Radio continues to grow - and bookings look even stronger for the rest of '07

TORONTO – The death knell has been sounded so often for radio that many take it as gospel the oldest type of electronic media is on an irrevocable slide downwards. But with results like these, which have been persistent for some time now, those bells must now be muted. According to Canadian Broadcast Sales, the national radio sales company that is owned by Corus Entertainment and Rogers Communications, the Canadian radio industry continues to produce strong revenue growth with a 6.8% increase in sales over the first two quarters of 2007. Second quarter growth of 4.9% was supported by 8.3%...