Advertising (NOT) On Minority Stations
Roger Kirk
rogerkirk@ttlc.net
Wed Jan 30 13:37:18 EST 2008
According to R&R:
FCC commissioners met last week with major ad ass.reps, Minority Media
Telecomm Council, NAB's Education Foundation and Interep to discuss how
the FCC can prevent advertising contracts that dictate no Urban or
Hispanic-aimed radio stations be bought when exercising an advertising plan.
Don't advertisers have the right to place ads on the stations of their
choice? Would a meat-packing plant want to advertise on a station whose
format targets vegetarians? Would a Heavy-Metal record label push their
product to a predominantly Hip-Hop audience? Are Viagra ads appropriate
for Radio Disney?
I find it curious that a company would be compelled to advertise their
product to an indifferent, unwilling or hostile audience.
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