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Westwood One Contends AM/FM Radio Beats Digital And Social For Increasing Political Ad Voter Reach
October 26, 2020 at 8:01 AM (PT)
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In his latest WESTWOOD ONE blog post, WWO/CUMULUS Chief Insights Officer PIERRE BOUVARD argues that AM/FM radio, and not digital/social, is where political ad spending should go when TV and YOUTUBE are sold out.
BOUVARD cites a NIELSEN analysis that voter reach was not increased when an ad budget was shifted from 80% TV-20% digital to 70% TV-30% digital, but shifting 20% to AM/FM radio increased voter reach to 91%, with much of the increase -- a tripling -- among light TV viewers, whom NIELSEN SCARBOROUGH says represent 38% of voters. In addition, BOUVARD points to a NIELSEN study showing that connected TV is also unable to move the needle for voter reach.
Read the post here.