There are no two ways about it. With some exceptions, radio stocks did not have a good time of it as the year 2015 made its opening bow. But they did much better than their friends on the TV side of the broadcast divide.
For the most part, it was red ink as far as the eye could see among the stocks followed by RBR-TVBR.
And for the record, in general, the market got pounded in January. It was just a bad month.
There was a silver lining for radio. In particular, the company that uses radio as its first name – Radio One – managed a double-digit increase during the month.
Two others – Emmis and Beasley – were also able to swim against the tide and post positive stock numbers.
But after that, it was pretty bleak.
Two radio stocks posted double digit losses.
No television stock we follow posted a gain, and three suffered double-digit setbacks.
Here is the RBR-TVBR stock chart for January 2015. Take a look – if you dare.
| RBR Radio Index | |||||
| Stock Market | 12/31/2014 | 1/30/2015 | |||
| Company | Symbol | Close | Close | Net Chg | Pct Chg |
| Beasley | BBGI | 5.11 | 5.24 | 0.130 | 2.54% |
| Cumulus | CMLS | 4.23 | 3.48 | -0.750 | -17.73% |
| Emmis | EMMS | 1.87 | 2.01 | 0.140 | 7.49% |
| Entercom | ETM | 12.16 | 11.57 | -0.590 | -4.85% |
| iHeart Media | IHRT | 7.35 | 6.91 | -0.440 | -5.99% |
| Radio One, Cl. D | ROIAK | 1.67 | 1.88 | 0.210 | 12.57% |
| Salem Comm. | SALM | 7.82 | 7 | -0.820 | -10.49% |
| Saga Commun. | SGA | 43.48 | 40.67 | -2.810 | -6.46% |
| SBS | SBSA | 2.9 | 2.89 | -0.010 | -0.34% |
| RBR Radio Index | na | 724.503 | 693.776 | -30.727 | -4.24% |
| TVBR TV Index | |||||
| Stock Market | 12/31/2014 | 1/30/2015 | |||
| Company | Symbol | Close | Close | Net Chg | Pct Chg |
| CBS | CBS | 55.34 | 54.81 | -0.530 | -0.96% |
| Entravision | EVC | 6.48 | 6.17 | -0.310 | -4.78% |
| Fox | FOXA | 38.405 | 33.16 | -5.245 | -13.66% |
| Gray | GTN | 11.2 | 9.46 | -1.740 | -15.54% |
| Media General | MEG | 16.75 | 14.3 | -2.450 | -14.63% |
| Nexstar | NXST | 51.79 | 49.895 | -1.895 | -3.66% |
| Sinclair | SBGI | 27.36 | 24.74 | -2.620 | -9.58% |
| Tribune Media | TRCO | 59.77 | 58.89 | -0.880 | -1.47% |
| TVBR TV Index | na | 924.100 | 826.911 | -97.189 | -10.52% |
