U. S. Radio (Oct 1957-Dec 1958)

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"1 he world rolls along on basis of 'the radio said . . . ' " "Keep pounding on success stories, station personality, promotional alertness . . . all the indices of radio effectiveness uhidi arc apart ironi mere ratings." "Radio most surely deserves some specialized attention. It is not a step( hild todav." "The national advertiser and his agency should take a better look at the results being achieved by local advertisers and agencies who place their advertising in other than the 'driving times' of 6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. Local advertisers everywhere, knowing their own local market better and knowing the listening habits of people in their own community, achieve good results at other times." "The trend is obvious, we believe, that the regional and national advertisers are getting better results from buying a handful of small stations lor sjjot campaigns than when they buy the networks. The reason for this is that although networks can provide better programs, the masses of people will cling to their local stations, with local news, local names, and local special events. Thus, to reach more ]ieo])le per dollar spent, the regional and national advertisers are moving in tiic dirtc tion of the smaller stations with their cluster of loyal lislcnerN." "Tell llicm about ladio's general local flavor that cannot be ecpialled bv an\ mediiMii. Radio's low cost." "Just tell them to forget the ratings and sell the sponsor on results." 18 how Americai Does Outdoor Advertising fit into your media strategy? Then budget ample funds for Spot Radio, America's No. 1 Outdoor Advertising medium today. As an agency executive recently put it: "Radio today is not only the biggest outdoor medium, but the new outdoor poster." Coppertone, Good Humor, General Motors Acceptance Cor poration and major oil companies are among scores of advertisers setting new sales records by reaching outdoor America through spotsaturation in the new leading outdoor medium — RADIO. 37.000,000 CAR RADIOS keep motorists in touch with local nc^ws and local weather — and with the sales messapes of ad\ertisers usinR local radio, another name for Spot Radio, top outdoor sc>llinp force. OVER 20 MILLION PORTABLES purchased since 194.'> enable outdoor America to make Radio part of any outing on beach, at park or in today's millions of pleasure-craft on the water. I'.s. n \nn) • oiiobcr H»:>: