Radio =
Your Business
Success
1924
1906
Radio has had a voice
in the American Family since 1906
629,000 Listeners 18+
in Metro Grand Rapids
Source: RADAR 92, Arbitron, March 2007, All Radio Stations, Total Weekly Cume, Mon.-Sun., 24-hours, 18+
Radio Accompanies Listeners
Throughout the Day
Share of Media Consumption
Source: Veronis Suhler Stevenson, Communications Industry Forecast, 2006-2010 (selected media)
Radio is Mobile and Wireless
Radio =
Reach
Relevance
Receptivity
93%
Radio is Ever Present
Weekly reach
Source: RADAR 92, Arbitron, March 2007, All Radio Stations, Total Weekly Cume, Mon.-Sun., 24-hours, 12+
86%
Radio is Relevant
TSL retention since 1996
(Time Spent Listening)
Source: Fall 1996-2006 Arbitron American Radio Trends Time Spent Listening Estimates. Monday-Sunday 6:00am-Midnight, Persons 12+. Based on
Arbitron's 94 Continuous Measurement Markets.
41
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007, December 2006
Radio Newspape
r
Internet
2007 Projected Media Time
92%
Radio is Receptive
Retention of lead-in
audience during breaks
Source: “What Happens When the Spots Come On,” by Arbitron, Media Monitors, & Coleman Research, 2006
Lifestyle-driven content
Targeted formats
Personal connections
Emotional bonds
Radio has Strong Audience Loyalty
Audio Neighborhoods
Source: Arbitron Inc./Edison Media Research 2006 study “The Infinite Dial: Radio’s Digital Platforms”
Radio Reaches
30 Million Streaming Listeners a
Week
Who is the
JQ99 listener?
 Adults 25-54
 60% Female
 Household Income $50-$75K +
 90% Own their Home
 82% have children under 18
 70,000 + listeners
Who is
The Pledge Listener?
 Adults 25-64
 50% Male, 50% Female
 14,000+ listeners
 Household Income $75K +
 Information Seekers –
 Bill Bennett’s Morning in America
 Dr. Laura
 Dennis Prager
 Dave Ramsey
Are JQ 99 & 1260 The Pledge
Holland only stations?
Ottawa County
Women 25-54
JQ 99 is #1
The Pledge is #14
Metro Area
Kent & Ottawa County
Women 25-54
JQ 99 is #4
The Pledge is #19
Immediacy
Additional Benefits of Radio
Early Response
Affordability
Frequency
Radio reaches your Customers
Radio’s reach, relevancy and receptivity are
unparalleled
Lifestyle driven audio neighborhoods facilitate
targeting
Immediacy, early response, affordability and
frequency
Radio + Listeners = Your Business Success
Conclusion
Want to increase your sales?
Let me introduce you to
84,000 potential customers
Contact:
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Editor's Notes

  • #3 Most Americans prior to 1924 election never had the opportunity to hear a presidential candidate speak They relied on newspapers, word of mouth, waxed discs or the lucky few saw a candidate at a whistle stop Radio changed all that -- and brought the candidates into voters’ homes -- voters heard Calvin Coolidge and John Davis on the radio and decided for themselves for whom to vote In democratizing the political process, radio reached voters across race, age, gender and geographic location
  • #4 With sights on the 2008 election cycle, radio is still a powerful medium to reach your voters for a winning election. Over 210 million people of voting age tune in to Radio every week.
  • #5 It accompanies them throughout the day As they wake up Drop their kids off at school Drive to work Preparing dinner
  • #6 Americans spend almost 30% of their media time with Radio -- approximately 3 hours a day.
  • #7 Radio is integrated in their lives -- not an appointment medium -- but as companion traveling with them from place to place, task to task
  • #8 Beyond these numbers, what does radio offer a political campaign? Reach, relevancy, and receptivity offer unique advertising advantages to reach these 210MM voting age listeners
  • #9 93% weekly reach for all adults 18+ 96% of Hispanic adults 18+ 95% of African American adults 18+ 96% of Women 35-64
  • #10 Radio is relevant. Even with all the new technology, Radio has retained 86 percent of its 1996 Time Spent Listening levels. In a world that has vastly changed over the past decade, this is an amazing statement of stability and relevancy and a concrete example of Americans’ enduring appetite for Radio.
  • #11 Another way of looking at it is from the recent Census Bureau report that projects consumers will spend what amounts to a total of 41 twenty-four-hour days listening to the Radio in 2007. Comparatively, according to the same report, consumers are expected to spend what amounts to only seven twenty-four-hour days out of the entire year with the Internet and with newspapers. Only television ranked higher
  • #12 Lastly, Radio is receptive, holding onto more than 92 percent of its lead-in audience during commercial breaks. This data from Arbitron and Coleman Research shatters pre-conceived notions and incorrect aspects of Radio audience dropout during commercial breaks.
  • #13 Beyond Radio’s three R’s -- radio also has strong audience loyalty Radio is entrenched in listeners’ lives and rooted in their local communities. The lifestyle-driven content of Radio’s targeted formats establishes uniquely personal connections and emotional bonds with listeners In fact, the average person spends the majority of their listening time with just 2 to 3 radio stations. They choose to go to those stations every day, over and over again. These become destinations for entertainment, comfort, information and association.
  • #14 These loyalties help to create audio neighborhoods Whether it be soccer moms, Nascar dads or, single anxious females These neighborhoods are comprised of people with shared content tastes and socio-political outlooks And offer a way to target voters beyond zip codes
  • #15 .. Which is important given that Radio reaches approximately 30 million listeners a week with online streaming and web-exclusive audio content. Americans are seeking out the unique Radio experience on the Internet, mobile phones, and MP3 players. These new platforms are a natural extension for Radio and provide you with another opportunity to reach and connect with defined voter groups in their preferred audio neighborhood. These platform extensions are also an example of Radio’s synergy with new and traditional media. Research studies on Radio’s synergistic attributes reveal that a media mix that includes Radio can be more powerful than television-only or Internet-only campaigns, with exceptional results in message recall.
  • #23 Radio advertising enables immediate and swift response. A Radio ad can be produced on very short notice, giving political candidates an opportunity to respond quickly to attacks. Radio is an effective early-response weapon when negative ads hit. You can produce and place a Radio ad overnight and still strategically target voters – something the 1992 Clinton campaign did effectively to shore up their base supporters when they were being attacked Radio advertising -- both production and placement -- is generally less expensive than television -- enabling more frequency. Repetition of radio political advertisements, according to Jay Barth and Marvin Overby, two political scientists, helps candidates. The more voters hear a radio political ad, the higher the credence they give to the information learned in the radio spots.