2020 Participant Companies:

Charter Communications, Inc.
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
Cox Media Group
Fox Corporation
iHeartMedia, Inc.
Market Enginuity, Inc.
Meredith Corporation
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
TEGNA
The E.W. Scripps Company
ViacomCBS
Walt Disney Television

To view a PDF of the complete list of positions by family and by level, please click here:
2021 Croner LMS Position Grids

List of Job Families:

Local Advertising Sales
Local Ad Sales
Digital Ad Sales
Local National Sales
Sales Planning
Sales Operations
Sales Account Service Management
Inventory Management
Traffic
Continuity
Media Operations
Advertising Sales / Credit Collections

Television Stations
TV Management
TV Digital Content
TV Broadcast Operations and Engineering
TV Operations / Logistics
TV Programming
TV Producing
TV Ad Producing
TV News Directing
TV Assignment Desk
TV Managing Editing
TV Directing
TV Technical Directing
TV Chyron
TV Photography / Videography
TV Multimedia Journalism
TV Reporting
TV Marketing
TV Communications / Public Affairs
TV Promotions
TV Promotions Producing
TV Creative Services
TV Research

Radio Stations
Radio Management
Radio Digital Content
Radio Broadcast Operations and Engineering
Radio Engineering Maintenance Technicians
Radio Business Operations
Radio Programming
Radio Producing
Radio Ad Producing
Radio Production
Radio News Directing
Radio News Writing
Radio Sports Directing
Radio Marketing
Radio Communications / Public Affairs
Radio Promotions
Radio Promotions Engineering
Radio Event Programming
Radio Creative Services
Radio Research
Radio Non-Traditional Revenue

General and Administrative
Administrative Assistance
Information Technology
Finance & Accounting
Credit & Collections
Human Resources

To view sample position data, please click here:
Sample Position Information LMS - AE

The Compensation Data Report covers the following compensation elements for each position:

• Base Salary
• Target Total Cash Compensation
• Actual cash awards as percentage of base salary
• Actual Total Cash Compensation
• Annualized value of LTI awards
• Target Total Direct Compensation
• Total Direct Compensation

Position Scope elements reported:

• Degree of match
• FLSA
• Collective bargaining
• Market Rank
• Position title
• Title of supervisor
• Number of employees supervised
• Geographic location
• Short-term sales incentive eligibility
• Short term incentive targets and awards as a percent of base salary
• Long-term incentive eligibility
• Long-term incentive received

Survey Differentials / Data Cuts Reported Where Relevant:

• Market Rank
• Industry - MSO, Radio, Television
• U.S. Region
• Metropolitan Area
• Sales Revenue
• Specialty / Scope - News, Sports, Manages Staff, Manages Function

The Full Report of Results covers Policies and Practices, including the following sections:

Participant Profile
Start of Fiscal Year
Last Year Fiscal Revenues
Workforce Size
Industry Composition

Short-term Incentive Plan Design
Prevalence of Plans
Changes to Plans in Past Year
Eligibility Levels
Type of Plans
Plan Funding and Award Caps

Long-term Incentive Plan Design
Prevalence of Plans
Changes to Plans in Past Year
Eligibility Levels
Type of Plans
Plan Design
Stock Option Plan Vesting
Restricted Stock (Units) Plan Vesting

Survey Planning Meeting:
March 17, 2022

Questionnaire Distribution:
May 1

Data Effective Date:
May 1

Completed Questionnaire Due Date:
June 15

Interim Salary Budget Survey:
August

Full Report of Results Published:
November

The 2022 Participation Fee is $10,700.
The fee includes the 2022 Full Report along with the Interim Salary Budget Supplement.

Custom Cut of Data for Participants
For an additional fee of $750, a participant company may select a subset of companies from the full participant list for a custom cut of data. A minimum of ten companies is required. A custom rerun of the data set including all data cuts is $1,500.

Purchase by a Non-participant of the Current Published Report
By signing a Participation Agreement for the 2022 Survey and paying a 50% non-refundable deposit toward the 2022 participation fee, a company may purchase the current published Survey data without having participated. There are two purchase options:

Purchase Option #1:
The 2021 Full Report of Results for $19,400

• The 2021 Full Report of Results is available for purchase for $19,400 plus a non-refundable 50% deposit of $5,350 towards the 2022 participation fee.
• Total payment required to receive the 2021 Full Report of Results as a non-participant is $24,750.
• To receive the 2022 Full Report of Results, your company's survey submission would be due in May 2022 along with the second half participation fee payment of $5.350, due in July 2022.

Purchase Option #2:
10 Positions from 2021 Compensation Data Report for $4,850

• Compensation data only, for up to 10 positions, selected from the 2021 Full Report is $4,850, plus a non-refundable 50% deposit of $5.350 towards the 2022 participation fee.
• Total payment required is $10,200.
• To receive the 2022 Full Report of Results, your company's survey submission would be due in May 2022 along with the second half participation fee payment of $5.350, due in July 2022.

To register your company for participation in this Survey or to ask questions about participation, please email us at info@croner.biz.

The Croner Company conducts this Survey as an independent third party to ensure the confidentiality and consistency of the data provided. All data are held in strict confidence and are reported only in summary form. No attribution is made to any specific data from any participating companies. The Croner Company aggregates data using DOJ "Safe Harbor Guidelines" to ensure full regulatory compliance of the Survey report.

Survey reports are distributed only to participants and all participants are required to sign an agreement that confirms they will abide by our confidentiality standards.