assets, excluding
goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses, in accordance with
SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets.” Long-lived intangible assets, excluding goodwill and
radio broadcasting licenses, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group
of assets may not be fully recoverable. These events or changes in circumstances
may include a significant deterioration in operating results, changes in
business plans, or changes in anticipated future cash flows. If an impairment
indicator is present, the Company evaluates recoverability by a comparison of
the carrying amount of the assets to future undiscounted net cash flows expected
to be generated by the assets. Assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which
there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows
generated by other asset groups. If the assets are impaired, the impairment
recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the
fair value of the assets. Fair value is generally determined by estimates of
discounted future cash flows. The discount rate used in any estimate of
discounted cash flows would be the rate of return for a similar investment of
like risk. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recorded an
impairment charge of approximately $1.5 million for intellectual property in its
Cincinnati market. The Company determined that its long-lived assets, excluding
goodwill and radio broadcast licenses were not impaired during 2007 and 2006
and, accordingly, no impairment charge was recognized related to these
assets.
(h) Financial
Instruments
Financial
instruments as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 consisted of cash and cash
equivalents, short-term investments, trade accounts receivable, accounts
payable, accrued expenses, long-term debt and subscriptions receivable. The
carrying amounts approximated fair value for each of these financial instruments
as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, except for the Company’s outstanding senior
subordinated notes. The 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 had a fair value of approximately
$52.0 million and $282.0 million as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013 had a fair value of approximately
$60.0 million and $166.5 million as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The fair value was determined based on the fair market value of
similar instruments.
F-7
(i) Derivative
Financial Instruments
The
Company recognizes all derivative financial instruments in accordance with
SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities.” Derivative instruments
are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in
derivative fair value depends on the classification of the derivative as a
hedging instrument. Derivative value changes are recorded in income for any
contracts not classified as qualifying cash flow hedges. For derivatives
classified as qualifying cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the
derivative value change must be recorded through other comprehensive income, a
component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax. (See Note 8 — Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities for further
discussion.)
(j) Revenue
Recognition
The
Company recognizes revenue for broadcast advertising when a commercial is
broadcast and is reported, net of agency and outside sales representative
commissions, in accordance with issued SAB No. 104, Topic 13, “Revenue Recognition, Revised and
Updated.” Agency and outside sales representative commissions
are calculated based on a stated percentage applied to gross billing. Generally,
clients remit the gross billing amount to the agency or outside sales
representative, and the agency or outside sales representative remits the gross
billing, less their commission, to the Company. Agency and outside sales
representative commissions were approximately $34.6 million, $37.0 million
and $38.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
CCI,
which the Company acquired in April 2008, currently generates the majority of
the Company’s internet revenue, and derives such revenue principally from
advertising services, including advertising aimed at diversity recruiting.
Advertising services include the sale of banner and sponsorship
advertisements. Advertising revenue is recognized either as
impressions (the number of times advertisements appear in viewed pages) are
delivered, when “click through” purchases or leads are reported, or ratably over
the contract period, where applicable. CCI has a diversity recruiting agreement
with Monster, Inc. (“Monster”). Under the agreement, Monster posts
job listings and advertising on CCI’s websites and CCI earns revenue for
displaying the images on its websites. This agreement expires in
December 2009.
Publishing
revenue generated by Giant Magazine, mainly advertising, subscription and
newsstand sales, is recognized when the issue is available for
sale.
(k) Barter
Transactions
The
Company provides broadcast advertising time in exchange for programming content
and certain services. In accordance with guidance provided by the Emerging
Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 99-17, “Accounting for Advertising Barter
Transactions,” the terms of these exchanges generally permit the Company
to preempt such broadcast time in favor of advertisers who purchase time in
exchange for cash. The Company includes the value of such exchanges in both
broadcasting net revenue and station operating expenses. The valuation of barter
time is based upon the fair value of the network advertising time provided for
the programming content and services received. For the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006, barter transaction revenues were reflected in net revenue
of approximately $2.6 million, $2.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
Additionally, barter transaction costs were reflected in programming and
technical expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses of
approximately $2.5 million, $2.1 million and $1.4 million, and $166,000,
$166,000 and $138,000, for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
(l) Network
Affiliation Agreements
The
Company has network affiliation agreements classified as Other Intangible
Assets. These agreements are amortized over their useful lives. Losses on
contract terminations are determined based on the specifics of each contract in
accordance with SFAS No. 63, “Financial Reporting by
Broadcasters.” (See also Note 5 — Goodwill, Radio Broadcasting
Licenses and Other Intangible Assets.)
(m)
|
Advertising
|
The
Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Total advertising expenses,
including discontinued operations were approximately $6.4 million,
$14.1 million and $13.9 million for the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Excluding discontinued operations,
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, total advertising expenses
were approximately $6.3 million, $9.6 million and $11.1 million,
respectively.
(n) Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109,
“Accounting for Income Taxes.”
Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets or liabilities are
computed based upon the difference between financial statement and income tax
bases of assets and liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate. The Company
provides a valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets when it is more
likely than not such assets will not be realized. Deferred income tax expense or
benefits are based upon the changes in the asset or liability from period to
period.
(o) Stock-Based
Compensation
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions
of SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” using
the modified prospective transition method and therefore has not restated prior
periods’ results as a result of the adoption of this pronouncement. Under this
transition method, stock-based compensation expense during the year ended
December 31, 2006 included compensation expense for all stock-based
compensation awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of January 1,
2006, and was based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with
the original provisions of SFAS No. 123. Stock-based compensation
expense for all share-based payment awards granted after January 1, 2006
was based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 123(R). The Company recognized these
compensation costs net of a forfeiture rate of 7.5% and recognized the
compensation costs for only those shares expected to vest on a straight-line
basis over the requisite service period of the award. In general, the Company’s
stock options vest ratably over a four-year period. The Company estimated the
forfeiture rate for the year ended December 31, 2007 based on its
historical experience during the preceding three years.
Prior to
the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), tax deduction benefits relating to
stock-based compensation were presented in the Company’s consolidated statements
of cash flows as operating cash flows, along with other tax cash flows, in
accordance with the provisions of EITF No. 00-15, “Classification in the Statement of
Cash Flows of the Income Tax Benefit Received by a Company upon Exercise of a
Nonqualified Employee Stock Option.” SFAS No. 123(R) supersedes
EITF No. 00-15, amends SFAS No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows,”
and requires tax benefits relating to excess stock-based compensation
deductions to be prospectively presented in the Company’s consolidated
statements of cash flows as financing cash flows instead of operating cash
flows. The Company is currently in a cumulative loss tax position; hence tax
benefits resulting from stock-based compensation deductions in excess of amounts
reported for financial reporting purposes were not recognized in financing cash
flows during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
As a
result of adopting SFAS No. 123(R), the impact to the Company’s
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 was
to increase the net loss approximately $3.3 million after taxes, than if it
had continued to account for stock-based compensation under APB No. 25,
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” The impact on
both basic and diluted loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2006
was $0.03 per share.
(p) Comprehensive
Loss
The
Company’s comprehensive loss consists of net loss and other items recorded
directly to the equity accounts. The objective is to report a measure of all
changes in equity of an enterprise that result from transactions and other
economic events during the period, other than transactions with owners. The
Company’s comprehensive loss consists of gains and losses on derivative
instruments that qualify for cash flow hedge treatment.
F-8
The
following table sets forth the components of comprehensive loss:
For the Years Ended December
31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (302,944 | ) | $ | (391,500 | ) | $ | (6,730 | ) | |||
Other
comprehensive (loss) income (net of tax of $0, $242 and $186,
respectively):
|
||||||||||||
Derivative
and hedging activities
|
(3,625 | ) | (323 | ) | 9 | |||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
$ | (306,569 | ) | $ | (391,823 | ) | $ | (6,721 | ) |
(q)
Segment Reporting and Major Customers
In
accordance with SFAS No. 131, “Disclosure about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information,” and given its recent diversification
strategy, the Company has determined it has two reportable
segments: (i) Radio Broadcasting and (ii) Internet/Publishing. These
two segments operate in the United States and are consistently aligned with the
Company’s management of its businesses and its financial reporting
structure.
The Radio
Broadcasting segment consists of all broadcast and Reach Media results of
operations. The Internet/Publishing segment includes the results of our online
business, including the operations of CCI since its date of acquisition, and
Giant Magazine. Corporate/Eliminations/Other represents financial activity
associated with our corporate staff and offices, inter-company activity between
the two segments and activity associated with a small film venture.
Inter-company revenue earned and expenses charged between segments are recorded
at fair value and eliminated in consolidation.
Also in
accordance with the disclosure requirements of Statement of Position (“SOP”) No.
94-6, “Disclosure of Certain
Significant Risks and Uncertainties,” regarding revenue from major
customers, a significant portion of our revenue is derived from a single
customer within the radio broadcasting segment. During the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we derived 10.5%, 10.9% and 10.8%, respectively,
of our total consolidated net revenues from that customer. The contract with
this customer expires December 31, 2009. The Company has no other single
customer from which it derives 10.0% or more of its total consolidated net
revenue.
(r) Net
Loss Per Share
Net loss
per share is based on the weighted-average number of common shares and diluted
common equivalent shares for stock options outstanding during the period the
calculation is made, divided into the net loss applicable to common
stockholders. Diluted common equivalent shares consist of shares issuable upon
the exercise of stock options using the treasury stock method.
(s) Discontinued
Operations
For those
businesses where management has committed to a plan to divest, each business is
valued at the lower of its carrying amount or estimated fair value less cost to
sell. If the carrying amount of the business exceeds its estimated fair value, a
loss is recognized. The fair values are estimated using accepted valuation
techniques such as a discounted cash flow model, valuations performed by third
parties, earnings multiples, or indicative bids, when available. A number of
significant estimates and assumptions are involved in the application of these
techniques, including the forecasting of markets and market share, revenues,
costs and expenses, and multiple other factors. Management considers historical
experience and all available information at the time the estimates are made.
However, the fair values that are ultimately realized upon the sale of the
businesses to be divested may differ from the estimated fair values reflected in
the consolidated financial statements.
Businesses
to be divested are classified in the consolidated financial statements as
discontinued operations. For businesses classified as discontinued operations,
the balance sheet amounts and statement of operations results are reclassified
from their historical presentation to assets and liabilities of discontinued
operations on the consolidated balance sheet and to discontinued operations in
the consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented. The gains or
losses associated with these divested businesses are recorded in income or loss
from discontinued operations on the consolidated statement of operations. The
consolidated statement of cash flows is also reclassified for discontinued
operations for all periods presented. Other than the collection of outstanding
accounts receivable, management does not expect any continuing involvement with
these businesses following the sale, and these businesses are expected to be
disposed of within one year.
(t)
Fair Value Measurements
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements,” which defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The
standard responds to investors’ requests for more information about: (1) the
extent to which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value;
(2) the information used to measure fair value; and (3) the effect
that fair value measurements have on earnings. SFAS No. 157 is applied
whenever another standard requires (or permits) assets or liabilities to be
measured at fair value. The standard does not expand the use of fair value to
any new circumstances. We adopted SFAS No. 157 effective January 1, 2008. The
FASB deferred the effective date of SFAS No. 157 as it relates to fair value
measurement requirements for nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are not
remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis until the beginning of our
2009 fiscal year.
The
fair value framework requires the categorization of assets and liabilities into
three levels based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price the assets or
liabilities. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas
Level 3 generally requires significant management judgment. The three levels are
defined as follows:
Level 1: Inputs are
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities that can be accessed at measurement
date.
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Level 2: Observable
inputs other than those included in Level 1. For example, quoted prices
for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices
for identical assets or liabilities in inactive
markets.
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Level 3: Unobservable
inputs reflecting management’s own assumptions about the inputs used in
pricing the asset or liability.
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As of
December 31, 2008, the fair values of our financial liabilities are categorized
as follows:
Total
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Level
1
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Level
2
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Level
3
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(In
thousands)
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Liabilities
subject to fair value measurement:
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Interest
rate swaps (a)
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$ | 2,983 | $ | — | $ | 2,983 | $ | — | ||||||||
Employment
agreement award (b)
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4,326 | — | — | 4,326 | ||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 7,309 | $ | — | $ | 2,983 | $ | 4,326 | ||||||||
(a)
Based on London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).
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(b)
Pursuant to an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) executed
in April 2008, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) will be eligible to
receive an award amount equal to 8% of any proceeds from distributions or
other liquidity events in excess of the return of the Company’s aggregate
investment in TV One. The Company reviewed the factors underlying this
award during the quarter ended December 31, 2008 and concluded its
originally recorded value of approximately $4.6 million should be reduced
to $4.3 million. The Company’s obligation to pay the award will be
triggered only after the Company’s recovery of the aggregate amount of its
capital contribution in TV One and only upon actual receipt of
distributions of cash or marketable securities or proceeds from a
liquidity event with respect to the Company’s membership interest in TV
One. The CEO was fully vested in the award upon execution of the
Employment Agreement, and the award lapses upon expiration of the
Employment Agreement in April 2011, or earlier if the CEO voluntarily
leaves the Company or is terminated for cause. The Company engaged an
independent third party to perform a valuation of the award. (See
Note 8 – Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities.)
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F-9
(u)
Software Development Costs
The
Company has adopted SOP 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use.” Accordingly,
direct internal and external costs associated with the development of the
features and functionality of the Company’s software, incurred during the
application development stage, are capitalized and amortized using the
straight-line method of the estimated life of three years.
(v) Impact
of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No.
133.” SFAS No. 161 requires disclosure of the fair value of
derivative instruments and their gains and losses in a tabular
format. It also provides for more information about an entity’s
liquidity by requiring disclosure of derivative features that are credit risk
related. Finally, it requires cross referencing within footnotes to
enable financial statement users to locate important information about
derivative instruments. This statement is effective for interim
periods beginning after November 15, 2008, although early application is
encouraged. The effective date for the Company was January 1,
2009. The Company has not completed its assessment of the impact this new
pronouncement will have on the consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, “Business
Combinations.” SFAS No. 141R replaces SFAS No. 141, and
requires the acquirer of a business to recognize and measure the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in
the acquiree at fair value. SFAS No. 141R also requires transactions
costs related to the business combination to be expensed as
incurred. SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively to business
combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15,
2008. The effective date for the Company was January 1,
2009. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 141R to have a
material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements - an amendment of ARB No. 51.”
