Sponsor (Oct-Dec 1964)

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iponsop OCTOBER 5, 1964 Can piggyback sponsors Clamor over clutter has revived the integrated commercial,but key to Code amendment effectiveness is sponsor reaction to station piggyback premiums ■ While the NAB Code Authority now expresses its enthusiasm for tv production trends to the integrated commercial, Sponsor still gets questions about definitions and procedures in the following areas of the multiple product commercial controversy: 1. Current advertiser traffic activity in the integrated versus the piggyback commercial format. 2. An historic look at the situation. 3. Definition and analysis of the pros and cons of the piggyback code change. With its amendment now in effect, the NAB code office stresses that the revision does not ban piggybacks, but instead alters their count from one commercial message to two or more announcements, depending on the number of products involved. Piggybacks are acceptable "if properly scheduled in accordance with the code's time standards provisions." Several leading sponsors who Howard Bell . . . Code amendment !s an attempt to reduce "appearance" of clutter. Stockton Helffrich ... Is "encouraged" by activity in Integrated commercial field. 31