Tuesday, October 23, 2007

For some, radio still holds its attractions


Media planners frustrated with radio's failing ratings, take heart. The estimable Erwin Ephron ran tests to find that radio, when combined with TV, can achieve 30% higher impression levels for the same budget dollar. Ephron crunched the math to back the old argument that two broadcast media work better in unison than one. Still, he misses a key point--MRI research shows that consumers exposed to commercial radio often are not fully attentive. 30% up in reach, 30% down in attention, and the media plan still has static.

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