Sponsor (Apr-June 1962)

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$7,885,360 SPONSOR 2 5 JUNE 1962 Coke-Pepsi budgets highest in history ^ No pause, even for refreshments, in the battle between the two big bottling giants ^J( all those who have contributed to broadcast and other media revenue, none should be more fittingly enshrined than two deep South apothecaries, John S. Pemberton of Atlanta, and Caleb 'Doc' Bradham of New Bern, N. C. The former alchemized Coca-Cola in 1886; the latter formulated Pepsi-Cola in 1896. Pemberton, during that first year, spent $46 for advertising and disposed of 25 gallons of Coke syrup. Bradham's ad and syrup disbursements at that time could not have been much more, were probably less. The Coca-Cola Co., leading bottling advertiser in the world, spent $7,885,360 in television alone in 1961, an increase of 66.1% over its 1960 video budget. It was, by far, the biggest share of Coca-Cola's advertising in the four major media. Pepsi-Cola SPONSOR 25 June 1962 27