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Income and expenditures of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), years ended March 31, 1944 to 1946

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Income and expenditures of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), years ended March 31, 1944 to 1946
  1944 1945 1946
Income $ % $ % $ %
Licence fees 3,787,886 72.39 3,783,453 68.81 3,773,285 61.53
Commercial division 1,421,906 27.18 1,639,160 29.81 1,683,838 27.47
Miscellaneous 22,249 0.43 75,785 1.38 68,441 1.11
International short-wave service - - - - 606,700 9.89
Total, net income 5,232,041 100.00 5,498,398 100.00 6,132,263 100.00
Expenditures            
Programs 2,713,977 52.77 2,824,188 50.69 2,939,376 47.32
Station network 849,504 16.52 1,114,153 20 00 971,441 15.65
Engineering 930,249 18.09 929,819 16.69 1,160,675 18.69
General and administration 206,177 4.01 227,741 4.09 285,302 4.60
Press and information 109,172 2.12 138,241 2.48 145,184 2.34
Commercial division 116,562 2.27 109,344 1.96 130,903 2.10
Depreciation 217,224 4.22 227,659 4.09 - -
International short-wave service - - - - 577,809 9.30
Total, expenditures 5,142,865 100.00 5,571,145 100.00 6,210,689 100.00
Operating surplus 89,176 - - - - -
Operating deficits - - 72,747 - 78,426 -
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.