Abstract:
The work reported here is based on a pretesting procedure developed by Radio Recall Research of Homdel, New Jersey, U.S.A. and analyzed by Drs. Sard and Sewall, Over the years pretested radio commercials have been classified on a wide variety of characteristics. Effectiveness scores and the characteristics of these ads have been collected and a large data base was developed. An analysis of over 800 radio commercials covering more than 30 product categories has identified controllable presentation characteristics that are significantly related to the commercials communication effectiveness.
