Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

5131 - Radio and Television Broadcasting

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating broadcasting studios and facilities for the transmission of a variety of radio and television broadcasts, including entertainment, news, talk shows and other programs. These establishments produce, purchase and schedule programs and generate revenues from the sale of air time to advertisers, from donations and subsidies, or from the sale of programs.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • broadcasting television programs in a defined and limited format via operators of cable and satellite distribution systems (See 51321 Pay and Specialty Television)
    • delivering programs to subscribers by cable or satellite systems (See 51322 Cable and Other Program Distribution)

51311 - Radio Broadcasting

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating broadcasting studios and facilities for the production and transmission of radio programs to its affiliates or the public. The radio broadcasts may include entertainment, news, talk shows and other programs.

51312 - Television Broadcasting

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating broadcasting studios and facilities for the production, and over-the-air transmission to the public, of a variety of television programs. Programming may originate in their own studios, from an affiliated network or from external sources.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • producing television programs without broadcasting (See 51211 Motion Picture and Video Production)
    • broadcasting television programs in a defined and limited format via operators of cable or satellite distribution systems (See 51321 Pay and Specialty Television)
    • delivering programs to subscribers by cable or satellite systems (See 51322 Cable and Other Program Distribution)
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