RE: Political ads with phone numbers

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Also, remember that So. NH is part of the Boston Television Market, and NONE
of the state of RI is...

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> Kaimbridge M. GoldChild
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 8:24 AM
> To: B-R-I
> Subject: Re: Political ads with phone numbers
>
>
> Steve Ordinetz wrote,
>
> > Has anyone noticed the inordinately high number of political ads
> > for N.H. candidates running on WBZ this year (primarily the Sununu
> > vs Shaheen Senate race)?  I suppose it speaks well for WBZ's
> > influence here in the Granite State, but I don't ever recall it to
> > this degree.
>
> Why are you limiting it to 'BZ:  NH political ads have saturated ALL
> of the (at least VHF) Boston stations ("There goes 'Poor Martha',
> looking to bring the income tax to NH", frequently followed by HER
> attack ad against Bradley, with, yet, maybe a third ad for another
> NH race and then possibly--just possibly--a fourth ad for an MA
> race!)--yet rarely any for RI.
> Of course, the reason should be obvious:  With SE'rn NH's fertile
> voting audience, combined with the lack of NH VHF stations (only
> one--WMUR--in contrast to RI's 3 major) and cable carriage, Boston
> stations make for a buying bonanza.
> As for the "call them up and tell them what you think", that,
> likewise, seems to be mostly a NH phenomenon--though that could be
> just the ad saturation factor:  As this new "call them up" ploy
> demonstrates, you can have all the campaign/soft money/free airtime
> reform in the world, but a way around it will be found before the ink
> is dry!
>
>      ~Kaimbridge~
>
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