Radio Networks
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 515111 directly.
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Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in assembling and transmitting aural programming to their affiliates or subscribers via over-the-air broadcasts, cable, or satellite. The programming covers a wide variety of material, such as news services, religious programming, weather, sports, or music.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Radio networks assemble and transmit aural programming to their affiliates or subscribers through over-the-air, cable, or satellite transmission. Radio stations, by contrast, are classified separately when they broadcast aural programs directly to the public, whether that programming originates from their own studio, from an affiliated network, or from external sources. The distinction turns on whether an establishment primarily supplies programming to other broadcasters and subscribers (radio networks) or directly to the listening public (radio stations).