This statement amends ARB No. 51 to establish accounting and
reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the
deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling
interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity
that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial
statements. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008. The effective date for this Company was
January 1, 2009. We have not determined the impact this new
pronouncement would have on the consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the SEC issued SAB No. 110 that modified SAB
No. 107 regarding the use of a “simplified” method in developing an
estimate of expected term of “plain vanilla” share options in accordance with
SFAS No. 123R,
“Share-Based Payment.” Under SAB No. 107, the use
of the “simplified” method was not allowed beyond December 31, 2007. SAB
No. 110 allows, however, the use of the “simplified” method beyond
December 31, 2007 under certain circumstances. We currently use the
“simplified” method under SAB No. 107, and we expect to continue to use the
“simplified” method in future periods if the facts and circumstances
permit.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which permits companies to
choose to measure certain financial instruments and other items at fair value
that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 159
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Effective January 1, 2008, the
Company adopted SFAS No. 159, which provides entities the option to measure
many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Entities that
choose the fair value option will recognize unrealized gains and losses on items
for which the fair value option was elected in earnings at each subsequent
reporting date. The Company has currently chosen not to elect the fair value
option for any items that are not already required to be measured at fair value
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements which
provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. The
standard also responds to investors’ requests for more information about: (1)
the extent to which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value;
(2) the information used to measure fair value; and (3) the effect
that fair value measurements have on earnings. SFAS No. 157 will apply
whenever another standard requires (or permits) assets or liabilities to be
measured at fair value. The standard does not expand the use of fair value to
any new circumstances. The Company adopted SFAS No. 157 effective January
1, 2008.
In
September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements.” SAB 108 was issued to provide interpretive guidance on
how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should
be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The provisions of
SAB 108 were effective for the Company for its December 2006 year-end.
The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
In June
2006, the FASB issued Financial Accounting Standards Board interpretation
(“FIN”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes — Interpretation of SFAS No. 109.”
FIN No. 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement
attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax
position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN No. 48 requires
that the Company recognize the impact of a tax position in the financial
statements, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on
audit, based on the technical merits of the position. FIN No. 48 also
provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions of
FIN No. 48 were effective beginning January 1, 2007, with the
cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an
adjustment to opening retained earnings. The Company adopted the provisions of
FIN No. 48 on January 1, 2007. As a result of this adoption, the Company
recognized a charge of $895,000 to the January 1, 2007 opening accumulated
deficit balance in order to reflect unrecognized tax benefits of approximately
$4.9 million. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to
unrecognized tax benefits as a component of tax expense. Each quarter, the
Company reviews its FIN No. 48 estimates, and any change in the associated
liabilities results in an adjustment to income tax expense in the consolidated
statement of operations in each period measured.
(w) Liquidity
The
Company continually projects its anticipated cash needs, which include its
operating needs, capital requirements, the TV One funding commitment and
principal and interest payments on its indebtedness. Management’s most recent
operating income and cash flow projections considered the current economic
crisis, which has reduced advertising demand in general, as well as the limited
credit environment. As of the filing of this Form 10-K, management believes the
Company can meet its liquidity needs through the end of fiscal year 2009 with
cash and cash equivalents on hand, projected cash flows from operations and, to
the extent necessary, through its borrowing capacity under the Credit Agreement,
which was approximately $25.9 million at December 31, 2008. Based on these
projections, management also believes the Company will be in compliance with its
debt covenants through the end of fiscal year 2009. However, a continued
worsening economy, or other unforeseen circumstances, may negatively impact the
Company’s operations beyond those assumed in its projections. Management
considered the risks that the current economic conditions may have on its
liquidity projections, as well as the Company’s ability to meet its debt
covenant requirements. If economic conditions deteriorate unexpectedly to an
extent that we could not meet our liquidity needs or it appears that
noncompliance with debt covenants is likely to result, the Company would
implement several remedial measures, which could include further operating cost
and capital expenditure reductions, and further de-leveraging actions, which may
include repurchases of discounted senior subordinated notes and other debt
repayments. If these measures are not successful in maintaining compliance with
our debt covenants, the Company would attempt to negotiate for relief through an
amendment with its lenders or waivers of covenant noncompliance, which could
result in higher interest costs, additional fees and reduced borrowing limits.
There is no assurance that the Company would be successful in obtaining relief
from its debt covenant requirements in these circumstances. Failure to comply
with our debt covenants and a corresponding failure to negotiate a favorable
amendment or waivers with the Company’s lenders could result in the acceleration
of the maturity of all the Company’s outstanding debt, which would have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s business and financial
position.
F-10
2. ACQUISITIONS:
In June
2008, the Company purchased the assets of WPRS-FM, a radio station located in
the Washington, DC metropolitan area for $38.0 million. Since
April 2007 and until closing, the station had been operated under a local
marketing agreement (“LMA”), and the results of its operations had been included
in the Company’s consolidated financial statements since the inception of the
LMA. The station was consolidated with the Company’s existing
Washington, DC operations in April 2007. The Company’s final purchase price
allocation consisted of approximately $33.9 million to radio broadcasting
license, approximately $1.3 million to definitive-lived intangibles (acquired
favorable income leases), $965,000 to goodwill and approximately $1.8 million to
fixed assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31,
2008.
In April
2008, the Company acquired CCI for $38.0 million. CCI is an online social
networking company operating branded websites including BlackPlanet, MiGente,
and AsianAvenue. The Company’s purchase price allocation consists of
approximately $10.2 million to current assets, $4.6 million to fixed
assets, $20.4 million to goodwill, $9.9 million to definitive-lived
intangibles (brand names, advertiser relationships and lists, favorable
subleases, trademarks, trade names, etc.), and $5.0 million to
current liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2008.
In July
2007, the Company purchased the assets of WDBZ-AM, a radio station located in
the Cincinnati metropolitan area for approximately $2.6 million financed by
the seller. Since August 2001 and up until closing, the station had been
operated under a LMA, and the results of its operations had been included in the
Company’s consolidated financial statements since the LMA. The station was
consolidated with the Company’s existing Cincinnati operations in 2001. In
accordance with SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets,” for the years ended 2008 and 2007, we impaired radio
broadcasting licenses and goodwill, and intellectual property in the Cincinnati
market by approximately $27.9 million and $3.8 million, respectively. (See
Note 5 — Goodwill,
Radio Broadcasting Licenses
and Other Intangible Assets and Note 12 — Related Party
Transactions).
In
December 2006, the Company acquired Giant Magazine, a publishing company located
in the New York City metropolitan area, for $367,000 in cash, inclusive of
closing costs. The purchase price allocation consisted of approximately
$1.8 million to current assets, $189,000 to property and equipment,
$211,000 to definitive-lived intangibles (trade names), approximately
$1.8 million to current liabilities and $14,000 to long-term debt (capital
lease).
In
September 2006, the Company acquired the assets of WIFE-FM, a radio station
located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, for approximately
$18.0 million in cash. In connection with the transaction, the Company also
acquired the intellectual property of radio station WMOJ-FM, also in the
Cincinnati market, for approximately $5.0 million in cash and changed
WIFE-FM’s call sign to WMOJ-FM. The station has been consolidated with the
Company’s existing Cincinnati operations. The purchase price allocation
consisted of $198,000 to transmitters and towers, approximately
$5.0 million to definite-lived intangibles (intellectual property) and
$18.1 million to radio broadcasting licenses. In accordance with SFAS No.
142 “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets,” for the years ended 2008 and 2007, we impaired radio
broadcasting licenses and goodwill, and intellectual property in the Cincinnati
market by approximately $27.9 million and $3.8 million, respectively. (See
Note 5 — Goodwill,
Radio Broadcasting Licenses
and Other Intangible Assets.)
In May
2006, the Company acquired the assets of WHHL-FM a radio station located in the
St. Louis metropolitan area, for approximately $20.0 million in cash.
The Company began operating the station under a LMA in October 2005, and the
operating results since inception of the LMA have been included in the Company’s
consolidated financial statements. The station has been consolidated with the
existing St. Louis operations. The purchase price allocation consisted of
$364,000 to definite-lived intangibles (a favorable transmitter lease), $180,000
to goodwill, $228,000 to transmitters and towers and approximately
$19.3 million to radio broadcasting licenses. In accordance with SFAS No.
142 “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets,” for the year ended 2008, we impaired radio
broadcasting licenses and goodwill in the St. Louis market by approximately $7.3
million. (See Note 5 — Goodwill, Radio Broadcasting Licenses and
Other Intangible Assets.)
In
February 2005, the Company acquired 51% of the common stock of Reach Media for
approximately $55.8 million in a combination of approximately
$30.4 million of cash and 1,809,648 shares of the Company’s
Class D common stock valued at approximately $25.4 million. Reach
Media commenced operations in 2003 and was formed by Tom Joyner, Chairman, and
David Kantor, Chief Executive Officer, to operate the Tom Joyner Morning Show
and related businesses. Reach Media primarily derives its revenue from the sale
of advertising inventory in connection with its syndication agreements.
Mr. Joyner is a leading nationally syndicated radio personality. The Tom
Joyner Morning Show is currently broadcast on 108 affiliate stations across the
United States and is a top-rated morning show in many of the markets in which it
is broadcast. Reach Media also operates the Tom Joyner Family Reunion and
various other special event-related activities. Additionally, Reach Media
operates www.BlackAmericaWeb.com, an
African-American targeted internet destination, and provides programming content
which is aired on TV One. The purchase price allocation consisted of
approximately $36.5 million to definite-lived intangibles
($19.5 million to a talent agreement, $9.2 million to intellectual
property and $7.8 million to affiliate agreements), $13.7 million to
deferred tax liability, $32.5 million to goodwill, and $1.3 million to
other net assets.
F-11
3. DISPOSITION
OF ASSETS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
Between
December 2006 and May 2008, the Company sold the assets of 20 radio stations in
seven markets for approximately $287.9 million in cash. The assets and
liabilities of these stations have been classified as discontinued operations as
of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, and the stations’ results of
operations for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 have been
classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. For the period beginning December 1, 2006 and ending December 31,
2008, the Company used approximately $262.0 million of the proceeds from
these asset sales to pay down debt.
Los Angeles
Station: In May 2008, the Company sold the assets of its radio
station KRBV-FM, located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, to Bonneville
International Corporation (“Bonneville”) for approximately $137.5 million
in cash. Bonneville began operating the station under an LMA on April 8,
2008.
Miami Station: In
April 2008, the Company sold the assets of its radio station WMCU-AM, located in
the Miami metropolitan area, to Salem Communications Holding Corporation
(“Salem”) for approximately $12.3 million in cash. Salem began operating
the station under an LMA effective October 18, 2007.
Augusta
Stations: In December 2007, the Company sold the assets of its
five radio stations in the Augusta metropolitan area to Perry Broadcasting
Company for approximately $3.1 million in cash.
Louisville
Station: In November 2007, the Company sold the assets of its
radio station WLRX-FM in the Louisville metropolitan area to WAY FM Media Group,
Inc. for approximately $1.0 million in cash.
Dayton and Louisville
Stations: In September 2007, the Company sold the
assets of its five radio stations in the Dayton metropolitan area and five
of its six radio stations in the Louisville metropolitan area to Main Line
Broadcasting, LLC for approximately $76.0 million in cash.
Minneapolis
Station: In August 2007, the Company sold the assets of its
radio station KTTB-FM in the Minneapolis metropolitan area to Northern Lights
Broadcasting, LLC for approximately $28.0 million in cash.
Boston Station: In
December 2006, the Company sold the assets of its radio station WILD-FM in the
Boston metropolitan area to Entercom Boston, LLC (“Entercom”) for approximately
$30.0 million in cash. Entercom began operating the station under an LMA
effective August 18, 2006.
The
following table summarizes the operating results for all of the stations sold or
to be sold and classified as discontinued operations for all periods
presented:
For
the Years Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
|
2006
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(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
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(In
thousands)
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Net
revenue
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$ | 2,403 | $ | 29,819 | $ | 47,201 | ||||||
Station
operating expenses
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4,310 | 30,772 | 35,119 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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81 | 1,510 | 2,387 | |||||||||
Impairment
of intangible assets
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5,077 | 208,948 | 63,285 | |||||||||
Other
income
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142 | 117 | 4 | |||||||||
Gain
on sale of assets
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1,514 | 2,183 | 18,628 | |||||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(5,409 | ) | (209,111 | ) | (34,958 | ) | ||||||
Provision
for (benefit from) income taxes
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101 | (74,997 | ) | (10,993 | ) | |||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax
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$ | (5,510 | ) | $ | (134,114 | ) | $ | (23,965 | ) |
The assets and
liabilities of the stations sold or to be sold and classified as discontinued
operations in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets consisted of the
following:
As of December 31,
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2008
|
2007
|
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(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
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(In
thousands)
|
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Currents
assets:
|
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Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
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$ | 303 | $ | 2,725 | ||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
— | 524 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
303 | 3,249 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
60 | 3,349 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
— | 148,388 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
— | 386 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 363 | $ | 155,372 | ||||
Current
liabilities:
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Other
current liabilities
|
$ | 582 | $ | 2,704 | ||||
Total
current liabilities
|
582 | 2,704 | ||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
— | 483 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
$ | 582 | $ | 3,187 |
F-12
4. PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT:
Property
and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the
related estimated useful lives. Property and equipment consists of the
following:
As of December 31,
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Estimated
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2008
|
2007
|
Useful Lives
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(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
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(In thousands)
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Land
and improvements
|
$ | 3,753 | $ | 3,278 |
—
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Buildings
and improvements
|
1,525 | 1,314 |
31
years
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Transmitters
and towers
|
33,619 | 31,049 |
7-15
years
|
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Equipment
|
44,334 | 39,146 |
3-7
years
|
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Furniture
and Fixtures
|
7,386 | 6,895 |
7
years
|
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Software
and Web Development
|
9,333 | 5,412 |
2-
3 years
|
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Leasehold
improvements
|
18,174 | 16,147 |
Lease
Term
|
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Construction-in-progress
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2,258 | 2,614 |
—
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120,382 | 105,855 | ||||||||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(71,780 | ) | (61,115 | ) | |||||||||
Property
and equipment, net
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$ | 48,602 | $ | 44,740 |
For
continuing operations, depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was approximately $11.8 million,
$9.8 million and $9.3 million, respectively. For both continuing and
discontinued operations, total depreciation and amortization expense for the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was approximately $11.9
million, $11.3 million and $11.2 million, respectively.
