Historical Cross-Media Ad Expenditures

       
Estimated Annual U.S. Advertising Expenditures
1980-1981
(In millions of dollars)
       
  1980   1981
  $ Mill   $ Mill Annual
Growth/
Decline
Broadcast Television 8,540.6   9,512.0 11.4%
  Network Broadcast TV (a) (b) 4,078.0   4,432.8 8.7%
  Network Broadcast TV - Olympics 25.0   0.0 -100.0%
  National Syndication 46.6   70.0 50.0%
  Local Broadcast TV (d) 4,300.2   4,983.1 15.9%
  Local Broadcast TV - Political 90.8   26.1 -71.2%
Cable Television 70.7   157.3 122.5%
  National Cable TV (a) 62.1   138.7 123.3%
  Local Cable TV (d) 8.6   18.6 116.7%
  Local Cable TV - Political 0.0   0.0  
Radio 3,613.0   4,139.0 14.6%
  Network and Satellite Radio 223.9   277.7 24.1%
  Local Broadcast Radio 3,389.1   3,861.3 13.9%
Digital/Online 0.0   0.0  
  National Digital/Online Media (c) 0.0   0.0  
  Local Digital/Online Media (c) 0.0   0.0  
  Direct Online Media 0.0   0.0  
    Paid Search 0.0   0.0  
    Internet Yellow Pages 0.0   0.0  
    Lead Generation 0.0   0.0  
Newspapers 14,793.8   16,527.9 11.7%
  National Newspapers (a) 285.7   332.9 16.5%
  Local Newspapers (a) 14,508.1   16,195.0 11.6%
Magazines (a) 6,075.6   6,769.7 11.4%
Directories (a) 2,522.2   2,870.1 13.8%
Direct Mail 2,436.1   2,776.8 14.0%
Outdoor 1,000.0   1,109.0 10.9%
         
Total - Excluding Political and Olympics 38,936.2   43,835.7 12.6%
Total - Including Political and Olympics 39,052.0   43,861.9 12.3%
 
 
 
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