• RADIO OPTIMIZER

• ONE STEP Shopping for all US & Canadian Radio

First the formatThen the region

Lastly the station

Who we are

• We are a company with 10 years experience as media center in the United States

• Recognizing the necessity of a unique window, we specialize in radio buying in the US

• We offer punctual quality service based on our knowledge of the market, operational software and close relations with the stations

• The negotiation process with the stations does not only include rates, but also hours of broadcasts, positioning and special products tailored to our clients needs

• We offer our market research to develop precise strategies for each client

• We apply the same quality to the Hispanic radio market • One single contact for a multitude of options for your radio strategy.

Radio in the US

• The percentage of weekly radio listeners has increased from 11% in 2006 to 12% in 2008.

• Based on the perfect mix of news, music and cultural programming, the radio stations frequently are amongst the most listened to in the primary US markets.

• The percentage of consumers listening to the radio has increased in all day parts, gender and age

• The radio audience increased its weekly reach in 14 of the 15 categories analyzed

The Radio Optimizer Method

Our Radio Optimizer methodology provides us with information for each of the segments clearly identified by the format listened to based on the profile described in the market segmentation

• Therefore we cross reference the consumer information with the region where these consumers are located, to determine the station that best suits the brand and objective of the promotion

• Radio Optimizer combines psychodemographics, geographic population data and station ratings information

Our Strategy

• Radio Optimizer’s strategy is based on researching the most successful formats, and once detected, we determine the region of the largest audience in each format, followed by the stations with the most market share within these formats

• We do not sell radio stations, we integrate successful communications packages which are correctly formatted and positioned for your specific target audience

Influence / Presence

• Radio Optimizer executes strategies in the US Anglo and US Hispanic markets, Canada and Mexico

Products

• Cross Promotions

• Prime time information, traffic reports, news briefs and other impactful programming

• We recommend special reports, mentions and complete special programs

• Spots of 10, 30 y 60 seconds

The market

• Radio continues to be a vibrant, relevant and influential part of the American life. The Public Radio stations with its programming are facing the challenge of a very competitive communications industry and are taking advantage of the technological innovations, including pod casting, Internet and HD Radio.

• In the US the 8 most popular formats for its audience are :– News/Talk– News/Classical– Classical Music– News Music– Jazz– AAA (Adult Album Alternative)– News Jazz– Variety Music

The Strategies

• When Radio Optimizer proposes a strategy, we analyze the following indicators : – AQH Average Quarter Hour Share– Weekly Reach

• Based on total audience

– Audience segmentation by age– TSL or Time Spent Listening by

• Demográphics• Education• Income• Gender• Ratings throughout the day• Geographic region• Location (at home or outside)

Segmentation

• The information of our consumers is being integrated into our strategies and the following aspects are taken into consideration:

– Marital status– Properties– Employment– Preference of cars– Credit cards– Home consumer products– Interest level of online purchases – Sport and recreative hobbies

Market Research

• Our strategies are based on market research data obtained from :

– Radio Research Consortium (www.rrconline.org)– American Public Media (www.publicradio.org)– National Public Radio (www.npr.org)– Public Radio International (www.pri.org)

The 8 Formats

Its behavior in 2009

News/Talk

• Proven to be of major interest to the audience in 2008 and due to the coverage of the presidential elections its market participation increased from 44% to 46% between 2006 and 2009.

• This increase combined with its 16 million listeners duplicated the impact of this format over his closest competitors.

• While this format attracts more than 52% of listeners in the morning, each other day part also registered an important increase, especially at night with a growth rate of 12.4%, mid day 12% and afternoon 11.8%.

• The regions that registered the largest increase in radio were the South Atlantic, South Central, East North Central and West North Central and the mountain territories.

• 60% of consumers age 35 - 44 listened to this radio format.