Repairs
and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
5. GOODWILL,
RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSES AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS:
In the
past, we have made acquisitions whereby a significant amount of the purchase
price was allocated to radio broadcasting licenses, goodwill and other
intangible assets. Effective January 1, 2002, in accordance with SFAS No. 142,
“Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets,” we do not amortize our radio broadcasting licenses and goodwill.
Instead, we perform a test for impairment annually, or when events or changes in
circumstances or other conditions suggest an impairment may have occurred. Other
intangible assets continue to be amortized on a straight-line basis over their
useful lives. We perform our annual impairment test as of October 1st of each
year. Given the economic downturn and limited credit environment, which has
weakened advertising demand, and has led to declining radio revenues,
deteriorating cash flows, debt downgrades and fewer sales
transactions with lower multiples, we performed an interim impairment test as of
August 31, 2008, in addition to the annual impairment test performed as of
October 1st. As a result of our assessment of the realizability of all our
intangible assets throughout 2008, we recorded an impairment charge for 11 of
our 16 markets of approximately $423.2 million, with $337.9 million and $85.3
million recorded during the third and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively.
Impairment charges of approximately $211.1 million were recorded in seven of our
markets for the year ended December 31, 2007.
When
evaluating our radio broadcasting licenses for impairment, the testing is done
at the unit of accounting level as determined by EITF 02-7, “Unit of Accounting for Testing
Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets,” using the income
approach method. The income approach method involves a 10-year model that
incorporates several variables, including, but not limited, to discounted cash
flows of a typical market participant, market revenue and long-term growth
projections, estimated market share for the typical participant and estimated
profit margins based on market size and station type. The model also assumes
outlays for capital expenditures, future terminal values, an effective tax rate
assumption and a discount rate based on the weighted-average cost of capital of
the radio broadcast industry.
The
impairment testing of goodwill is performed at the reporting unit level. We had
21 reporting units as of our interim and annual goodwill impairment assessment
dates. In testing for the impairment of goodwill, we also use the income
approach method. The approach involves a 10-year model with similar variables as
described above, except that the discounted cash flows are generally based on
the Company’s actual and projected market share and performance for its markets.
We follow a two-step process to evaluate if a potential impairment exists for
goodwill. The first step of the process involves estimating the fair value of
each reporting unit. If the reporting unit’s fair value is less than its
carrying value, a second step is performed to allocate the fair value of the
reporting unit to the individual assets and liabilities of the reporting unit in
order to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill as of
the impairment assessment date. Any excess of the carrying value of the goodwill
over the implied fair value of the goodwill is written off to reduce the
reporting unit’s carrying value to its estimated fair value.
Below are
key assumptions used in the income approach model for estimating asset fair
values for the impairment testing performed August 31, 2008 and October 1,
2008.
Radio
Broadcasting Licenses
|
August
31, 2008
|
October
1, 2008
|
Discount
Rate
|
10.0%
|
10.5%
|
Market
Growth Rate Range
|
1.5%
- 2.5%
|
1.5%
- 2.5%
|
Market
Share Range
|
5.8%
- 27.0%
|
1.2%
- 27.0%
|
Operating
Profit Margin Range
|
34.0%
- 50.7%
|
20.0%
- 50.7%
|
Goodwill
|
August
31, 2008
|
October
1, 2008
|
Discount
Rate
|
10.0%
|
10.5%
|
Market
Growth Rate Range
|
1.5%
- 2.5%
|
1.5%
- 2.5%
|
Market
Share Range
|
5.2%
- 24.0%
|
1.1%
- 23.0%
|
Operating
Profit Margin Range
|
15.0%
- 61.0%
|
18.0%
- 60.0%
|
In
arriving at the estimated fair values for radio broadcasting licenses and
goodwill, we also performed a reasonableness test on the fair value results by
calculating our implied multiple based on our cash flow projections and our
estimated fair values. As a result of conducting our impairment analysis, we
arrived at an average multiple of 10.4 times the reporting unit’s cash flow,
which is comparable to the actual average multiple for 2008 radio station sale
transactions.
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company increased the carrying value of
goodwill by approximately $20.4 million in connection with the CCI acquisition
and increased goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses by approximately $33.9
million in connection with the acquisition of WPRS-FM.
F-13
The
following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Balance
as of January 1
|
$ | 146,156 | $ | 148,107 | ||||
Acquisitions
|
21,412 | - | ||||||
Impairment
|
(30,473 | ) | (1,951 | ) | ||||
Balance
as of December 31
|
$ | 137,095 | $ | 146,156 |
Other
intangible assets, excluding goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses, are being
amortized on a straight-line basis over various periods. Other intangible assets
consist of the following:
As of December 31,
|
Period
of
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
Amortization
|
|||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
|||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||||
Trade
names
|
$ | 17,109 | $ | 16,848 |
2-5
Years
|
||||
Talent
agreement
|
19,549 | 19,549 |
10 Years
|
||||||
Debt
financing costs
|
15,586 | 20,850 |
Term
of debt
|
||||||
Intellectual
property
|
13,011 | 14,532 |
4-10
Years
|
||||||
Affiliate
agreements
|
7,769 | 7,769 |
1-10
Years
|
||||||
Acquired
income leases
|
1,282 | - |
3-9
Years
|
||||||
Non-compete
agreements
|
1,260 | 210 |
1-3
Years
|
||||||
Advertiser
agreements
|
6,613 | - |
2-7
Years
|
||||||
Favorable
office and transmitter leases
|
3,655 | 4,296 |
2-60
Years
|
||||||
Brand
names
|
2,539 | - |
2.5
Years
|
||||||
Other intangibles
|
1,241 | 1,145 |
1-5
Years
|
||||||
89,614 | 85,199 | ||||||||
Less:
Accumulated amortization
|
(45,397 | ) | (39,781 | ) | |||||
Other intangible assets, net
|
$ | 44,217 | $ | 45,418 |
Amortization
expense of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006 was approximately $7.3 million, $4.9 million and $4.6 million,
respectively. The amortization of deferred financing costs was charged to
interest expense for all periods presented. The amount of deferred
financing costs included in interest expense for the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006 was approximately $2.6 million, $2.2 million and
$2.1 million, respectively.
The
following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense for each
of the five succeeding years for intangible assets, excluding deferred financing
costs:
(In
thousands)
|
||||
2009
|
$ | 8,939 | ||
2010
|
$ | 7,241 | ||
2011
|
$ | 6,201 | ||
2012
|
$ | 5,918 | ||
2013
|
$ | 4,843 |
Actual
amortization expense may vary as a result of future acquisitions and
dispositions.
6. INVESTMENT
IN AFFILIATED COMPANY:
In
January 2004, the Company, together with an affiliate of Comcast Corporation and
other investors, launched TV One, an entity formed to operate a cable television
network featuring lifestyle, entertainment and news-related programming targeted
primarily towards African-American viewers. At that time, we committed to make a
cumulative cash investment of $74.0 million in TV One, of which
$60.3 million had been funded as of December 31, 2008. The initial four
year commitment period for funding the capital was extended to April 1, 2009,
due in part to TV One’s lower than anticipated capital needs during the initial
commitment period. In December 2004, TV One entered into a distribution
agreement with DIRECTV and certain affiliates of DIRECTV became investors in TV
One. As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned approximately 36% of TV One on a
fully-converted basis.
The
Company has recorded its investment at cost and has adjusted the carrying amount
of the investment to recognize the change in the Company’s claim on the net
assets of TV One resulting from operating losses of TV One as well as other
capital transactions of TV One using a hypothetical liquidation at book value
approach. For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, the Company’s
allocable share of TV One’s operating losses was approximately $3.7 million,
$15.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively.
During
the second quarter of 2008, Radio One was advised that prior period financial
statements of TV One, an affiliate accounted for under the equity method, had
been restated to correct certain errors that affected the reported amount of
members’ equity and liabilities. These restatement adjustments had a
corresponding effect on the Company’s share of the losses of TV One reported in
prior periods. Under the guidance of SAB No. 99, “Materiality” and SAB No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year
Financial Statements,” the Company has determined the errors are
immaterial to our consolidated financial statements for all prior
periods. However, because the effects of correcting the cumulative prior
period errors would have been material to our second quarter 2008 consolidated
financial statements, we have adjusted certain previously reported amounts in
the accompanying 2007 fiscal year consolidated financial statements for an
approximately $4.4 million increase in the equity in loss of affiliated
company.
We
entered into separate network services and advertising services agreements with
TV One in 2003. Under the network services agreement, we are providing TV One
with administrative and operational support services and access to Radio One
personalities. This agreement was originally scheduled to expire in January
2009, and has now been extended to January 2010. Under the advertising services
agreement, we are providing a specified amount of advertising to TV One. This
agreement was also originally scheduled to expire in January 2009 and has now
been extended to January 2011. In consideration of providing these services, we
have received equity in TV One, and receive an annual cash fee of $500,000 for
providing services under the network services agreement.
The
Company is accounting for the services provided to TV One under the advertising
and network services agreements in accordance with EITF Issue No. 00-8,
“Accounting by a Grantee for
an Equity Instrument to Be Received in Conjunction with Providing Goods or
Services.” As services are provided to TV One, the Company is
recording revenue based on the fair value of the most reliable unit of
measurement in these transactions. For the advertising services agreement, the
most reliable unit of measurement has been determined to be the value of
underlying advertising time that is being provided to TV One. For the network
services agreement, the most reliable unit of measurement has been determined to
be the value of the equity received in TV One. As a result, the Company is
re-measuring the fair value of the equity received in consideration of its
obligations under the network services agreement in each subsequent reporting
period as the services are provided. The Company recognized $3.6 million,
$4.3 million and $2.9 million in revenue relating to these two agreements for
the year ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
F-14
7. OTHER
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Other
current liabilities consist of the following:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
$ | 6,146 | $ | 3,345 | ||||
Deferred
barter revenue
|
1,107 | 1,639 | ||||||
Deferred
contract termination credits
|
1,263 | 2,060 | ||||||
Deferred
rent
|
470 | 231 | ||||||
Accrued
national representative fees
|
550 | 684 | ||||||
Accrued
miscellaneous taxes
|
346 | 201 | ||||||
Current
deferred tax liability
|
- | 168 | ||||||
Other
|
2,595 | 3,796 | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
$ | 12,477 | $ | 12,124 |
8. DERIVATIVE
INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES:
In June
2005, pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 9 - Long-Term Debt), the Company
entered into four fixed rate swap agreements to reduce interest rate
fluctuations on certain floating rate debt commitments. Two of the four $25.0
million swap agreements expired in June 2007 and 2008, respectively. The Company
accounts for the remaining swap agreements using a fair value method
of accounting.
The swap
agreements had the following terms:
Swap Agreement
|
Notional Amount
|
Expiration
|
Fixed Rate
|
|||||
No. 1
|
$25.0
million
|
June 16,
2010
|
4.27 | % | ||||
No. 2
|
$25.0
million
|
June 16,
2012
|
4.47 | % |
Each swap
agreement has been accounted for as a qualifying cash flow hedge of the
Company’s senior bank term debt in accordance with SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities,” whereby changes
in the fair market value are reflected as adjustments to the fair value of the
derivative instruments as reflected on the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
Under the
swap agreements, the Company pays the fixed rate listed in the table above. The
counterparties to the agreements pay the Company a floating interest rate based
on the three month LIBOR, for which measurement and settlement is performed
quarterly. The counterparties to these agreements are international financial
institutions. The Company estimates the net fair value of these instruments as
of December 31, 2008 to be a liability of $3.0 million. The fair value of
the interest rate swap agreements is estimated by obtaining quotations from the
financial institutions, which are parties to the Company’s swap agreements. The
fair value is an estimate of the net amount that the Company would pay on
December 31, 2008, if the agreements were transferred to other parties or
cancelled by the Company.
Costs
incurred to execute the swap agreements are deferred and amortized over the term
of the swap agreements. The amounts incurred by the Company, representing the
effective difference between the fixed rate under the swap agreements and the
variable rate on the underlying term of the debt, are included in interest
expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. In the event
of early termination of these swap agreements, any gains or losses would be
amortized over the respective lives of the underlying debt or recognized
currently if the debt is terminated earlier than initially
anticipated.
Derivative
Instruments
The
Company recognizes all derivatives at fair value, whether designated in hedging
relationships or not, in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability. The
accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative, including certain
derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, depends on the intended use
of the derivative and the resulting designation. If the derivative is designated
as a fair value hedge, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and the
hedged item are recognized in the statement of operations. If the derivative is
designated as a cash flow hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative are
recorded in other comprehensive income and are recognized in the statement of
operations when the hedged item affects net income. If a derivative does not
qualify as a hedge, it is marked to fair value through the statement of
operations. Any fees associated with these derivatives are amortized over
their term.
As
of December 31, 2008, the Company was party to an Employment Agreement executed
in April 2008 with the CEO which calls for an award that has been accounted for
as a derivative instrument without a hedging relationship in accordance with the
guidance provided in SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities.” Pursuant to the Employment
Agreement, the CEO is eligible to receive an award amount equal to 8% of any
proceeds from distributions or other liquidity events in excess of the return of
the Company’s aggregate investment in TV One. With the assistance of a third
party valuation firm, the Company reviewed the factors underlying this award and
estimated the fair value of the award at December 31, 2008 to be approximately
$4.3 million, and accordingly, recorded compensation expense and a liability for
this amount. The Company employed an income approach to value the TV One
business, which is the most significant consideration in determining the fair
value of this award. Key inputs used in the income approach to estimate the
fair value of TV One were its projected operating cash flows, an estimated
terminal value and a risk-adjusted discount rate. The Company’s obligation
to pay the award will be triggered only after the Company’s recovery of the
aggregate amount of its capital contribution in TV One and only upon actual
receipt of distributions of cash or marketable securities or proceeds from a
liquidity event with respect to the Company’s membership interest in TV One. The
CEO was fully vested in the award upon execution of the Employment Agreement,
and the award lapses upon expiration of the Employment Agreement in April 2011,
or earlier if the CEO voluntarily leaves the Company or is terminated for
cause.
