How PANDORA Radio Works with Its Local Targeting

How PANDORA Radio Works with Its Local Targeting

Here is how PANDORA Radio works with its local targeting in the same markets where we are buying PANDORA and how we will be buying for you if not already. Article here [update: article appears to be no longer available, but in the event it is re-posted, here is the link]: http://www.kurthanson.com/news/pandora-sales-vp-explains-local-ad-strategy-twin-cities-business-journal. Apple Radio will be here this fall, but we have not heard yet if there will be local ad insertion, or whether it will only be a national platform for starters. Stay tuned. As of this writing, Sprint phones will now have local stations on them, not a stream, but the actual LIVE local signal off the air as we understand it. While this will be limited unless all smart phones adopt the chip, it is a good move in the right direction. And here is what we have learned about local radio over the past year: LIVE and LOCAL wins. Killer content wins. Robot radio is on the way out, and so are the advertiser results as we have seen in our markets for those types of stations. We’ve even seen what content means nationally on television. Who would have thought that ‘Under the Dome’ on CBS would be the largest, biggest, most successful program to air in 20 years on summer television? It just proves it you have the content, they will come, virtually no matter what the medium is. People want what they want, when they want, how they want, and where they want. And we continue to be bullish on local radio that is LIVE and LOCAL. If you want to take a test drive to see what PANDORA can do for you as part of your media plan, call us. In the Nashville market as an example, PANDORA is now the overall #2 radio station for Adults 18-64 (July13 Ratings). There in one HUGE competitive advantage that PANDORA has with tile ads and banner ads that NO ONE ELSE (any other media vendor anywhere that we have been able to find) is offering in any market that we can see, and we request digital from all of our vendors. And you don’t have to pay for it!PS: Here is the next-generation infomercial that we just completed for Auto Masters. Credit scores do not matter (even if it is a zero) when folks buy here, pay here (or pay online) because Auto Masters has its own money to lend. There is no waiting on outside financing. Many people have keys in hand within one hour of choosing their car, van, truck, or SUV: https://vimeo.com/73532943