U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1961)

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SUMMER RADIO: BIG AUTO TUNE-IN FOR SPONSORS OuT-OF-HOME radio listening, too seldom taken into account by a buyer in consideration of cost-per1.000, nevertheless is a vital element in the media strategy of advertisers moving into the medium and, most particularly, to those who sponsoi radio during the siuninci months. These are the mom lis <>l peak tune-in to automobile and portable tadios. During the hot spell, when people are driving to and from en tertainment spois, to weekend lesorts and on vacation, the out-olhome radio audience swells even beyond its gigantic all-year-round proportions. Week in and week out during the millions of homes morning (Mon.-Fri.) 1.5 1.3 Auto-Plus (31% (19% afternoon (Mon.-Fri.) 1.8 1.7 38% !34% evening (7 days) 1.1 .46% 1-hc 4.7 6.8 4.7 5.0 3.2 28 Summer radio sponsors get a surprising bonus in their time buys. This A. C. Nielsen analysis, for example, shows vividly that nighttime tune-in in automobiles adds 46% to the morning (Monday-Friday) average for day part J-A '60 J-F '61 J-A '60 J-.F '61 J-A '60 J-F '61 in-home audience (based on a week-long average for July and August, 1960). The minimum bonus for sponsors, whose cpm's are based on in-home sets, is 19% even in -wintertime. afternoon (Monday-Friday) lions of homes Auto-Plus 0.5 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.3 evening (7 days) 1.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 0.7 in-home 3.2 7.1 8.7 8.1 7.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 3.4 2.6 2.2 2.2 erage for hour beginning 6 am 7 8 U. S. RADIO/June 1961 10 11 12 n 1 6 pm 10 45