F-15
9. LONG-TERM
DEBT:
Long-term
debt consists of the following:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes
|
$ | 103,951 | $ | 300,000 | ||||
63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes
|
200,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
Credit
facilities
|
371,201 | 314,500 | ||||||
Seller
financed acquisition loan
|
— | 1,004 | ||||||
Capital
lease obligation
|
210 | — | ||||||
Total
long-term debt
|
675,362 | 815,504 | ||||||
Less:
current portion
|
43,807 | 26,004 | ||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
$ | 631,555 | $ | 789,500 |
Credit
Facilities
In June
2005, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of banks (the
“Credit Agreement”). Simultaneous with entering into the Credit Agreement, the
Company borrowed $437.5 million to retire all outstanding obligations under
its previous credit agreement. The Credit Agreement was amended in April 2006
and September 2007 to modify certain financial covenants and other provisions.
The Credit Agreement expires the earlier of (a) six months prior to the
scheduled maturity date of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2011 (unless the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes have been repurchased or refinanced prior to such date) or
(b) June 30, 2012. The total amount available under the Credit Agreement is
$800.0 million, consisting of a $500.0 million revolving facility and
a $300.0 million term loan facility. Borrowings under the credit facilities
are subject to compliance with certain provisions including but not limited to
financial covenants. The Company may use proceeds from the credit facilities for
working capital, capital expenditures made in the ordinary course of business,
its common stock repurchase program, permitted direct and indirect investments
and other lawful corporate purposes. The Credit Agreement contains affirmative
and negative covenants that the Company must comply with, including
(a) maintaining an interest coverage ratio of no less than 1.90 to 1.00
from January 1, 2006 to September 13, 2007, and no less than 1.60 to
1.00 from September 14, 2007 to June 30, 2008, and no less than 1.75 to
1.00 from July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009, and no less than 2.00 to 1.00
from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, and no less than 2.25 to 1.00
from January 1, 2011 and thereafter, (b) maintaining a total leverage
ratio of no greater than 7.00 to 1.00 beginning April 1, 2006 to September
13, 2007, and no greater than 7.75 to 1.00 beginning September 14, 2007
to March 31, 2008, and no greater than 7.50 to 1.00
beginning April 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008, and no
greater than 7.25 to 1.00 beginning October 1, 2008
to June 30, 2010, and no greater than 6.50 to 1.00
beginning July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011, and no greater
than 6.00 to 1.00 beginning October 1, 2011 and thereafter,
(c) maintaining a senior leverage ratio of no greater than 5.00 to 1.00
beginning June 13, 2005 to September 30, 2006, and no greater than 4.50 to
1.00 beginning October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, and no
greater than 4.00 to 1.00 beginning October 1, 2007 and thereafter,
(d) limitations on liens, (e) limitations on the sale of assets,
(f) limitations on the payment of dividends, and (g) limitations on
mergers, as well as other customary covenants. The Company was in compliance
with all debt covenants as of December 31, 2008. At the date of the filing of
this Form 10-K and based on its most recent projections, the Company's
management believes it will be in compliance with all debt
covenants through the end of fiscal year 2009. Based on its fiscal
year end 2007 excess cash flow calculation, the Company made a debt principal
prepayment of approximately $6.0 million in May 2008. For the year ended
December 31, 2008 no excess cash calculation was required and therefore, no
payment was required.
As of
December 31, 2008, we had approximately $293.5 million of borrowing
capacity. Taking into consideration the financial covenants under the Credit
Agreement, approximately $25.9 million of that amount is available for
borrowing.
Under the
terms of the Credit Agreement, upon any breach or default under either the
87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes or the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes, the lenders could among other actions immediately terminate
the Credit Agreement and declare the loans then outstanding under the Credit
Agreement to be due and payable in whole immediately. Similarly, under the
87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes and the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes, a default under the terms of the Credit Agreement would
constitute an event of default, and the trustees or the holders of at least 25%
in principal amount of the then outstanding notes (under either class) may
declare the principal of such class of note and interest to be due and payable
immediately.
Interest
payments under the terms of the Credit Agreement are due based on the type of
loan selected. Interest on alternate base rate loans as defined under the terms
of the Credit Agreement is payable on the last day of each March, June,
September and December. Interest due on the London Interbank Offered Rate
(“LIBOR”) loans is payable on the last day of the interest period applicable for
borrowings up to three months in duration, and on the last day of each March,
June, September and December for borrowings greater than three months in
duration. In addition, quarterly installments of principal on the term loan
facility are payable on the last day of each March, June, September and December
commencing on September 30, 2007 in a percentage amount of the principal balance
of the term loan facility outstanding on September 30, 2007, net of loan
repayments, of 1.25% between September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, 5.0% between
September 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009, and 6.25% between September 30, 2009 and
June 30, 2012. Based on the $194.0 million net principal balance of the term
loan facility outstanding on September 30, 2007 quarterly payments of $9.7
million are payable between September 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009, and $12.1
million between September 30, 2009 and June 30, 2012.
Interest
payments under the terms of the 63/8% and
the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes are due in February and August, and January and July of each
year. Based on the $200.0 million principal balance of the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes outstanding on December 31, 2008, interest payments of $6.4
million are payable each February and August through February 2013. Based on the
$104.0 million principal balance of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes outstanding on December 31, 2008, interest payments of $4.6
million are payable each January and July through July 2011.
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company had outstanding approximately $371.2 million on
its credit facility. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we borrowed
approximately $227.0 million from our credit facility to fund the
repurchase of bonds and the acquisitions of CCI and WPRS-FM, and repaid
approximately $170.3 million.
Senior
Subordinated Notes
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company had outstanding $200.0 million of its 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013 and $104.0 million of its 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011. During the year ended December 31, 2008,
the Company repurchased $196.0 million of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes at an average discount of 38.4%, and recorded a gain on the
retirement of debt, net of the write-off of deferred financing costs of
approximately $1.2 million, of approximately $74.0 million. During January 2009,
the Company continued to repurchase its 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes. (See Note 19 – Subsequent
Events.)
F-16
The
indentures governing the Company’s senior subordinated notes also contain
covenants that restrict, among other things, the ability of the Company to incur
additional debt, purchase capital stock, make capital expenditures, make
investments or other restricted payments, swap or sell assets, engage in
transactions with related parties, secure non-senior debt with assets, or merge,
consolidate or sell all or substantially all of its assets. The Company
was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2008. At the date of the
filing of this Form 10-K and based on its most recent projections, the Company's
management believes it will be in compliance with all
covenants through the end of fiscal year 2009.
The
Company conducts a portion of its business through its subsidiaries. Certain of
the Company’s subsidiaries have fully and unconditionally guaranteed the
Company’s 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes, the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes and the Company’s obligations under the Credit
Agreement.
Future
minimum principal payments of long-term debt as of December 31, 2008 are as
follows:
Senior
Subordinated
Notes
|
Credit
and Other
Facilities
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
2009
|
$ | — | $ | 43,807 | ||||
2010
|
— | 48,442 | ||||||
2011
|
103,951 | 279,162 | ||||||
2012
|
— | — | ||||||
2013
|
200,000 | — | ||||||
Total
long-term debt
|
$ | 303,951 | $ | 371,411 |
The Credit
Agreement expires the earlier of (i) six months prior to the scheduled
maturity of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2011, unless the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes have been refinanced or repurchased prior to such
date, or (ii) June 30, 2012. In prior reporting, management had
assumed that the Company would refinance the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes prior to January 1, 2011 and, therefore, the maturity date
for the loans governed by Credit Agreement would be June 30, 2012.
However, while management continues to believe it is probable that the
Company will refinance the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2011 prior to January 1, 2011, given the
deterioration in the U.S. economy and the volatility and tightening of the
credit markets, management believes it is appropriate to reflect that the loans
governed by the Credit Agreement will mature on January 1, 2011, six months
prior to the scheduled maturity of the 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2011.
10. INCOME TAXES:
The
Company’s continuing operations benefit from income taxes was approximately
$45.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, compared to a provision for
income taxes of $54.1 million and $18.3 million for 2007 and 2006, respectively.
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income taxes to the recorded benefit
from and provision for income taxes for continuing operations is as
follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Statutory
tax (@ 35% rate)
|
$ | (118,531 | ) | $ | (68,238 | ) | $ | 13,510 | ||||
Effect
of state taxes, net of federal
|
(8,651 | ) | (9,614 | ) | 1,116 | |||||||
Effect
of state rate and tax law changes
|
— | (959 | ) | 495 | ||||||||
Permanent
items, excluding impairment of long-lived assets, Internal Revenue Code
Section 162(m) and SFAS No. 123(R)
|
220 | (912 | ) | 536 | ||||||||
Effect
of equity adjustments including SFAS No. 123(R)
|
321 | 607 | 669 | |||||||||
Internal
Revenue Code Section 162(m)
|
3,684 | 58 | 442 | |||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
66,141 | 132,386 | 1,396 | |||||||||
Effect
of permanent impairment of long-lived assets
|
10,429 | 643 | — | |||||||||
Other
|
1,187 | 112 | 96 | |||||||||
(Benefit
from) provision for income taxes
|
$ | (45,200 | ) | $ | 54,083 | $ | 18,260 |
The
components of the benefit from and provision for income taxes from continuing
operations are as follows:
|
For the Years Ended
December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
|||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Federal: | |||||||||||||
Current
|
$ | 4,186 | $ | 4,194 | $ | 4,373 | |||||||
Deferred
|
(42,822 | ) | 45,980 | 11,734 | |||||||||
State:
|
|||||||||||||
Current
|
301 | 787 | 454 | ||||||||||
Deferred
|
(6,865 | ) | 3,122 | 1,699 | |||||||||
(Benefit
from) provision for income taxes
|
$ | (45,200 | ) | $ | 54,083 | $ | 18,260 |
The
increase in the benefit from income taxes for continuing operation for the year
ended December 31, 2008 was primarily due to the increase in pre-tax losses for
the current year compared to 2007, and the impact of deferred tax liabilities
(“DTLs”) reversing due to indefinite-lived asset impairment charges recorded in
2008. In 2007, the provision for income taxes was primarily driven by the
recording of a significant and full valuation allowance for most of the
Company’s deferred tax assets (“DTAs”), mainly net operating loss (“NOLs”)
carryforwards.
The
components of the provision for and benefit from income taxes from discontinued
operations are as follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Federal:
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Deferred
|
1,095 | (68,172 | ) | 374 | ||||||||
State:
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
(1,077 | ) | 3,890 | (10,834 | ) | |||||||
Deferred
|
83 | (10,715 | ) | (533 | ) | |||||||
Provision
for (benefit from) income taxes
|
$ | 101 | $ | (74,997 | ) | $ | (10,993 | ) |
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The significant
components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December
31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:
As
of December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
$ | 1,478 | $ | 1,835 | ||||
Accruals
|
1,622 | 2,149 | ||||||
Other
|
— | 1 | ||||||
Total
current tax assets before valuation allowance
|
3,100 | 3,985 | ||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(2,833 | ) | (3,709 | ) | ||||
Total
current tax assets, net
|
267 | 276 | ||||||
Intangible
assets
|
66,277 | 2,788 | ||||||
Depreciation
|
(201 | ) | 509 | |||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
1,983 | 2,312 | ||||||
Other
accruals
|
242 | 622 | ||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
150,299 | 136,780 | ||||||
Other
|
3,409 | 2,406 | ||||||
Total
noncurrent deferred tax assets before valuation allowance
|
222,009 | 145,417 | ||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(202,923 | ) | (130,267 | ) | ||||
Net
noncurrent deferred tax assets
|
19,086 | 15,150 | ||||||
Total
deferred tax assets
|
$ | 19,353 | $ | 15,426 | ||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
(157 | ) | (118 | ) | ||||
Other
|
(2 | ) | (50 | ) | ||||
Total
current deferred tax liabilities
|
(159 | ) | (168 | ) | ||||
Intangible
assets
|
(91,724 | ) | (137,187 | ) | ||||
Depreciation
|
(1,122 | ) | (628 | ) | ||||
Interest
expense
|
— | (355 | ) | |||||
Partnership
interests
|
(12,247 | ) | (11,323 | ) | ||||
Other
|
(256 | ) | (468 | ) | ||||
Total
noncurrent deferred tax liabilities
|
(105,349 | ) | (149,961 | ) | ||||
Total
deferred tax liabilities
|
(105,508 | ) | (150,129 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax liabilities
|
$ | (86,155 | ) | $ | (134,703 | ) |
The
Company’s April 2008 purchase of 100% of both the common and convertible
preferred stock of CCI via a merger is being treated as a stock acquisition. For
income tax purposes, in stock acquisitions where the purchase price exceeds the
tax basis of the underlying assets (including separately identified
intangibles), with the residual allocated to goodwill, a DTL or DTA is recorded
to reflect the differences between the book and tax bases for the assets
acquired, exclusive of goodwill. At the time of acquisition, CCI had DTAs
resulting from net operating losses, depreciation and provision for doubtful
accounts of approximately $5.8 million. Additionally, the amount of the DTL that
resulted from the purchase price accounting was approximately $4.7 million. It
was determined that the DTA could be benefited to the extent of reversing DTLs,
resulting in a net DTA, prior to any valuation allowance, of approximately $1.1
million. Based on the lack of realizability of this DTA, the Company recorded a
valuation allowance of approximately $1.1 million as part of its purchase price
accounting for this acquisition. The amount of gross federal and state NOLs
acquired with the CCI acquisition were approximately $15.4 million, of which
none were used during 2008.
The
Company’s purchase of 51% of the common stock of Reach Media in 2005 was a stock
acquisition. Associated with this stock purchase, the Company allocated the
purchase price to the related assets acquired, with the excess purchase price
allocated to goodwill. For income tax purposes, in a stock purchase, the
underlying assets of the acquired companies usually retain their historical tax
basis. Accordingly, the Company recorded a deferred tax liability of
approximately $28.3 million in 2005 related to the difference between the
book and tax basis for all of the assets acquired (excluding nondeductible
goodwill).
