LOCAL TV AND RADIO: Helping Drive The US Economy. [REPORT]

The commercial local broadcast industry, terrestrial television and radio stations, is critically important to the United States economy as a whole and to local economies in particular. Local television and radio’s key role in the dissemination of entertainment and local programming is well established. Its important value to the national economy is often overlooked and in many ways taken for granted. This analysis quantifies some of the core ways commercial local television and radio stations enhance economic productivity, efficiency and growth. Only local commercial broadcast television and radio are included in this analysis.

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