Enhanced method of radio and TV advertising
View Patent ↗A method of advertising within a radio broadcast program which features the playing of songs and broadcasting commercials, the method including the steps: A. establishing a contest whereby listeners of the program may become participants in the contest by following procedures of the contest, the contest including the broadcast of clues from time to time following broadcast of one of the commercials, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to at least one broadcasted clue and follow the required procedure of the contest, B. broadcasting at least one set of songs during the program, C. broadcasting at least one commercial during the program, D. broadcasting at least one clue following the at least one commercial, and E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to the clue satisfied the contest requirements to win the award.
1. A method of advertising within a radio media broadcast program which features regular program content and content related to commercials, comprising:
A. establishing a contest whereby listeners of said program may become participants in said contest by following procedures of said contest, said contest including the broadcast of clues, using radio broadcasting media, from time to time at least partially during the broadcast of the audio content of one of said commercials, the audio content related to advertisements, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to said at least one broadcasted clue and follow the required procedure of said contest,
B. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of regular program content during said program,
C. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, a commercial with audio content related to an advertisement,
D. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one clue as incorporated into the audio content related to the advertisement of the commercial, broadcasting of the at least one clue beginning after broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement begins and ending prior to broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement ends, and
E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to said clue satisfied the contest requirements to win said award.
2. A method according to claim 1 comprising the step of broadcasting at least two separate sets of songs, and broadcasting at least one commercial following each of said sets of songs, and broadcasting at least one clue at least partially during at least one of said commercials.
3. A method according to claim 1 wherein said award comprises a specific prize.
4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said award comprises the right to participate in a further phase of said contest.
5. A method according to claim 1 wherein said response required of a contest participant comprises placing a call to a specified phone number.
6. A method according to claim 1 wherein said response to win the contest comprises being the nth caller of a plurality of callers, where n is a number specified in the contest procedure.
7. A method of advertising within a radio media broadcast program which features regular program content and content related to commercials, comprising:
A. establishing a contest whereby listeners of said program may become participants in said contest by following procedures of said contest, said contest including the broadcast of clues, using radio broadcast media, from time to time at least partially during the broadcast of the audio content one of said commercials, the audio content related to advertisements, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to said at least one broadcasted clue and follow the required procedure of said contest,
B. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of regular program content during said program,
C. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of commercials, at least one commercial having audio content related to an advertisement, during said program,
D. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one clue as incorporated into the audio content related to an advertisement of said at least one commercial, broadcasting of the at least one clue beginning after broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement begins and ending prior to broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement ends, and
E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to said clue satisfied the contest requirements to win said award.
8. A method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one set of regular program content comprises at least two songs, and each of said sets of commercials comprises at least two commercials.
9. A method according to claim 8 wherein a typical one of said sets of regular program content is broadcast for about ten minutes, and a typical one of said sets of commercials is broadcast for about two minutes.
10. Conducting a contest within a radio media broadcast program which features regular program content and content related to commercials, comprising:
A. establishing said contest whereby listeners of said program may become participants in said contest by following procedures of said contest, said contest including the broadcast of clues, using radio broadcast media, from time to time during broadcast of the audio content of one of said commercials, the audio content related to advertisments, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to said at least one broadcasted clue and follow the required procedure of said contest,
B. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of regular program content during said program,
C. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of commercials during said program as part of the content related to commercials, at least one commercial having audio content related to an advertisement,
D. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one clue as incorporated into the audio content related to the advertisement of the at least one commercial of said at least one set of commercials, broadcasting of the at least one clue beginning after broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement begins and ending prior to broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement ends, and
E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to said clue satisfied the contest requirements to win said award.
11. A method of advertising within a radio media broadcast which features the broadcast of regular program content for a first specified period of time and broadcasting content related to commercials during a second specified period of time, comprising:
A. establishing a contest whereby listeners or viewers of said program may become participants in said contest by following procedures of said contest, said contest including the broadcast of at least one clue, using radio broadcast media, from time to time during broadcast of the audio content of at least one of said commercials, the audio content related to advertisments, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to said at least one broadcasted clue and follow the required procedure of said contest,
B. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, said program during the first specified period of time,
C. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of commercials during said second specified period of time, at least one commercial having audio content related to an advertisement,
D. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, said at least one clue as incorporated into the audio content related to the advertisement of the at least one commercial during said second specified period of time, broadcasting of the at least one clue beginning after broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement begins and ending prior to broadcasting of the audio content related to the advertisement ends, and
E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to said clue satisfied the contest requirements to win said award.
12. A method of advertising within a radio media broadcast program which features regular program content and content related to commercials, comprising:
A. establishing a contest whereby listeners of said program may become participants in said contest by following procedures of said contest, said contest including the broadcast, using radio broadcast media, of triggering events from time to time, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to said at least one broadcasted triggering event and follow the required procedure of said contest,
B. establishing as one rule of said contest that said triggering event will be the broadcast of audio content of a particular commercial as part of the audio content related to the commercial's audio content,
C. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, at least one set of regular program content during said program,
D. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, audio content of at least one of said particular commercials during said program as part of the audio content related to the commercial's audio content, and
E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to said triggering event satisfied the contest requirements to win said award.
13. A method of advertising within a radio media broadcast which features the broadcast of regular program content for a first specified period of time and broadcasting content related to commercials during a second specified time period, comprising:
A. establishing a contest whereby listeners or viewers of said program may become participants in said contest by following procedures of said contest, said contest including the broadcast of at least one triggering event, using radio broadcast media, from time to time, with the contest requirement that a participant respond to said at least one broadcasted triggering event and follow the required procedure of said contest,
B. establishing as one rule of said contest that said triggering event will be the broadcast audio content of a particular commercial as part of the audio content related to the commercial's audio content during the second specified time period,
C. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, said regular program content for the first specified period of time,
D. broadcasting, using the radio broadcast media, said at least one of said particular commercials which is said triggering event during the second specified time period, and
E. providing a specified award to each participant whose response to said triggering event satisfied the contest requirements to win said award.