Deferred
income taxes reflect the impact of temporary differences between the assets and
liabilities recognized for financial reporting purposes and amounts recognized
for tax purposes. Deferred taxes are based on tax laws as currently
enacted.
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company had gross federal and state NOL carryforward
amounts of approximately $383.1 million and $329.5 million,
respectively. In addition, the Company had unrecognized tax benefits of
approximately $57.2 million related to state NOLs as of December 31, 2008. The
NOLs begin to expire as early as 2009 for state income tax purposes, and in 2018
to 2028 for federal income tax purposes. Some of these NOLs may be subject to
Internal Revenue Code Section 382 for loss limitations if there are significant
changes in the stock ownership of the Company.
In 2007,
the Company concluded it was more likely than not that the benefit from certain
of its DTAs would not be realized. The Company considered its historically
profitable jurisdictions, its sources of future taxable income and tax planning
strategies in determining the amount of valuation allowance recorded. As part of
that assessment, the Company also determined that it was not appropriate under
generally accepted accounting principles to benefit its DTAs based on DTLs
related to indefinite-lived intangibles that cannot be scheduled to reverse in
the same period. Because the DTL in this case would not reverse until some
future indefinite period when the intangibles are either sold or impaired, any
resulting temporary differences cannot be considered a source of future taxable
income to support realization of the DTAs. As a result of the assessment,
and given its then current total three year cumulative loss position, the
uncertainty of future taxable income and the feasibility of tax planning
strategies, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $134.0
million as of December 31, 2007. In 2008, the Company again concluded it was
more likely than not that the benefit from certain of its DTAs would again not
be realized, and recorded an additional valuation allowance of approximately
$71.8 million as of December 31, 2008 for additional generated DTAs. The total
valuation allowance for DTAs at December 31, 2008 is approximately $205.8
million.
As
disclosed in Note 1 — Organization and Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies, we adopted the provisions of FIN No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes — Interpretation of SFAS No. 109,”
on January 1, 2007. The nature of the uncertainties pertaining to our
income taxes is primarily due to various state tax positions. As of December 31,
2008, we had unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $5.0 million, of which a
net amount $687,000, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate. The
Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax
benefits as a component of tax expense. Accordingly, during the year ended
December 31, 2008, we recorded interest related to unrecognized tax benefits of
$31,000, and at December 31, 2008, we had recorded a liability for accrued
interest of $118,000. The Company estimates the possible change to its
unrecognized tax benefits prior to December 31, 2009 would be up to $220,000,
due to closed statutes. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of
unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Balance
as of January 1
|
$ | 4,534 | $ | 4,932 | ||||
Additions
for tax position related to current year
|
134 | 71 | ||||||
Additions
for tax positions related to prior years
|
457 | 71 | ||||||
Settlements
|
- | (40 | ) | |||||
Reductions
for tax positions as a result of the lapse of applicable statutes of
limitations
|
(172 | ) | (500 | ) | ||||
Balance
as of December 31
|
$ | 4,953 | $ | 4,534 |
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company was not under audit in any jurisdiction for
federal or state income tax purposes. However, the Company’s open tax years for
federal income tax examinations include the tax years ended December 31, 2005
through 2007. For state and local purposes, the open years for tax examinations
include the tax years ended December 31, 2003 through 2007.
F-18
11. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
Common
Stock
Shareholders
of Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share. Shareholders of
Class B Common Stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Shareholders of Class
C and Class D Common Stock are not entitled to vote.
Stock
Repurchase Program
In March
2008, the Company’s board of directors authorized a repurchase of shares of the
Company’s Class A and Class D common stock through December 31, 2009, in an
amount of up to $150.0 million, the maximum amount allowable under the Credit
Agreement. The amount and timing of such repurchases will be based on
pricing, general economic and market conditions, and the restrictions contained
in the agreements governing the Company’s credit facilities and subordinated
debt and certain other factors. While $150.0 million is the maximum amount
allowable under the Credit Agreement, in 2005, under a prior board
authorization, the Company utilized approximately $78.0 million to repurchase
common stock leaving capacity of $72.0 million under the Credit Agreement.
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company repurchased 421,661 shares
of Class A common stock at an average price of $1.32 and 20.0 million shares of
Class D common stock at an average price of $0.58. The total shares repurchased
in 2008 were approximately 20.5 million, for a total amount of $12.1 million, at
an average price of $0.59. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had
approximately $59.9 million in capacity available under the 2008 stock
repurchase program, taking into account the limitations of the Credit Agreement
and prior repurchase activity.
The
Company continues to have an open stock repurchase authorization with respect to
its Class A and D stock and continued to make purchases subsequent to December
31, 2008. (See Note 19 – Subsequent Events.)
Stock
Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R), “Share — Based Payment,” using the
modified prospective method, which requires measurement of compensation cost for
all stock-based awards at fair value on date of grant and recognition of
compensation over the service period for awards expected to vest. The fair value
of stock options is determined using the Black- Scholes (“BSM”) valuation model,
which is consistent with our valuation methodologies previously used for options
in footnote disclosures required under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-based
Compensation”,as
amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation-Transition and
Disclosure.” Such fair value is recognized as an expense over the service
period, net of estimated forfeitures, using the straight-line method under
SFAS No. 123(R). Estimating the number of stock awards that will
ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent actual forfeitures differ
substantially from our current estimates, amounts will be recorded as a
cumulative adjustment in the period the estimated number of stock awards are
revised. We consider many factors when estimating expected forfeitures,
including the types of awards, employee classification and historical
experience. Actual forfeitures may differ substantially from our current
estimate.
The
Company also uses the BSM valuation model to calculate the fair value of
stock-based awards. The BSM incorporates various assumptions including
volatility, expected life, and interest rates. For options granted during the
year ended December 31, 2008, the Company used the BSM option-pricing model
and determined: (1) the term by using the simplified “plain-vanilla” method
as allowed under SAB No. 110; (2) a historical volatility over a
period commensurate with the expected term, with the observation of the
volatility on a daily basis; and (3) a risk-free interest rate that was
consistent with the expected term of the stock options and based on the U.S.
Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.
The
Company granted 1,913,000, 230,800 and 62,000 stock options during the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The per share
weighted-average fair value of options granted during the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was $0.74, $2.77 and $4.36,
respectively.
These fair values were derived
using the BSM with the following weighted-average assumptions:
Years Ended December
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Average
risk-free interest rate
|
3.37
|
%
|
4.67
|
%
|
4.97
|
%
|
||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
||
Expected
lives
|
6.5
years
|
7.4
years
|
7.7
years
|
|||||
Expected
volatility
|
49.7
|
%
|
39.6
|
%
|
40.0
|
%
|
Stock
Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan
Radio
One may issue up to 10,816,198 shares of Class D Common Stock under
the Company’s Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan (“Plan”). At
inception of the Plan, the Company’s board of directors authorized
1,408,099 shares of Class A common stock to be issuable under this
plan. As of December 31, 2008, 5,948,980 Class D shares were available for
grant. The options are exercisable in installments determined by the
compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors at the time of grant.
The options expire as determined by the compensation committee, but no later
than ten years from the date of the grant. The Company uses an average life for
all option awards. The Company settles stock options upon exercise by issuing
stock.
Transactions
and other information relating to stock options for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 are summarized.
Number
of Options
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term(In Years)
|
Aggregate
IntrinsicValue
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
7,069,000 | $ | 14.55 | — | — | |||||||||||
Grants
|
62,000 | 8.36 | ||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(6,900 | ) | 7.50 | |||||||||||||
Forfeited/cancelled/expired
|
(1,248,000 | ) | 14.97 | |||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
5,876,100 | 14.49 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Grants
|
230,800 | 5.54 | ||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
— | — | ||||||||||||||
Forfeited/cancelled/expired
|
(1,722,900 | ) | 14.50 | |||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
4,384,000 | 14.05 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Grants
|
1,913,000 | 1.41 | ||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
— | — | ||||||||||||||
Forfeited/cancelled/expired
|
(750,000 | ) | 14.32 | |||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
5,547,000 | $ | 9.64 | 6.67 | — | |||||||||||
Vested
and expected to vest at December 31, 2008
|
5,226,000 | $ | 10.02 | 6.54 | — | |||||||||||
Unvested
at December 31, 2008
|
2,236,000 | $ | 2.46 | 9.15 | ||||||||||||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2008
|
3,311,000 | $ | 14.47 | 5.01 | — |
The
aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the difference between
the Company’s stock closing price on the last day of trading for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of
shares that would have been received by the holders of in-the-money options had
all the option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2008. This
amount changes based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock. Total
intrinsic value of options exercised was $0 during the year ended
December 31, 2008. The number of options vested during the year ended
December 31, 2008 was 237,156.
F-19
As of
December 31, 2008, approximately $2.0 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a
weighted-average period of 11.2 months. The stock option weighted-average fair
value per share was $5.49 at December 31, 2008.
Transactions
and other information relating to restricted stock grants for the year ended
December 31, 2008 are summarized below:
Shares
|
Average
Fair
Value at Grant Date
|
|||||||
Unvested
at December 31, 2005
|
33,000 | 19.71 | ||||||
Grants
|
— | — | ||||||
Vested
|
(16,500 | ) | 19.71 | |||||
Forfeited/cancelled/expired
|
— | — | ||||||
Unvested
at December 31, 2006
|
16,500 | 19.71 | ||||||
Grants
|
232,200 | 6.20 | ||||||
Vested
|
(16,700 | ) | 19.71 | |||||
Forfeited/cancelled/expired
|
— | — | ||||||
Unvested
at December 31, 2007
|
232,000 | $ | 6.20 | |||||
Grants
|
525,000 | 1.41 | ||||||
Vested
|
(84,000 | ) | 5.05 | |||||
Forfeited/cancelled/expired
|
(45,000 | ) | 7.33 | |||||
Unvested
at December 31, 2008
|
628,000 | $ | 2.14 |
The
restricted stock grants were included in the Company’s outstanding share numbers
on the effective date of grant. As of December 31, 2008, $985,000 of total
unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock grants is expected to
be recognized over the next 1.3 years.
12. RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
In 2000,
an officer of the Company, the former Chief Financial Officer (“Former CFO”),
purchased shares of the Company’s common stock. The Former CFO
purchased 333,334 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and
666,666 shares of the Company’s Class D common stock. The stock was
purchased with the proceeds of full recourse loans from the Company in the
amount of approximately $7.0 million. In September 2005, the Former CFO
repaid a portion of his loan. The partial repayment of approximately
$7.5 million, which included accrued interest, was effected using
300,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and
230,000 shares of the Company’s Class D common stock owned by the
Former CFO. All shares transferred to the Company in satisfaction of this loan
have been retired. As of December 31, 2008, there was no remaining principal and
interest balance on the Former CFO’s loan. The Former CFO was employed with the
Company through December 31, 2007, and pursuant to an agreement with the
Company, the loan became due in full in July 2008. Pursuant to his employment
agreement, the Former CFO was eligible to receive a retention bonus in the
amount of approximately $3.1 million in cash on July 1, 2008, for having
remained employed with the Company through December 31, 2007. The $3.1 million
retention bonus was a pro rata portion of a $7.0 million retention bonus called
for in his employment agreement, had he remained employed with the Company for
ten years, and is based on the number of days of employment between October 18,
2005 and December 31, 2007. In July 2008, the Former CFO settled the
remaining balance of the loan in full by offsetting the loan with his after-tax
proceeds from the $3.1 million retention bonus, in addition to paying a cash
amount of $34,000 to the Company.
As of
December 31, 2007, the Company had an additional loan outstanding to the Former
CFO in the amount of $88,000. The loan was due on demand and accrued interest at
5.6%, totaling an amount of $53,000 as of December 31, 2007. In January
2008, the former CFO repaid the full remaining balance of the loan in cash in
the amount of $140,000.
In July
2006, the former Chief Operating Officer paid $407,000 to satisfy in full a 5.6%
unsecured loan issued and outstanding since 1999.
In July
2007, the Company acquired the assets of WDBZ-AM, a radio station located in the
Cincinnati metropolitan area from Blue Chip Communications, Inc. (“Blue Chip”)
for approximately $2.6 million in seller financing. The financing was a
5.1% interest bearing loan payable monthly, which was fully paid in July 2008.
In addition to the full principal repayment, interest in the amount of $15,000
and $79,000 was paid for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. Blue Chip is owned by L. Ross Love, a former member of the
Company’s board of directors. The transaction was approved by a special
committee of independent directors appointed by the board of directors.
Additionally, the Company retained an independent valuation firm to provide a
fair value appraisal of the station. Prior to the closing, and since August of
2001, the Company consolidated WDBZ-AM within its existing Cincinnati
operations, and operated WDBZ-AM under a LMA for no annual fee, the results of
which were incorporated in the Company’s financial statements.
In
September 2006, the Company purchased a radio broadcasting tower and related
facilities in the Detroit metropolitan area from American Signaling Corporation
for $925,000 in cash. The tower serves as the transmitter site for station
WDMK-FM. American Signaling Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Syndicated Communications Venture Partners II, LP. Terry L. Jones, a
general partner of Syndicated Communications Venture Partners II, LP, is
also a member of the Company’s board of directors. The terms of the transaction
were approved by an independent committee of the Company’s board of directors.
Prior to the purchase, the Company leased space on the tower for the broadcast
of WDMK-FM and paid American Signaling Corporation $50,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
The
Company’s CEO and Chairperson own a music company called Music One, Inc. (“Music
One”). The Company sometimes engages in promoting the recorded music product of
Music One. Based on the cross-promotional value received by the Company, we
believe that the provision of such promotion is fair. During the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, Radio One paid $151,000 and $69,000,
respectively, to or on behalf of Music One, primarily for
market talent event appearances, travel reimbursement and
sponsorships. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company provided
advertising to Music One in the amount of $61,000. There were no cash, trade or
no-charge orders placed by Music One in 2007 or 2006. As of December 31, 2008,
Music One owed Radio One $70,000 for office space and administrative services
provided in 2008 and 2007. In 2007, Music One paid to Radio One a total of
$169,000 for similar services provided during 2006 and 2005.