Classical Music

• Showed an increase of 6% in 2009 versus the previous year. It was the only full time musical format that increased its audience

• The 100 classical music stations have a captive audience of 5 million persons each week, with a constant increase of more than 600,000 persons each year since 2006

News Music

• With an increase from 6.0 to 6.2%, this format experienced an important growth in the South Atlantic region, where it duplicated its audience escalating its rank from number 7 to number 4

• This format has the most permanence of all formats in the age groups of 12 - 24

• Is equal to the News Classical Format in the number one TSL for adults 18 - 34 .

News Classical

• This format increased in permanent audience by approximately 6 ½ hours per week

• This represents the largest increase in any radio format, including surpassing News/Talk

• Although it experienced a decline in its total ratings, this format increased its audience in the Northeast region between 2006 and 2008 more than any other format

• In the Northeast region it demonstrated its best performance.

Jazz

• This format accounts for an important increase of 66% amongst young adults of 18 - 20, representing 5% of the total of radio listeners.

• Demonstrated an increase of 9% in the age group of 12 - 24

. The increase in this format amongst adult property owners of age groups 45 - 54 and older was also significant.

AAA

• In the last two years adults of 55- 66 listening to this format has increased from 10 to 18%.

• This 74% increase was the largest recorded in any format.

News Jazz

• The audience of this segment - university educated - increased 84% between 2006 and 2008.

• The listenership of the consumers living in their own homes with incomes of at least $75,000 annually has increased from 17% to almost 48% in the same time period.

• 70% of this audience format live in their own homes with a minimum income of at least $50,000 per year and listenership has increased 60% in the same time frame

Variety Music

• The proportion of consumers with college degrees listening to this format has increased from 39 to 49% between 2006 and 2008, virtually a 17% increase and more than any other format

• Also the home listener audience has surpassed the listeners outside of their home in the same time, increasing from 48% to 51% in the same period, making it the only format outside of jazz that changed its audience based on location

The audience

• The largest increase was amongst women 18 - 24 and 35 - 44, showing an 11% development between 2006 and 2008

• The audience amongst adolescents of both sexes increased up to 50% depending upon the region

• A 19% increase was recorded in the mid-day audience amongst men 25-34

• The audience in the afternoon increased by 13% amongst men 35-44

• Amongst men 55-64 the audience increased midday by 12% and in the afternoon by 13%

• For women 35-44 the audience increased in the morning by 9%, midday by 13% , 28% in the afternoon and night times.

• The audience of men and women above 65 years increased by 9 % in the afternoon

Consumer Profile

• 85% has utilized a credit card in the last 3 months vs. only 76% of the average consumer

• 32% has attended a concert, 55% more than the average consumer• 50% purchased airlines tickets and travel online

The Regions

• Analyzing where the consumers are located in each region, allows us to be more assertive with our strategies, since the most common error is to select the station before the region

• It is a very common error to select a radio station with a specific format in a region where an important concentration of our objective and population segment is not even present

Radio Optimizer prevents these situations by selecting the region before the station

New England

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East N Central

West N Central

South Central

Mountain Pacific

Mexico Tourism Mix

• For an effective radio mix for the leisure market segment to Mexico, we recommend a mix of these 8 formats in this fashion :

– News/talk 50%– News Classical 15%– Classical 8%– News Music 8%– AAA 7%– Jazz 5%– Variety Music 4%– News Jazz 3%

• With our regional identifiers we can determine the audience concentration by format

Regional mix

• A regional mix can be worked out in accordance with the tourist vocation of the states and their understanding

• Sun and beach– Premium– Adventure– Colonial– Ruta Maya

Reports and proof of performance

• Information on follow-through and application of campaigns on-line:

– On-going review of the advance of the campaign with direct links and ability to listen to the programming where the spots will air

– Proof of performance based on affidavits provided directly by the stations

Our Value

• We work with precise focus with all market information available• Combining the psychodemographics with all availabe information

data regarding conduct of the radio listeners, together with segmentation and tools of geographic population gives us the ability to arrive at the desired format for the brand to be promoted.

• We select the region and subsequently the station

• We create campaigns that make sense and we utilize metrics to evaluate the results