Why Buy Sponsored Station Pages?
Among select audiences, several site pages have destination appeal. Sponsoring these pages delivers high frequency and an increase in the likelihood of user engagement/action. The most notable examples are Weather, ‘Babe of the Day’ (on many rock stations) and Concerts/Event Calendars. Almost any of your pages can be sponsored, but we mention these because they are usually high-traffic and afford other tie-in opportunities, such as sponsoring a station’s on-air weather report or Thursday/Friday local event announcements.
Think smart with this opportunity – use it as icing on the cake to secure a much larger on-air buy for similar features that we air daily/throughout the week.
For the standard sponsorship, advertiser will “take over” that page. This includes:
- Sponsor gets their logo and “powered by” prominently on the page’s header.
- This applies to 728×90 Ad Units only; Flex does not have the ability to customize the header at the page level.
- In the case of Weather, sponsor also a fixed 300×150 logo or image next to the weather widget.
- Up to two fixed 300×250 and 728×90 display ads in that page’s standard Ad Zones.
- Instead of the two cube units, sponsor may receive one 300×600 “Rich Portrait Ad” in the right Ad Zone. This unit is one of the best branding units in digital today, and can feature an expanded-play video and buttons like our In-Display Video unit. The portrait will only be allowed for clients who also sponsor the corresponding On-Air Feature (i.e Weather sponsor buys On-Air weather sponsor and the Digital Page).
- This digital solution may take up to three business days to traffic, since Customized Ad Units must be created.
Ad Zones for Page Sponsorship
Example Weather page:
Takeover Ad Unit Specifications
Client Logo | Logo links to Client URL. Used on homepage above widget. Widget links to Weather Page. | JPG, PNG | 300 x 150 px |
Cube or Medium Rectangles | Links to Client URL. Always ABOVE The Fold. FIXED position on Sponsor Page. You may use two different ads, but please specify top or bottom for each. | JPG, PNG, GIF, SWF(Discouraged) | 300 x 250 px |
OR Rich Portrait Ad | This large format ad is ideal for branding and may be used INSTEAD of two Cube Ads ONLY IF Page Sponsorship includes sponsorship of On-Air Feature. | JPG, PNG, GIF, SWF(Discouraged) | 300 x 600 px |
Leaderboard | Links to Client URL. FIXED position at top of Sponsored Page. | JPG, PNG, GIF, SWF(Discouraged) | 728 x 90 px or 970 x 90 px |