13. PROFIT
SHARING AND EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN:
The
Company maintains a profit sharing and employee savings plan under
Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. This plan allows eligible
employees to defer allowable portions of their compensation on a pre-tax basis
through contributions to the savings plan. The Company may contribute to the
plan at the discretion of its board of directors. Effective January 1,
2006, the Company began matching employee contributions to the employee savings
plan. As of January 1, 2008, the Company suspended the matching employer
contribution indefinitely. Employer contributions paid for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $0, approximately $1.3 million
and $1.2 million, respectively.
F-20
14. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES:
Radio
Broadcasting Licenses
Each of
the Company’s radio stations operates pursuant to one or more licenses issued by
the Federal Communications Commission that have a maximum term of eight years
prior to renewal. The Company’s radio broadcasting licenses expire at various
times through August 1, 2014. Although the Company may apply to renew its
radio broadcasting licenses, third parties may challenge the Company’s renewal
applications. The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would
prevent the Company from having its current licenses renewed.
TV
One Cable Network
Pursuant
to a limited liability company agreement dated July 18, 2003, the Company
and certain other investors formed TV One for the purpose of developing and
distributing a new television programming service. At that time, we committed to
make a cumulative cash investment in TV One of $74.0 million, of which
$60.3 million had been funded as of December 31, 2008. The initial
commitment period for funding the capital was extended to April 1, 2009, due in
part to TV One’s lower than anticipated capital needs during the initial
commitment period.
Royalty
Agreements
The
Company has entered into fixed fee and variable share agreements with music
performance rights organizations that expire as late as 2011. During the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, the Company incurred expenses,
including discontinued operations, of approximately $12.2 million,
$13.8 million and $12.6 million, respectively, in connection with
these agreements. Excluding discontinued operations, for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, the Company incurred expenses of
approximately $11.8 million, $11.5 million and $10.1 million,
respectively, in connection with these agreements.
Leases
and Other Operating Contracts and Agreements
The
Company has noncancelable operating leases for office space, studio space,
broadcast towers and transmitter facilities that expire over the next
21 years. The Company’s leases for broadcast facilities generally provide
for a base rent plus real estate taxes and certain operating expenses related to
the leases. Certain of the Company’s leases contain renewal options, escalating
payments over the life of the lease and rent concessions. Scheduled rent
increases and rent concessions are being amortized over the terms of the
agreements using the straight-line method, and are included in other liabilities
in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The future rentals under
non-cancelable leases as of December 31, 2008 are shown below.
The
Company has other operating contracts and agreements including employment
contracts, on-air talent contracts, severance obligations, retention bonuses,
consulting agreements, equipment rental agreements, programming related
agreements, and other general operating agreements that expire over the next six
years. The amounts the Company is obligated to pay for these agreements are
shown below.
Capital
Lease Payments
|
Operating
Lease
Payments
|
Other
Operating
Contracts
and
Agreements
|
||||||||||
Years
ending December 31:
|
||||||||||||
2009
|
$ | 214 | $ | 8,404 | $ | 48,874 | ||||||
2010
|
— | 7,217 | 23,483 | |||||||||
2011
|
— | 5,861 | 22,956 | |||||||||
2012
|
— | 4,306 | 23,092 | |||||||||
2013
|
— | 3,612 | 11,097 | |||||||||
Thereafter
|
— | 10,222 | 11,301 | |||||||||
Total
|
214 | $ | 39,622 | $ | 140,803 | |||||||
Less amount representing interest
|
4 | |||||||||||
Present
value of net minimum lease payments
|
210 | |||||||||||
Less
current maturities
|
(210 | ) | ||||||||||
Long-term
obligations, less interest
|
$ | — |
Rent
expense, including discontinued operations, for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was approximately $9.0 million,
$8.3 million and $8.6 million, respectively. Rent expense, excluding
discontinued operations, for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006 was approximately $8.9 million, $7.5 million and $7.6 million,
respectively. The total cost of assets under capital lease as of
December 31, 2008 was $933,000.
Investment
in Private Equity Fund
In
October 2007, the Company had committed (subject to the completion and execution
of requisite legal documentation) to invest in QCP Capital Partners, L.P.
(“QCP”). At that time the Company also had agreed to provide an unsecured
working capital line of credit to QCP Capital Partners, LLC, the management
company for QCP, in the amount of $775,000. As of December 31, 2008, the
Company had provided $457,000 under the line of credit. In December 2008, the
Company made a determination that there was a substantial likelihood that QCP
would not be able to proceed successfully with its fundraising, and therefore
the Company was unlikely to recover any of the amounts provided to QCP Capital
Partners, LLC pursuant to the October 2007 line of credit agreement. As a
result, in December 2008, the Company wrote off the full amount outstanding
under the line of credit agreement. No further investments in, or loans to, QCP
are anticipated to be made in the foreseeable future.
Other
Contingencies
The
Company has been named as a defendant in several legal actions arising in the
ordinary course of business. It is management’s opinion, after consultation with
its legal counsel, that the outcome of these claims will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
15. CONTRACT
TERMINATION:
In
connection with the September 2005 termination of the Company’s sales
representation agreements with Interep National Radio Sales, Inc. (“Interep”),
and its subsequent agreements with Katz Communications, Inc. (“Katz”) making
Katz the Company’s sole national sales representative, Katz paid the Company
$3.4 million as an inducement to enter into new agreements and paid Interep
approximately $5.3 million to satisfy the Company’s termination obligations. The
Company is amortizing both over the four-year life of the subsequent Katz
agreements as a reduction to selling, general, and administrative expense. For
each of the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, selling, general, and
administrative expense was reduced by approximately $1.9 million. As of December
31, 2008 and 2007, an unamortized amount of approximately $1.3 million and $2.1
million, respectively, is reflected in other current liabilities on the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2007, an
unamortized amount of approximately $1.4 million is reflected in other long term
liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
F-21
16. QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED):
Quarters Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31(a)
|
June 30
|
September 30 (a)
|
December 31(a)
|
|||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except share data)
|
||||||||||||||||
2008:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
revenue
|
$ | 72,498 | $ | 83,432 | $ | 86,156 | $ | 74,330 | ||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
18,587 | 11,828 | (315,636 | ) | (64,224 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
(11,029 | ) | (13,010 | ) | (266,752 | ) | (6,643 | ) | ||||||||
Net
(loss) income from discontinued operations
|
(7,823 | ) | 1,334 | 639 | 339 | |||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(18,852 | ) | (11,676 | ) | (266,113 | ) | (6,304 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations per share — basic and
diluted
|
(0.11 | ) | (0.13 | ) | (2.82 | ) | (0.08 | )* | ||||||||
Net
(loss) income from discontinued operations per share — basic and
diluted
|
(0.08 | ) | 0.01 | 0.01 | (0.00 | )* | ||||||||||
Net
loss per share — basic and diluted
|
(0.19 | ) | (0.12 | ) | (2.81 | ) | (0.07 | )* | ||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding — basic
|
98,728,411 | 98,403,298 | 94,537,081 | 85,093,359 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding — diluted
|
98,728,411 | 98,403,298 | 94,537,081 | 85,093,359 |
(a)
The
net loss from continuing operations for the quarters ended September 30,
2008 and December 31, 2008 includes approximately $337.9 million and
$85.3 million of pre-tax impairment of long-lived assets, respectively.
The quarter ended March 31, 2008 included a pre-tax impairment for
long-lived assets of approximately $5.1 million for discontinued
operations.
*
Per share amounts may not add due to rounding.
|
|||||||||||||||||
Quarters Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||
March 31
|
June 30(a)
|
September 30
|
December 31(a)
|
||||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted – See Note 1)
|
|||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except share data)
|
|||||||||||||||||
2007:
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
revenue
|
$ | 74,005 | $ | 82,584 | $ | 88,184 | $ | 74,779 | |||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
21,986 | 21,214 | 32,717 | (187,599 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net
(loss) income from continuing operations
|
(2,403 | ) | (275 | ) | 4,904 | (259,613 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
loss from discontinued operations
|
(579 | ) | (4,796 | ) | (214 | ) | (128,525 | ) | |||||||||
Net
(loss) income
|
(2,982 | ) | (5,071 | ) | 4,690 | (388,138 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
(loss) income from continuing operations per share — basic and
diluted
|
(0.02 | ) | 0.00 | 0.05 | (2.63 | ) | |||||||||||
Net
loss from discontinued operations per share — basic and
diluted
|
(0.01 | ) | (0.05 | ) | 0.00 | (1.30 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
(loss) income per share — basic and diluted
|
(0.03 | ) | (0.05 | ) | 0.05 | (3.93 | ) | ||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding — basic
|
98,710,633 | 98,710,633 | 98,710,633 | 98,710,633 | |||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding — diluted
|
98,710,633 | 98,710,633 | 98,725,387 | 98,710,633 |
(a)
|
The
net (loss) income from continuing operations for the quarters ended June
30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 includes approximately $5.5 million
and $205.5 million of pre-tax impairment of long-lived assets,
respectively. Net loss from discontinued operations for the quarters ended
June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 includes approximately $10.4 million
and $198.6 million of pre-tax impairment of long-lived assets,
respectively. The quarter ended December 31, 2007 includes an approximate
$134.0 million charge for recording a valuation allowance against deferred
tax assets.
|
During
the second quarter of 2008, Radio One was advised that prior period financial
statements of TV One, an affiliate accounted for under the equity method, had
been restated to correct certain errors that affected the reported amount of
members’ equity and liabilities. These restatement adjustments had a
corresponding effect on the Company’s share of the earnings of TV One reported
in prior periods. Under the guidance of SAB No. 99, “Materiality” and SAB No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year
Financial Statements,” the Company has determined the errors are
immaterial to our consolidated financial statements for all prior
periods. However, because the effects of correcting the cumulative
prior period errors would have been material to our second quarter 2008
consolidated financial statements, we have adjusted certain previously reported
amounts in the accompanying 2007 interim consolidated financial statements.
Presented below is the impact on the statement of operations for the quarters
ended March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2007 which have not been adjusted in prior
filings.
The
impact on the statement of operations is as follows (in thousands, except share
data):
Selected
Statement of Operations Data
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
Three
Months Ended December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
As
Previously
Reported*
|
Adjustments
|
As
Adjusted
|
As
Previously Reported*
|
Adjustments
|
As
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Equity
in Loss of Affiliated Company
|
$
|
492
|
$
|
3,726
|
$
|
4,218
|
$
|
3,897
|
$
|
1,730
|
$
|
5,627
|
||||||||||||||
Income
(Loss) before benefit from income taxes, minority interest in income of
subsidiaries and discontinued operations
|
$
|
3,718
|
$
|
(3,726
|
)
|
$
|
(8
|
)
|
$
|
(209,206
|
)
|
$
|
(1,730
|
)
|
$
|
(210,936
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
1,360
|
$
|
(3,726
|
)
|
$
|
(2,366
|
)
|
$
|
(257,883
|
)
|
$
|
(1,730
|
)
|
$
|
(259,613
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
744
|
$
|
(3,726
|
)
|
$
|
(2,982
|
)
|
$
|
(386,408
|
)
|
$
|
(1,730
|
)
|
$
|
(388,138
|
)
|
|||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Income (loss) from Continuing Operations per Common
Share
|
$
|
0.01
|
**
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)**
|
$
|
(2.61
|
)
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
(2.63
|
)
|
||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations per Common
Share
|
(0.01
|
)**
|
0.00
|
(0.01
|
)**
|
(1.30
|
)
|
0.00
|
(1.30
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
|
$
|
0.01
|
**
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)**
|
$
|
(3.91
|
)
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
(3.93
|
)
|
*
As adjusted to reflect the impact of discontinued operations for the Company’s
disposal of the Los Angeles station.
** Per
share amounts do not add due to rounding.
F-22
17. SEGMENT
INFORMATION:
Given its
recent diversification strategy, the Company now has two reportable segments:
(i) Radio Broadcasting and (ii) Internet/Publishing. These two segments operate
in the United States and are consistently aligned with the Company’s management
of its businesses and its financial reporting structure.
The Radio
Broadcasting segment consists of all broadcast and Reach Media results of
operations. The Internet/Publishing segment includes the results of our online
business, including the operations of CCI since its date of acquisition, and
Giant Magazine. Corporate/Eliminations/Other represents financial activity
associated with our corporate staff and offices, inter-company activity between
the two segments and activity associated with a small film venture.
Operating
loss or income represents total revenues less operating expenses, depreciation
and amortization, and impairment of long-lived assets. Inter-company revenue
earned and expenses charged between segments are recorded at fair value and
eliminated in consolidation.
The
accounting policies described in the summary of significant accounting policies
in Note 1 of these consolidated financial statements – Organization and Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies are applied consistently across the two
segments.
