# RADIO, TELEVISION AND COMMUNICATION
Staten Island, NY · NCUA charter 16393 · asset band <$50M · latest filing 2018-09 · stopped filing after 2018-09 (departed; for a credit union that is almost always a merger)
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Who the members are: federal charter, multiple common bond, organized 1964. 416 members of 2,500 potential (16.6% of the field); checking penetration 15% (share draft accounts per 100 members); loans per 100 members 68.

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *too clean*. Composite score 7 of 18 (one point per flag across 17 flags, capital below 7% counted twice).

## What the filing shows

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $3.0M |
| Members | 416 (-8.2% YoY) |
| Full-time staff | 1 |
| Net worth | $243,032 |
| Net worth ratio | 8.0% (p9 of band) |
| ROA (annualized) | -4.77% (p1 of band) |
| Total delinquency | 0.00% (p6 of band) |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 0.00% (p20 of band) |
| Loans / shares | 65% (p58 of band) |
| Cash / assets | 13.2% |
| Borrowings / assets | 0.00% |
| Net interest margin | 4.23% (p82 of band) |
| Operating expense / assets | 8.31% (p98 of band) |
| Vehicles % of loans | 0% (p2 of band) |
| Indirect vehicle % of vehicle (all-channel basis before 2022) | – |
| Third-party paper % of net worth | 0% (p45 of band) |
| Vehicle delinquency | – |
| Vehicle NCO | – |
| Repossessed % of vehicle book | – |
| Real estate % of loans | 47% |
| Credit cards % of loans | 12% |
| Unsecured % of loans | 53% |
| Commercial % of net worth | 0% |
| Core shares % of member funds | 77% |
| Certificates % of member funds | 0% |
| Average share balance | $5,115 |
| Participations bought / yr | $0 |
| Participations sold / yr | $0 |
| Participations outstanding | – |
| Loans outstanding per 100 members | 68% |
| Loans granted per 100 members, annualized | 0% |
| Average loan balance | $6,341 |
| Loans granted, annualized | $0 |

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **thin capital** (`cap_low`)
- **net worth falling** (`cap_falling`)
- **losing money** (`earn_negative`)
- **expense trap** (`earn_opex`)
- **assets shrinking** (`shrink_assets`)
- **members leaving** (`shrink_members`)
- **loan book shrinking** (`shrink_loans`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03 | 3 | losing money, expense trap, delinquency 2x band |  |
| 2016-06 | 3 |  |  |
| 2016-09 | 4 | charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2016-12 | 3 |  | charge-offs p90 |
| 2017-03 | 8 | net worth falling, charge-offs p90, assets shrinking, members leaving, loan book shrinking |  |
| 2017-06 | 8 |  |  |
| 2017-09 | 8 |  |  |
| 2017-12 | 8 |  |  |
| 2018-03 | 7 |  | charge-offs p90 |
| 2018-06 | 8 | thin capital |  |
| 2018-09 | 7 |  | delinquency 2x band |

## In the news (Google News, unfiltered, newest first; check the city)

- 2024-07-02 [2012-2024 List Of Failed Credit Unions - Bankrate](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMib0FVX3lxTFBqUTBmbUhvaEh6UXpMOERnZTMzUjU2djBQVUVxMHd4UmZFRF84OWFtelZtZXQ3eTF5ZE5fbE5YVTRIUWd2dDVDWjZxZ3F4d3gwRFhMV2FyT21RWXlTLVVoRTE5Z0R1Ql9iMHVmYndZUQ?oc=5) · Bankrate

## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/#cu=16393 (every cell opens its formula and NCUA account codes; the News tab is the same search)
- Latest row, JSON: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/summary.json · history: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/h/9.json (key "16393", columns cycle, assets, loans, shares, networth, nwr, roa, total_dq_pct, total_nco_pct, vehicle, veh_pct_loans, indirect, ind_pct_veh, ind_veh, ind_re, ind_comm, ind_other, ind_pct_loans, loans_n, granted_n_ytd, granted_ann, loan_pen, granted_pen, avg_loan_bal, loans_per_fte, veh_part, tp_pct_nw, veh_dq_pct, veh_nco_pct, repo_pct_veh, members_yoy, ltos, cash_pct, borrow_pct, nim_pct, opex_pct, risk_score, members, fte, cash_total, invest_sec, allowance_eff, int_income_ytd, int_exp_ytd, provision_eff_ytd, nonint_income_ytd, nonint_exp_ytd, net_income_ytd, n_flags, re_pct_loans, cc_pct_loans, comm_pct_loans, cert_pct_shares, core_pct_shares, part_buy_ann, part_sell_ann, pot_members, sh_draft_n, chk_pen, fom_pen, flags)
- Participation history: https://getbookiq.com/participation-desk/#cu=16393
- Field definitions: https://getbookiq.com/dictionary/#cu-ltos and the rest of the credit union dictionary
- Source: NCUA 5300 call report bulk files. Income fields are annualized by cycle month (Mar x4, Jun x2, Sep x4/3, Dec x1). Percentiles are within the asset band in the same quarter.

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