Brand Building...
- 820 CHAM Today’s Country fills a large void of passionate and loyal Country Music listeners from Hamilton through points north to cottage country in the Muskokas.
- Country Music has an infectious, mass appeal which has made it a successful mainstream format.
- Over 46 million Country music albums were sold in recessionary 2009. Even with a slight 3.2% decline from 2008, Country has fared much better than every other music format except Jazz.
- Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw & Shania Twain are household names.
- 8 of the top 10 most played artists of the past decade were Country artists.
Why Radio...
- It's local, emotional and personal – necessary ingredients in Brand-building
- It's immediate, short deadlines!
- It's flexible, start on any day of the week or any time of the day
- It's transportable, take it everywhere with you
- It's intrusive, you can't close your ears!
- It's one of the most cost effective ways to advertise.
How to Begin...
"There is more money wasted in advertising by UNDERSPENDING than by overspending.... Underspending in advertising is like buying a ticket half-way to Europe."
- Morris Hite, from "The Wizard of Ads"
To contact our General Sales Manager, Peter Hobbs, call him directly at 905-575-6428 or e-mail him at phobbs@astral.com . Please give us some basic details about your business as well as contact information and Peter will give have an Account Executive get right back to you.
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