Detailed
segment data for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 is presented
in the following table:
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Net
Revenue:
|
||||||||||||
Radio
Broadcasting
|
$
|
304,976
|
$
|
319,647
|
$
|
323,043
|
||||||
Internet/Publishing
|
15,298
|
3,153
|
-
|
|||||||||
Corporate/Eliminations/Other
|
(3,858
|
)
|
(3,248
|
)
|
(1,418
|
)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$
|
316,416
|
$
|
319,552
|
$
|
321,625
|
||||||
Operating
Expenses (including stock-based compensation):
|
||||||||||||
Radio
Broadcasting
|
$
|
175,706
|
$
|
181,155
|
$
|
176,657
|
||||||
Internet/Publishing
|
25,120
|
8,351
|
-
|
|||||||||
Corporate/Eliminations/Other
|
22,689
|
15,909
|
18,416
|
|||||||||
Consolidated
|
$
|
223,515
|
$
|
205,415
|
$
|
195,073
|
||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization:
|
||||||||||||
Radio
Broadcasting
|
$
|
13,483
|
$
|
13,551
|
$
|
12,948
|
||||||
Internet/Publishing
|
4,261
|
87
|
-
|
|||||||||
Corporate/Eliminations/Other
|
1,380
|
1,130
|
942
|
|||||||||
Consolidated
|
$
|
19,124
|
$
|
14,768
|
$
|
13,890
|
||||||
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets:
|
||||||||||||
Radio
Broadcasting
|
$
|
423,220
|
$
|
211,051
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Internet/Publishing
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Corporate/Eliminations/Other
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Consolidated
|
$
|
423,220
|
$
|
211,051
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Operating
(loss) income:
|
||||||||||||
Radio
Broadcasting
|
$
|
(307,433
|
)
|
$
|
(86,110
|
)
|
$
|
133,438
|
||||
Internet/Publishing
|
(14,083
|
)
|
(5,285
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Corporate/Eliminations/Other
|
(27,927
|
)
|
(20,287
|
)
|
(20,776
|
)
|
||||||
Consolidated
|
$
|
(349,443
|
)
|
$
|
(111,682
|
)
|
$
|
112,662
|
||||
Total
Assets:
|
||||||||||||
Radio
Broadcasting
|
$
|
1,169,925
|
$
|
1,667,941
|
$
|
2,099,089
|
||||||
Internet/Publishing
|
43,001
|
2,402
|
1,809
|
|||||||||
Corporate/Eliminations/Other
|
(87,449
|
)
|
(21,989
|
)
|
94,312
|
|||||||
Consolidated
|
$
|
1,125,477
|
$
|
1,648,354
|
$
|
2,195,210
|
F-23
18. CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The
Company conducts a portion of its business through its subsidiaries. All of the
Company’s Subsidiary Guarantors have fully and unconditionally guaranteed the
Company’s 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011, the 63/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due February 2013, and the Company’s obligations under the
Credit Agreement.
Set forth
below are consolidated balance sheets for the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and related consolidated
statements of operations and cash flow for each of the three years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006. The equity method of accounting has been
used by the Company to report its investments in subsidiaries. Separate
financial statements for the Subsidiary Guarantors are not presented based on
management’s determination that they do not provide additional information that
is material to investors.
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
BALANCE SHEETS
|
||||||||||||||||
As
of December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
One,
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
2,601
|
$
|
19,688
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
22,289
|
||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts
|
25,930
|
24,007
|
-
|
49,937
|
||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
1,941
|
3,619
|
-
|
5,560
|
||||||||||||
Deferred tax
assets
|
-
|
108
|
-
|
108
|
||||||||||||
Current
assets from discontinued operations
|
246
|
57
|
-
|
303
|
||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
30,718
|
47,479
|
-
|
78,197
|
||||||||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
28,161
|
20,441
|
-
|
48,602
|
||||||||||||
INTANGIBLE
ASSETS, net
|
626,725
|
318,244
|
-
|
944,969
|
||||||||||||
INVESTMENT
IN SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
669,308
|
(669,308
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
INVESTMENT
IN AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
-
|
47,852
|
-
|
47,852
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
413
|
5,384
|
-
|
5,797
|
||||||||||||
NON-CURRENT
ASSESTS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
|
60
|
-
|
-
|
60
|
||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
686,077
|
$
|
1,108,708
|
$
|
(669,308
|
)
|
$
|
1,125,477
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
1,882
|
$
|
1,809
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
3,691
|
||||||||
Accrued
interest
|
-
|
10,082
|
-
|
10,082
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
compensation and related benefits
|
3,042
|
7,492
|
-
|
10,534
|
||||||||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
-
|
30
|
-
|
30
|
||||||||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
5,364
|
7,113
|
-
|
12,477
|
||||||||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
210
|
43,597
|
-
|
43,807
|
||||||||||||
Current
liabilities from discontinued operations
|
30
|
552
|
-
|
582
|
||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
10,528
|
70,675
|
-
|
81,203
|
||||||||||||
LONG-TERM
DEBT, net of current portion
|
-
|
631,555
|
-
|
631,555
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
-
|
11,008
|
-
|
11,008
|
||||||||||||
DEFERRED TAX
LIABILITIES
|
6,241
|
79,995
|
-
|
86,236
|
||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
16,769
|
793,233
|
-
|
810,002
|
||||||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARY
|
-
|
1,981
|
-
|
1,981
|
||||||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
-
|
79
|
-
|
79
|
||||||||||||
Accumulated
comprehensive income adjustments
|
-
|
(2,981
|
)
|
-
|
(2,981
|
)
|
||||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
301,002
|
1,033,921
|
(301,002
|
)
|
1,033,921
|
|||||||||||
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
368,306
|
(717,525
|
)
|
(368,306
|
)
|
(717,525
|
)
|
|||||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
669,308
|
313,494
|
(669,308
|
)
|
313,494
|
|||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
686,077
|
$
|
1,108,708
|
$
|
(669,308
|
)
|
$
|
1,125,477
|
F-24
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
BALANCE SHEETS
|
||||||||||||||||
As
of December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
||||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
Radio
One, Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted - See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
822
|
$
|
23,425
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
24,247
|
||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts
|
25,297
|
25,128
|
-
|
50,425
|
||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
2,340
|
3,778
|
-
|
6,118
|
||||||||||||
Deferred tax
assets
|
-
|
158
|
-
|
158
|
||||||||||||
Current
assets from discontinued operations
|
622
|
2,627
|
-
|
3,249
|
||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
29,081
|
55,116
|
-
|
84,197
|
||||||||||||
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
|
25,203
|
19,537
|
-
|
44,740
|
||||||||||||
INTANGIBLE
ASSETS, net
|
926,711
|
383,610
|
-
|
1,310,321
|
||||||||||||
INVESTMENT
IN SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
934,990
|
(934,990
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
INVESTMENT
IN AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
-
|
48,399
|
-
|
48,399
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
ASSETS
|
632
|
7,941
|
-
|
8,573
|
||||||||||||
NON-CURRENT
ASSESTS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
|
64
|
152,060
|
-
|
152,124
|
||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
981,691
|
$
|
1,601,653
|
$
|
(934,990
|
)
|
$
|
1,648,354
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
1,026
|
$
|
3,932
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,958
|
||||||||
Accrued
interest
|
-
|
19,004
|
-
|
19,004
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
compensation and related benefits
|
3,007
|
13,312
|
-
|
16,319
|
||||||||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
-
|
4,463
|
-
|
4,463
|
||||||||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
3,446
|
8,678
|
-
|
12,124
|
||||||||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
-
|
26,004
|
-
|
26,004
|
||||||||||||
Current
liabilities from discontinued operations
|
344
|
2,360
|
-
|
2,704
|
||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
7,823
|
77,753
|
-
|
85,576
|
||||||||||||
LONG-TERM
DEBT, net of current portion
|
-
|
789,500
|
-
|
789,500
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
1,994
|
3,233
|
-
|
5,227
|
||||||||||||
DEFERRED TAX
LIABILITIES
|
36,884
|
98,077
|
-
|
134,961
|
||||||||||||
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
|
-
|
483
|
-
|
483
|
||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
46,701
|
969,046
|
-
|
1,015,747
|
||||||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARY
|
-
|
3,889
|
-
|
3,889
|
||||||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
-
|
99
|
-
|
99
|
||||||||||||
Accumulated
comprehensive income adjustments
|
-
|
644
|
-
|
644
|
||||||||||||
Stock
subscriptions receivable
|
-
|
(1,717
|
)
|
-
|
(1,717
|
)
|
||||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
274,895
|
1,044,273
|
(274,895
|
)
|
1,044,273
|
|||||||||||
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
660,095
|
(414,581
|
)
|
(660,095
|
)
|
(414,581
|
)
|
|||||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
934,990
|
628,718
|
(934,990
|
)
|
628,718
|
|||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
981,691
|
$
|
1,601,653
|
$
|
(934,990
|
)
|
$
|
1,648,354
|
F-25
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
One,
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$
|
145,906
|
$
|
170,470
|
$
|
40
|
$
|
316,416
|
||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Programming
and technical, including stock-based
compensation
|
38,514
|
43,607
|
-
|
82,121
|
||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative, including stock-based
compensation
|
60,070
|
44,967
|
-
|
105,037
|
||||||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative, including
stock-based
compensation
|
-
|
36,357
|
-
|
36,357
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
10,031
|
9,093
|
-
|
19,124
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
328,971
|
94,249
|
-
|
423,220
|
||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
437,586
|
228,273
|
-
|
665,859
|
||||||||||||
Operating
(loss) income
|
(291,680
|
)
|
(57,803
|
)
|
40
|
(349,443
|
)
|
|||||||||
INTEREST
INCOME
|
4
|
487
|
-
|
491
|
||||||||||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE
|
24
|
59,665
|
-
|
59,689
|
||||||||||||
EQUITY
IN LOSS OF AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
-
|
3,652
|
-
|
3,652
|
||||||||||||
GAIN
ON RETIREMENT OF DEBT
|
-
|
74,017
|
-
|
74,017
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
46
|
(407
|
)
|
-
|
(361
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss before
(benefit from) provision for income taxes and minority interest in income
of subsidiary and income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of
tax
|
(291,654
|
)
|
(47,023
|
)
|
40
|
(338,637
|
)
|
|||||||||
(BENEFIT
FROM) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
|
(56,025)
|
10,825
|
-
|
(45,200
|
)
|
|||||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
3,997
|
-
|
3,997
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss before equity in income of subsidiaries and income (loss) from
discontinued operations, net of tax
|
(235,629
|
)
|
(61,845
|
)
|
40
|
(297,434
|
)
|
|||||||||
EQUITY
IN LOSS OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
(235,629
|
)
|
235,629
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(235,629
|
)
|
(297,474
|
)
|
235,669
|
(297,434
|
)
|
|||||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAX
|
1,159
|
(6,629
|
)
|
(40
|
)
|
(5,510
|
)
|
|||||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$
|
(234,470
|
)
|
$
|
(304,103
|
)
|
$
|
235,629
|
$
|
(302,944
|
)
|
F-26
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
One,
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted - See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$
|
144,036
|
$
|
175,413
|
$
|
103
|
$
|
319,552
|
||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Programming
and technical, including stock-based compensation
|
30,840
|
43,106
|
107
|
74,053
|
||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative, including stock-based
Compensation
|
54,991
|
47,975
|
-
|
102,966
|
||||||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative, including stock-
based
compensation
|
-
|
28,396
|
-
|
28,396
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
5,969
|
8,799
|
-
|
14,768
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
206,828
|
4,223
|
-
|
211,051
|
||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
298,628
|
132,499
|
107
|
431,234
|
||||||||||||
Operating
(loss) income
|
(154,592)
|
42,914
|
(4
|
)
|
(111,682
|
)
|
||||||||||
INTEREST
INCOME
|
-
|
1,242
|
-
|
1,242
|
||||||||||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE
|
1
|
72,769
|
-
|
72,770
|
||||||||||||
EQUITY
IN LOSS OF AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
-
|
15,836
|
-
|
15,836
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
EXPENSE, NET
|
-
|
347
|
-
|
347
|
||||||||||||
Loss
before provision for income taxes and minority interest in income of
subsidiary and loss from discontinued operations, net of
tax
|
(154,593
|
)
|
(44,796
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(199,393
|
)
|
||||||||
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
|
41,932
|
12,151
|
-
|
54,083
|
||||||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
3,910
|
-
|
3,910
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss before equity in income of subsidiaries and loss from discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
(196,525
|
)
|
(60,857
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(257,386
|
)
|
||||||||
EQUITY
IN LOSS OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
(196,525
|
)
|
196,525
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net loss
from continuing operations
|
(196,525
|
)
|
(257,382
|
)
|
196,521
|
(257,386
|
)
|
|||||||||
LOSS
FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAX
|
(6,471
|
)
|
(127,647
|
)
|
4
|
(134,114
|
)
|
|||||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$
|
(202,996
|
)
|
$
|
(385,029
|
)
|
$
|
196,525
|
$
|
(391,500
|
)
|
|||||
F-27
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
One,
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted - See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$
|
140,400
|
$
|
181,114
|
$
|
111
|
$
|
321,625
|
||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Programming
and technical, including stock-based
compensation
|
25,261
|
43,348
|
209
|
68,818
|
||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative, including stock-
based
compensation
|
49,611
|
48,405
|
-
|
98,016
|
||||||||||||
Corporate
selling, general and administrative,
including
stock-based compensation
|
-
|
28,239
|
-
|
28,239
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
5,720
|
8,170
|
-
|
13,890
|
||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
80,592
|
128,162
|
209
|
208,963
|
||||||||||||
Operating income
(loss)
|
59,808
|
52,952
|
(98
|
)
|
112,662
|
|||||||||||
INTEREST
INCOME
|
7
|
1,386
|
-
|
1,393
|
||||||||||||
INTEREST
EXPENSE
|
2
|
72,930
|
-
|
72,932
|
||||||||||||
EQUITY
IN LOSS OF AFFILIATED COMPANY
|
-
|
2,341
|
-
|
2,341
|
||||||||||||
OTHER
EXPENSE
|
-
|
283
|
-
|
283
|
||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes and minority
interest in income of subsidiary and income (loss) from discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
59,813
|
(21,216
