Company: UONE
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001041657-25-000054
Chunk: 94

Company: URBAN ONE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 94
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34,705$33,911$794 2.3%

Programming and technical expenses include expenses associated with on-air talent and the management and maintenance of the systems, tower facilities, and studios used in the creation, distribution, and broadcast of programming content on our radio stations. Programming and technical expenses for the Radio Broadcasting segment also include expenses associated with our programming research activities and music royalties. For our Digital segment, programming and technical expenses include software product design, post-application software development and maintenance, database and server support costs, the help desk function, data center expenses connected with ISP hosting services and other internet content delivery expenses. For our Cable Television segment, programming and technical expenses include expenses associated with technical, programming, production, and content management. Programming and technical expenses were approximately $34.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to approximately $33.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The $2.5 million increase in our Radio Broadcasting segment was primarily due to an increase in music royalty expenses (see further details in Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies) offset by lower headcount costs. For our Cable Television segment, the $0.9 million decrease was primarily due to lower programming asset amortization. The $0.6 million decrease in our Reach Media segment was primarily due to a decrease in talent fees and a decrease in profit share liability due to lower revenue. 

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Selling, General And Administrative, Excluding Stock-based Compensation

Three Months Ended September 30,Change20252024$48,993$53,466$(4,473)(8.4)%

Selling, general and administrative expenses include expenses associated with our sales departments, offices, corporate headquarters and facilities, marketing and promotional expenses, special events and sponsorships, and back-office expenses. Expenses associated with securing ratings data for our radio stations and visitors’ data for our websites, personnel, and other corporate overhead functions are also included in selling, general and administrative expenses. In addition, selling, general and administrative expenses for the Radio Broadcasting segment and Digital segment include expenses related to the advertising traffic (scheduling and insertion) functions. Selling, general and administrative expenses also include membership traffic acquisition costs for our Digital segment. Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $49.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to approximately $53.5 million for the three months ended September