|
)
|
(98
|
)
|
38,499
|
||||||||||
PROVISION
FOR (BENEFIT FROM) INCOME TAXES
|
23,821
|
(5,561
|
)
|
-
|
18,260
|
|||||||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
3,004
|
-
|
3,004
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) before equity in income of subsidiaries and income (loss)
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
35,992
|
(18,659
|
)
|
(98
|
)
|
17,235
|
||||||||||
EQUITY
IN INCOME (LOSS) OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
-
|
35,992
|
(35,992
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
35,992
|
17,333
|
(36,090
|
)
|
17,235
|
|||||||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAX
|
4,216
|
(28,279
|
)
|
98
|
(23,965
|
)
|
||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
|
$
|
40,208
|
$
|
(10,946
|
)
|
$
|
(35,992
|
)
|
$
|
(6,730
|
)
|
F-28
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
One,
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income
|
$
|
(234,470
|
)
|
$
|
(304,103
|
) |
$
|
235,629
|
|
$
|
(302,944
|
)
|
||||
Adjust for net income (loss) from discontinued
operations
|
(1,159
|
) |
6,629
|
|
40
|
|
5,510
|
|
||||||||
Net (loss) income from continuing operations
|
(235,629
|
)
|
(297,474
|
) |
235,669
|
|
(297,434
|
)
|
||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile (loss) income to net cash from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
10,031
|
9,093
|
-
|
19,124
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs
|
-
|
2,591
|
-
|
2,591
|
||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
-
|
(49,687
|
)
|
-
|
(49,687
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
328,972
|
94,248
|
-
|
423,220
|
||||||||||||
Equity in net losses of affiliated company
|
-
|
3,652
|
-
|
3,652
|
||||||||||||
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
|
-
|
3,997
|
-
|
3,997
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation and other non-cash compensation
|
389
|
1,343
|
-
|
1,732
|
||||||||||||
Gain on retirement of debt
|
-
|
(74,017
|
) |
-
|
(74,017
|
) | ||||||||||
Amortization of contract inducement and termination fee
|
(896
|
)
|
(999
|
)
|
-
|
(1,895
|
)
|
|||||||||
Change in interest due on stock subscription receivable
|
-
|
(20
|
)
|
-
|
(20
|
)
|
||||||||||
Effect
of change in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets
acquired:
|
||||||||||||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net
|
(633
|
)
|
1,121
|
-
|
488
|
|||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
400
|
(373
|
)
|
-
|
27
|
|||||||||||
Other assets
|
220
|
(801
|
)
|
-
|
(581
|
)
|
||||||||||
Accounts payable
|
856
|
(1,914
|
)
|
-
|
(1,058
|
)
|
||||||||||
Due to corporate/from subsidiaries | (50,128 | ) | 50,128 | - | - | |||||||||||
Accrued interest
|
-
|
(8,921
|
)
|
-
|
(8,921
|
)
|
||||||||||
Accrued compensation and related benefits
|
35
|
(6,029
|
)
|
-
|
(5,994
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income taxes payable
|
-
|
(4,433
|
)
|
-
|
(4,433
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other liabilities
|
(10,927
|
)
|
16,632
|
-
|
5,705
|
|||||||||||
Net cash flows used in operating activities from discontinued
operations
|
(351
|
)
|
(2,313
|
)
|
-
|
(2,664
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities
|
42,339
|
(264,176
|
) |
235,669
|
|
13,832
|
||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment
|
(5,058
|
)
|
(7,539
|
)
|
-
|
(12,597
|
)
|
|||||||||
Cash paid for acquisitions
|
(34,918
|
)
|
(35,537
|
)
|
-
|
(70,455
|
)
|
|||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries
|
-
|
235,669
|
|
(235,669
|
) |
-
|
||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
-
|
150,224
|
-
|
150,224
|
||||||||||||
Purchase of intangible assets
|
(584
|
)
|
(342
|
)
|
-
|
(926
|
)
|
|||||||||
Deposits and payments for station purchases and other
assets
|
-
|
(215
|
) |
-
|
(215
|
) | ||||||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities from discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Net cash flows (used in) from investing activities
|
(40,560
|
)
|
342,260
|
|
(235,669
|
) |
66,031
|
|||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Repayment
of Senior Subordinated Notes
|
-
|
(120,787
|
)
|
-
|
(120,787
|
)
|
||||||||||
Repayment of other debt
|
-
|
(1,004
|
)
|
-
|
(1,004
|
)
|
||||||||||
Proceeds from credit facility
|
-
|
227,000
|
-
|
227,000
|
||||||||||||
Repurchase of common stock
|
-
|
(12,104
|
)
|
-
|
(12,104
|
)
|
||||||||||
Payment of credit facility
|
-
|
(170,299
|
)
|
-
|
(170,299
|
)
|
||||||||||
Payment of stock subscriptions receivable
|
-
|
1,737
|
-
|
1,737
|
||||||||||||
Payment to minority interest shareholders
|
-
|
(6,364
|
)
|
-
|
(6,364
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows used in financing activities
|
-
|
(81,821
|
)
|
-
|
(81,821
|
)
|
||||||||||
INCREASE
(DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
1,779
|
|
(3,737
|
) |
-
|
(1,958
|
)
|
|||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
822
|
23,425
|
|
-
|
24,247
|
|||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
$
|
2,601
|
$
|
19,688
|
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
22,289
|
F-29
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
One,
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net (loss)
|
$
|
(202,996
|
)
|
$
|
(385,029
|
)
|
$
|
196,525
|
$
|
(391,500
|
)
|
|||||
Adjust for net loss from discontinued operations
|
6,471
|
127,647
|
(4
|
) |
134,114
|
|||||||||||
Net (loss) from continuing operations
|
(196,525
|
)
|
(257,382
|
)
|
196,521
|
(257,386
|
)
|
|||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile loss to net cash from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
5,969
|
8,799
|
-
|
14,768
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs
|
-
|
2,241
|
-
|
2,241
|
||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
-
|
(28,013
|
)
|
-
|
(28,013
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
206,828
|
4,223
|
-
|
211,051
|
||||||||||||
Equity in net losses of affiliated company
|
-
|
15,836
|
-
|
15,836
|
||||||||||||
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
|
-
|
3,910
|
-
|
3,910
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation and other non-cash compensation
|
1,246
|
1,791
|
-
|
3,037
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of contract inducement and termination fee
|
(896
|
)
|
(913
|
)
|
-
|
(1,809
|
)
|
|||||||||
Change in interest due on stock subscription receivable
|
-
|
(75
|
)
|
-
|
(75
|
)
|
||||||||||
Effect
of change in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets
acquired:
|
||||||||||||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net
|
1,211
|
2,558
|
-
|
3,769
|
||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
(441
|
)
|
(744
|
)
|
-
|
(1,185
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income tax receivable
|
-
|
1,296
|
-
|
1,296
|
||||||||||||
Other assets
|
38
|
(399
|
)
|
-
|
(361
|
)
|
||||||||||
Due to corporate/from subsidiaries
|
(18,564
|
) |
18,564
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Accounts payable
|
(2,179
|
)
|
(2,620
|
)
|
-
|
(4,799
|
)
|
|||||||||
Accrued interest
|
-
|
(270
|
)
|
-
|
(270
|
)
|
||||||||||
Accrued compensation and related benefits
|
361
|
(1,453
|
)
|
-
|
(1,092
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income taxes payable
|
-
|
1,997
|
-
|
1,997
|
||||||||||||
Other liabilities
|
1,288
|
1,221
|
-
|
2,509
|
||||||||||||
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities from discontinued
operations
|
6,168
|
72,418
|
4
|
|
78,590
|
|||||||||||
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities
|
4,504
|
(157,015
|
)
|
196,525
|
44,014
|
|||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment
|
(4,552
|
)
|
(5,651
|
)
|
-
|
(10,203
|
)
|
|||||||||
Equity investments
|
-
|
(12,590
|
)
|
-
|
(12,590
|
)
|
||||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries
|
-
|
196,525
|
|
(196,525
|
) |
-
|
||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
-
|
108,100
|
-
|
108,100
|
||||||||||||
Deposits and payments for station purchases and other
assets
|
-
|
(5,904
|
)
|
-
|
(5,904
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities from discontinued
operations
|
-
|
(935
|
)
|
-
|
(935
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities
|
(4,552
|
)
|
279,545
|
|
(196,525
|
) |
78,468
|
|||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Repayment
of debt
|
(14
|
)
|
(124,683
|
)
|
-
|
(124,697
|
)
|
|||||||||
Payment of bank financing costs
|
-
|
(3,004
|
)
|
-
|
(3,004
|
)
|
||||||||||
Payment to minority interest shareholders
|
-
|
(2,940
|
)
|
-
|
(2,940
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows used in financing activities
|
(14
|
)
|
(130,627
|
)
|
-
|
(130,641
|
)
|
|||||||||
INCREASE
(DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(62
|
) |
(8,097
|
)
|
-
|
(8,159
|
)
|
|||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
884
|
31,522
|
-
|
32,406
|
||||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
$
|
822
|
$
|
23,425
|
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
24,247
|
F-30
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATING
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Guarantor
|
Radio
|
|||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries
|
One,
Inc.
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
(As
Adjusted - See Note 1)
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
40,208
|
$
|
(10,946
|
)
|
$
|
(35,992
|
)
|
$
|
(6,730
|
)
|
|||||
Adjust for net loss (income) from discontinued operations
|
(4,216
|
) |
28,279
|
(98
|
) |
23,965
|
||||||||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
|
35,992
|
17,333
|
(36,090
|
)
|
17,235
|
|||||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile loss to net cash from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
5,720
|
8,170
|
-
|
13,890
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs
|
-
|
2,097
|
-
|
2,097
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of production content
|
-
|
2,277
|
-
|
2,277
|
||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
-
|
2,066
|
-
|
2,066
|
||||||||||||
Loss on write-down of investment
|
-
|
270
|
-
|
270
|
||||||||||||
Equity in net losses of affiliated company
|
-
|
2,341
|
-
|
2,341
|
||||||||||||
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
|
-
|
3,004
|
-
|
3,004
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation and other non-cash compensation
|
1,717
|
4,264
|
-
|
5,981
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of contract inducement and termination fee
|
(975
|
)
|
(1,090
|
)
|
-
|
(2,065
|
)
|
|||||||||
Change in interest due on stock subscription receivable
|
-
|
(76
|
)
|
-
|
(76
|
)
|
||||||||||
Effect
of change in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets
acquired:
|
||||||||||||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net
|
(2,378
|
)
|
(3,032
|
)
|
-
|
(5,410
|
)
|
|||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
119
|
2,277
|
-
|
2,396
|
||||||||||||
Income tax receivable
|
-
|
2,639
|
-
|
2,639
|
||||||||||||
Other assets
|
-
|
1,000
|
-
|
1,000
|
||||||||||||
Due to corporate/from subsidiaries
|
(62,497
|
)
|
62,497
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Accounts payable
|
1,536
|
1,134
|
-
|
2,670
|
||||||||||||
Accrued interest
|
-
|
(35
|
)
|
-
|
(35
|
)
|
||||||||||
Accrued compensation and related benefits
|
82
|
(2,222
|
)
|
-
|
(2,140
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income taxes payable
|
-
|
(1,340
|
)
|
-
|
(1,340
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other liabilities
|
(799
|
)
|
2,703
|
-
|
1,904
|
|||||||||||
Net cash used in operating activities from discontinued
operations
|
73,162
|
(44,504
|
)
|
98
|
|
28,756
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows from operating activities
|
51,679
|
61,773
|
(35,992
|
)
|
77,460
|
|||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment
|
(6,421
|
)
|
(7,180
|
)
|
-
|
(13,601
|
)
|
|||||||||
Equity investments
|
-
|
(17,086
|
)
|
-
|
(17,086
|
)
|
||||||||||
Acquisitions
|
(44,063
|
)
|
875
|
-
|
(43,188
|
)
|
||||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries
|
-
|
(35,992
|
)
|
35,992
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
-
|
30,000
|
-
|
30,000
|
||||||||||||
Deposits and payments for station purchases and other
assets
|
(1,085
|
)
|
(44
|
)
|
-
|
(1,129
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities from discontinued
operations
|
-
|
(1,223
|
)
|
-
|
(1,223
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities
|
(51,569
|
)
|
(30,650
|
)
|
35,992
|
(46,227
|
)
|
|||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Repayment of debt
|
(20
|
)
|
(48,000
|
)
|
-
|
(48,020
|
)
|
|||||||||
Proceeds from credit facility
|
-
|
33,000
|
-
|
33,000
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
|
-
|
52
|
-
|
52
|
||||||||||||
Payment to minority interest shareholders
|
-
|
(2,940
|
)
|
-
|
(2,940
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash flows used in financing activities
|
(20
|
)
|
(17,888
|
)
|
-
|
(17,908
|
)
|
|||||||||
INCREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
90
|
13,235
|
-
|
13,325
|
||||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
794
|
18,287
|
-
|
19,081
|
||||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
$
|
884
|
$
|
31,522
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
32,406
|
||||||||
F-31
19. SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS:
During
January 2009, the Company repurchased in the open market, approximately $2.4
million of its 87/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due July 2011 at an average discount of 50.0%. The Company
recorded a gain on the retirement of debt of approximately $1.2 million, net of
the write-off of deferred financing costs of $16,000. The Company funded the
debt retirement with cash on hand. The balance of notes outstanding as of
January 31, 2009 was $101.5 million.
During
January and February 2009, the Company repurchased 1,900 shares of Class A
common stock in the amount of $884 at an average price of $0.46 per share and
8,341,165 shares of Class D common stock in the amount of approximately $4.2
million at an average price of $0.51 per share. As of February 27, 2009, the
Company had $55.7 million in capacity available under its share repurchase
program.
On
March 3, 2009, S&P lowered our corporate credit rating to B- from B and the
issue-level rating on our $800.0 million secured credit facility to B- from BB-.
While noting that our rating outlook was negative, the ratings downgrade
reflects concern over the Company’s ability to maintain compliance with
financial covenants due to weak radio advertising demand amid the deepening
recession, which S&P expects to persist for all of 2009.
F-32
RADIO
ONE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II —
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
For
the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006
Description
|
Balance
at
Beginning
of Year
|
Additions
Charged
to
Expense
|
Acquired
from
Acquisitions
|
Deductions
|
Balance
at End
of Year
|
|||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 2,021 | $ | 5,172 | $ | 55 | $ | 3,459 | $ | 3,789 | ||||||||||
2007
|
3,743 | 1,452 | - | 3,174 | 2,021 | |||||||||||||||
2006
|
2,710 | 4,177 | 23 | 3,167 | 3,743 |
Description
|
Balance
at Beginning
of Year
|
Additions
Charged
to Expense
|
Acquired
from
Acquisitions
|
Deductions(1)
|
Balance
at End
of Year
|
|||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Valuation
Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 133,977 | $ | 69,212 | $ | 1,088 | $ | 1,479 | $ | 205,756 | ||||||||||
2007
|
2,248 | 132,085 | - | (356 | ) | 133,977 | ||||||||||||||
2006
|
791 | 1,457 | - | - | 2,248 | |||||||||||||||
(1) Relates
to an increase or (decrease) to the valuation allowance for
deferred tax assets pertaining to interest rate swaps charged to
accumulated other comprehensive income instead of provision for income
taxes.
|
S-1